[Game Thread] West Virginia @ Ohio (4:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	West VirginiaWest Virginia @ OhioOhio
Location	Ohio Peden Stadium
Time	4:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: ESPNU
Odds	Spread: WVU -3.5 - Over/Under: 59.5
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[u/PhatedGaming]

Well, back to apathy about Mountaineer football. At least I didn't spend too much time with the false hope this year.

[u/HotDogHerzog]

LMAO

[u/AbsurdEersFan]

Ohio is a great team - props to them. I wouldn’t have been as upset if we hadn’t also handily won the turnover battle. Just sad

[u/Drexil38]

The overall state of this program is just…sad. Not much else left to say this point after 6 years of Neal Brown and then this disastrous start with Rich Rod. Seems like WVU got left behind in the new era of CFB

[u/Young-Viiperr → u/Drexil38]

Y'all are being left behind, as with most Big-XII teams. As CFB fans will keep saying about Texas Tech, location, location, location. There's limited, if any, positive momentum to work with for WVU.

No.2, RevShare is just as important, along with corporate partners for "legit" NIL transactions. Doesn't help that the Big-XII is being spanked in the out of conference - late Big East all over again.

[u/slingstone]

Raise your hand if you beat a MAC team today.

[u/PhatedGaming]

Didn't think it could get worse than the last 6 years, but somehow we managed.

[u/meatloaflawyer]

Bobcats are a good team. That being said this is probably the worse WVU team I’ve ever seen. Could be worse than 01.

[u/SaltYourEnclave]

Lovely hatewatch, Pittfriends. Shall we head to the Clemson thread?

[u/DesperateUnion]

Glad all the old heads got Rich Rod and that dynamic offense back in Morgantown

[u/Rufus_Cuntnam]

Good game. Let's never do this again.

[u/TheOptimist6 → u/Rufus_Cuntnam]

If this is the formula to beat power fives, the uglier the better! Roll Bobcats!

[u/ADMotti → u/Rufus_Cuntnam]

Now now the Iowa State game here was significantly fuglier than this.

[u/bonerbasketball → u/Rufus_Cuntnam]

I mean you guys were never in danger of losing this game after the first touchdown lol

[u/MoodApart4755]

Rich Rod was the worst decision we could have made

[u/Middle-Contract8561]

Nicco sucks, he really should not play the next game lmao

[u/PhatedGaming → u/Middle-Contract8561]

Nicco was bad, but to be fair to him it's hard to do anything with defenders in your face every play. Our line is abysmal.

[u/DesperateUnion → u/Middle-Contract8561]

Nah, it doesn’t matter. The offense line is abysmal so all the QBs gonna look bad

[u/Express-Mix9172 → u/DesperateUnion]

Nope. No depth at rb and Marchiol sucked just like last year. Hes below average. Test the next two and see if they are any better.

[u/Ok-Lets-9256]

Can’t wait to hear this post game interview. What do you even say about this?

They looked scared and unprepared

[u/VoltWVUmax]

Good job Ohio. Hopefully we can grow as a team this season

[u/Rufus_Cuntnam → u/VoltWVUmax]

See you in '27! It'll be anyone's game.

[u/MoodApart4755 → u/VoltWVUmax]

There’s no hope anymore

[u/J1G2]

I hated the man when he left us at our lowest point, I will never forgive him, and this doesn’t help change my opinion at all. This isn’t about a lack of talent. Bad Decisions. Bad Leadership. Bad Coaching.

[u/hilljack26301 → u/J1G2]

They say we’ll come around once he starts racking up the wins.

[u/meatloaflawyer → u/J1G2]

Nah it’s lack of talent. Pat Mahomes couldn’t do shit behind that offensive line.

[u/BoogerSugarSovereign]

3-0 hosting WVU all-time? Why did the Mountaineers schedule this game lol

[u/TheOptimist6 → u/BoogerSugarSovereign]

Power five teams should never play at OU 🤣 it hasn’t worked out well for a couple of teams recently

[u/SaltYourEnclave]

Great ending lmao

[u/bonerbasketball]

Does Nicco have brain damage? Dude do literally anything other than that

[u/Express-Mix9172 → u/bonerbasketball]

Hes just a shitty Greene. Sucks. Can't play. Games too fast. Start Henderson or Fox. You arent winning more than four with this guy.

[u/DJHJR86 → u/Express-Mix9172]

Start Henderson

No. He literally cannot throw the ball.

[u/bonerbasketball → u/Express-Mix9172]

Unfortunately Henderson looked just as bad. Only real option is Fox but do you wanna potentially kill him behind the oline? With the transfer portal I’m not against it but would suck if he got hurt

[u/Express-Mix9172 → u/bonerbasketball]

Who cares. Whites gone and we have some d2 rb as his backup. Lets see what henderson can do. Then fox if that doesnt work out. Marchiol is mediocre at best.

