WVU: Needs to Work on Penalties

               The game that was fun to watch over the Thanksgiving weekend was West Virginia vs. Iowa State.  This was a great game because this was the first meeting between the two teams.  This was a battle to the end of the game.

                In the first half, WVU lossed the coin toss and started on defense.  The first defensive stand for WVU forced ISU to go three and out.  Then the offense of WVU was on the field and looked like they were going to score a touchdown.  The only reason why a touchdown was not scored was because WVU had penalties that halted the drive and they settled for a field goal, which made the score 3-0 WVU.  WVU had good drives throughout the first half, but the one thing that hurt them was penalties.  This is a problem they have had all year and something they need to correct in the weeks to come.  In the rest of the first half, both teams scored two touchdowns each to make the score at half time 17-14 WVU.

                At the start of the second half, WVU started with the ball first and they looked like they did on the first drive of the game.  The drive was stalled again though because of penalties and WVU had to settle for a field goal to make the score 20-14 WVU.  WVU defense might not have been ready for this half because ISU quickly scored a touchdown to make it 21-20 ISU.  The last quarter of the game both teams were trading scores.  If one team would score the other would answer.  WVU was down by a point late in the game and got a touchdown plus a two point conversion.  The final score was 31-24 WVU.

                This game was fun to watch because both teams have had a rough year so far.  The win by WVU made them bowl eligible and this is good because the seniors will get to play another game.  I believe WVU is going to be able to compete next year with the Big 12 teams even more than they did this year.  Here is a link for highlights of the game.  http://www.big12sports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?db_oem_id=10410&id=1103235&catid=undefined