STILLWATER, OKLA. – West Virginia dominated Oklahoma State in nearly every fashion Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium, scoring an impressive 38-14 victory. The win at OSU gets West Virginia (4-2/2-0) off to a strong start in what figures to be a tough four-week stretch with home games against Iowa State on Oct.
12 (8 p.m. on FOX) and Kansas State on Oct.
19 plus a road trip to Arizona on Oct 26. OK State (3-3/0-3) gets a break this coming week with a bye before returning to action at BYU on Friday, Oct. 18.
Atmosphere at Boone Pickens Stadium – Saturday was very hot in Stillwater with temperatures reaching 89 degrees by the mid-afternoon kickoff. WVU planned ahead for such weather conditions, though, and had awnings installed over its bench area, which provided shade from the oppressive sun on the extremely tight sidelines at Boone Pickens Stadium. While Oklahoma State has sold out all its tickets for its home games this season, sometimes its attendance can be a little spotty.
This week it was a pretty good crowd of 52,202 ...
at least at the start. But as the Cowboys fell behind 31-7 by halftime, at least half of those in Boone Pickens headed for the exits and did not return in the second half. Grade: C WVU Offense – The Mountaineer offense did a ton of things well, especially in the first half.
It totaled 31 points and 345 yards in the opening 30 minutes with 259 of those yards on the ground, exceeding last season’s single-half high of 225 gained in the second half a.