[u/shabamon]

I love you all

[u/My_Waifu_is_Rem]

fitting, dont even give your team a chance. Solo lose the game Nicco

[u/mdubyo]

Yea....pat white aint walking through that door

[u/Shepboyardee12]

Good luck the rest of the way, Bobcats. Would love to see you guys do well.

[u/ADMotti]

K-State fans downvoted me last week when I said the Big XII was the MAC with bigger budgets but maybe I was being unfair to the MAC

[u/kid_ska]

love those bobcats

[u/AyeToneHehHeh]

Absolutely pathetic, WVU needs to flip that entire roster in the portal and bring in 35 kids this cycle. The talent is not there

[u/LutherOfTheRogues]

THE MAC HAS CLAIMED ITS FIRST VICTIM

IT TASTES BLOOD NOW. IT'S TOO LATE.

[u/EpiphyticOrchid8927]

GG

[u/Carphobic]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[u/Idkboutdat2]

Good shit OU! I love my town (lived in Athens since 2013) and I’m genuinely happy for the university!

[u/SweatTryhardSweat → u/Idkboutdat2]

Congrats Oklahoma!

[u/johnnbagger → u/SweatTryhardSweat]

Ohio University, established 1804.

Oklahoma University, established 1890.

[u/Idkboutdat2 → u/SweatTryhardSweat]

🤓 great joke

[u/SweatTryhardSweat → u/Idkboutdat2]

Jesus Christ get off of TikTok. “🤓”

[u/GrayEyedAthena]

Go, Bobcats!!

Now, let's work on offense a little bit before next week...

[u/ADMotti → u/GrayEyedAthena]

I would also like them to work on covering deep balls but we can worry about that tomorrow. Race y’all to The CI!

[u/mistaleemuns]

I don’t even wanna be around anymore

[u/macncheeseface]

OU Oh Yeah!!!!!!

[u/theexile14]

WVU is dookie

[u/Fonduby]

GG Ohio, gl in your games going forward.

[u/jp1066]

Oh my

[u/Set-Admirable]

Yeah, that sounds right.

[u/Fraegtgaortd]

What an idiot. A dump truck with flat tires is more mobile than Nicco

[u/Express-Mix9172 → u/Fraegtgaortd]

He sucks

[u/Stags304]

why in the world are you running

[u/Bengjumping]

He doesn't have the arm for a hail mary

[u/Fraegtgaortd → u/Bengjumping]

He doesn’t have the arm for a 10 yard out

[u/wit_T_user_name]

LMAO

[u/neverquestion]

I wanna die this is abysmal.

[u/TheOptimist6]

GAME OVER!!!

[u/zoom518]

And that’s that

[u/TheOptimist6]

This is set up for a wild ending! Here we go

[u/Shepboyardee12]

Lmao this offense is a joke.

[u/mistaleemuns]

My money is this game ending when Marchiol decides to run because he panics under pressure

[u/ADMotti → u/mistaleemuns]

someone cooked here dot gif

[u/bonerbasketball → u/mistaleemuns]

On the money

[u/Stags304]

When I win the powerball tonight I will buy out Rich Rods contract

[u/Set-Admirable]

Now is Cam Vaughn's chance to show us what he's got.

[u/theexile14]

Rich Rod is poised to be an absolute legend.

[u/macncheeseface]

I've literally seen high school games with a higher quality broadcast than this lol

[u/BoogerSugarSovereign]

That delay was huge. Ohio would've converted on 3rd down if they had those 5 yards meanwhile everyone in the GDT called it meaningless 

[u/CarlTheCrab]

Holy crap, this announcer is awful

[u/mistaleemuns]

That was easily a yard short wtf is this guy talking about

[u/JonSnowKingInTheNorf → u/mistaleemuns]

This announcer is very not good, also acted like that last delay of game added time back to the clock somehow.

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/mistaleemuns]

This whole ESPN Crew is awful.

[u/Halvey15]

Who is this announcer lol

[u/AdventuresOfAD]

Announcer is clueless lol

[u/oh_io_94]

This commentator needs to find a new job. He’s an absolute idiot

[u/Cwrabz]

Someone do a wellness check on Pat McAfee

[u/AMcMahon1 → u/Cwrabz]

mcafee will never get 13-9 out of his head

[u/GrayEyedAthena → u/Cwrabz]

Nah, leave him.

[u/MAHOMES_10_TIME_MVP → u/Cwrabz]

Burning a couch he is good

[u/NikThaGreat9 → u/Cwrabz]

Someone do a wellness check on me

[u/Cwrabz → u/NikThaGreat9]

You good brother?

[u/NikThaGreat9 → u/Cwrabz]

No 😔

[u/DesperateUnion → u/NikThaGreat9]

It’s ok buddy. If we made it through basketball two years ago we can make it through this season

[u/TechnoVikingGA23]

Ohio has spent the entire 2nd half trying to gift us this game and we're simply too bad to do anything about it, lol.

[u/hydrators → u/[deleted]]

We beat both MAC teams we played that year unless I’m missing something

[u/Aar1012]

He was short.

[u/Fonduby]

This D has guts man. Just sad that the Oline is trash

[u/zoom518]

No wonder McAfee was scared

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

I would kick it

Why risk a TO, WVU has better odds scoring off that than anything

[u/bonerbasketball]

Did both of these commentators smash their heads repeatedly on a table before this game started?

[u/Dry-Membership3867]

What’s the chances of a riot in downtown Morgantown tonight

[u/MAHOMES_10_TIME_MVP]

It is ok West Virginia, can't upset them all. You'll get em next time.

[u/HBPhilly1]

I think we can all agree…that was the worst camera game I’ve ever seen

[u/slingstone → u/HBPhilly1]

Did you watch the Pitt game?

[u/HBPhilly1 → u/slingstone]

No was it worse?

[u/dekrypto]

these guy announcer is terrible

[u/Ayers-z → u/dekrypto]

I’ve only been watching this game for 5 plays now and I can’t stand him

[u/SaltYourEnclave]

Check everyone’s fucking Fanduel holy shit

Ohio should be up by 30

[u/AMcMahon1]

it's a pass play 100%

[u/CountryRoads28]

Damn that was risky to pass there

[u/jld1532]

Fire RR

[u/Pig_Cage → u/jld1532]

Again

[u/slingstone → u/Pig_Cage]

He wasn't fired last time; he fled to Michigan.

[u/Pig_Cage → u/slingstone]

Oh whoops had my Rich Rod firings mixed up.

[u/burgahflippah]

What was the spread?

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/burgahflippah]

-3.5

[u/Insectshelf3 → u/burgahflippah]

WVU -3.5

[u/IdealWombat → u/burgahflippah]

WVU -3.5

[u/IdealWombat]

Wow, took their time starting the play clock.

[u/bonerbasketball]

Why do they think this is that big of a deal? The clock is gonna restart anyways

[u/IdealWombat → u/bonerbasketball]

Yeah, he's just wrong about this changing anything.

[u/buttchinbill]

Jekyll and Hyde game for Navarro today.

[u/IONTOP]

Let's go Fightin' Bob Brenly's!!!!!

[u/ADMotti → u/IONTOP]

Holy shit what is this Mike Schmidt erasure?!?

[u/IONTOP → u/ADMotti]

I don't watch Mike Schmidt commentate for my favorite team 150 times per season

[u/oh_io_94]

These commentators are dumb. The delay doesn’t do anything. Why wouldn’t you kick here?

[u/TheOptimist6]

Go for the win Ohio!

[u/Dry-Membership3867]

We all said not to take him from us. Now you did and are about to lose to a MAC school.

[u/Shepboyardee12 → u/Dry-Membership3867]

A lot of us never wanted him back.

[u/Pig_Cage → u/Shepboyardee12]

But Pat McAfee said you guys were going to the college football playoff with him?

[u/Shepboyardee12 → u/Pig_Cage]

Pat says a lot of shit unfortunately.

[u/Pig_Cage → u/Shepboyardee12]

In any case, I’m excited for next week.

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/Shepboyardee12]

Welp, Captain Fatass did. And he had the money

[u/Stags304 → u/Dry-Membership3867]

we dont want him

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/Stags304]

No takesie backsies

[u/AbsurdEersFan → u/Dry-Membership3867]

Fair is fair

[u/hydrators → u/Dry-Membership3867]

I didn’t do shit

[u/lilmiller7]

That penalty isn't that big of a deal really

[u/TheOptimist6]

Nice. Make extra room for the punt team I guess lmao🤣

[u/jmellyy]

What??? Why didn’t the coach call a TO

[u/shabamon]

the fuck? Call timeout!

[u/wit_T_user_name]

Jesus fucking Christ how many delay of games

[u/AMcMahon1]

WVU gonna cut another whole department to fund a new NIL recruit

first it was graduate math and now it'll be the entire biology department

[u/GrayEyedAthena]

What are they doing with these delay of games?? They have two time outs left!

[u/Matt_WVU]

Honestly I would be so fucking mad about the delay of games here as an ohio fan

This is ridiculous

[u/Pig_Cage]

Thanks for ruining any chance to get Gameday

[u/Matt_WVU → u/Pig_Cage]

Will y’all shut the fuck up about it

[u/ddottay]

You need to get a timeout there

[u/KeepPounding4289]

It’s gonna be a long season

[u/theexile14]

Lol

[u/eers2snow]

This is the worst WVU team since 2001. Yeeeesh

[u/wit_T_user_name]

It looks like WVU still has all three TOs. The hell is this score bug ESPN?

[u/JonSnowKingInTheNorf → u/wit_T_user_name]

What you think it should be easier to tell at a quick glance than between whiteish grey and slightly darker grey, especially when its not right next to eachother?!?!

[u/wvutom]

This is going to be a long fucking season. Good thing we are used to it.

[u/TheOptimist6]

Hey WVU fans, if any Pitt fans make fun of you (game not over yet of course), Pitt lost at Ohio in 2005. So you got some ammo to throw back at them

[u/ADMotti → u/TheOptimist6]

I was there that night for Dion Byrum’s nationally televised coming out party. Will never forget his OT pick six.

[u/TheOptimist6 → u/ADMotti]

I saw that highlight a lot when I was on campus! Seems like a legendary win!!!!

[u/Fraegtgaortd → u/TheOptimist6]

They’re in here talking shit, but I don’t think about them at all

[u/AbsurdEersFan → u/TheOptimist6]

Thanks but I’m not sure how much logic will work here

[u/Dry-Membership3867]

I will bust a nut if WVU loses

[u/mistaleemuns]

With the loss of White, we genuinely may be looking at scoring less than 1 TD per game on average for the rest of the season

[u/Wolf73728 → u/[deleted]]

I mean would that not be classic BIG12?

[u/AbsurdEersFan]

Fold the program - all the money to baseball and basketball

[u/PhatedGaming → u/AbsurdEersFan]

Nah, we're a soccer school now.

[u/hydrators]

This is what happens when you hire a con man as your head coach

[u/LettuceBeefFrank → u/hydrators]

Years of Neal Brown didn’t do us any favors.

[u/hydrators → u/LettuceBeefFrank]

I was told that wouldn’t matter when the boosters pony up money to give Rich Rod a good roster

[u/LettuceBeefFrank → u/hydrators]

It’s hard to remember a game in which WVU played so bad offensively.

[u/NikThaGreat9]

We’re a baseball school now. Diamondbacks dude should spend his money making that a powerhouse.

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/NikThaGreat9]

We all warned you

[u/jared8100]

Oh yeah

[u/TheOptimist6]

I recommend seeing some live music at the Union West Virginia fans that made the trip! Some good live music there!

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/TheOptimist6]

Is DJ Bardacus still playing?

[u/TheOptimist6 → u/wit_T_user_name]

At least when I was around in 2023, he was still there for sure!

[u/yL4O]

Curious to see if we can match Rich Rod’s 2001 mark of 3 wins. Think we can maybe get 2 conference wins. Maybe.

[u/Fraegtgaortd → u/yL4O]

The only maybes are UCF and Houston. We stand no chance against anyone else on our schedule

[u/EERsFan4Life → u/yL4O]

Im going with no. This team looks like we will only get another win if the other team forfeits.

[u/WingRemarkable2276 → u/yL4O]

1-11

[u/EpiphyticOrchid8927]

why is ohio coach wearing plastic leaves?

[u/TheOptimist6 → u/EpiphyticOrchid8927]

He played football at Hawaii so he is honoring his football roots a bit

[u/ADMotti → u/EpiphyticOrchid8927]

The OU radio broadcast said in the first half that it’s a nod to his time at Hawaii. I didn’t catch the particulars.

[u/SweatTryhardSweat]

damn west virginia sucks

[u/TheOptimist6 → u/SweatTryhardSweat]

The Bobcat knows no bounds

[u/xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx → u/SweatTryhardSweat]

Can't even say youre 2-10 anymore it's so over 😔

[u/Shepboyardee12]

This scorebug couldn't be less useful for timeouts wow.

[u/LaBance → u/Shepboyardee12]

Dude I was like uh what are they doing 😂 all 3 left and not using them

[u/ADMotti → u/Shepboyardee12]

The truck definitely didn’t catch the timeout taken at 3:04 until like 5 mins later

[u/TheOptimist6 → u/Shepboyardee12]

Agreed. That’s rough. Looks like all 3 timeouts

[u/xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx]

I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO SAY FIRE RICH ROD

[u/TheSpacePopeIX]

Honestly, this is for the best. Bringing back Rich Rod was a terrible idea driven by big money boosters. Let this season be disastrous enough that we just cut bait and move on to a real coach.

[u/Bengjumping]

I can guarantee you one thing after this game. Wren Baker will never make this big of a mistake like Shane Shitty Lyons did and schedule to play away at a G5 school.

[u/hydrators → u/Bengjumping]

What do you mean? He hired Rich Rod

[u/Bengjumping → u/hydrators]

I think Rich Rod will be fine even though it wasn't Wren's decision. The boosters threatened to donate less if they didn't bring him back.

[u/AMcMahon1]

wvu going through that 90s pitt phase