The Mountaineers won the Fiesta Bowl on the hands of Pat White

 

Aggressiveness and speed defined yesterday’s West Virginia victory 48-28 over Oklahoma, a team that couldn’t keep his act together even though they had the position of taking control of the game during the third quarter.

The Sooners fell due to poor decisions, including a failed two point conversion and an onside kick that WV recovered in Oklahoma’s territory, Bob Stoops UO’s coach is surely regretting the choices that took away the control his team was acquiring reaching the end.

The Mountaineers speed was overwhelming for a Sooners team that didn’t performed at his best, even though they have one of the strongest defensive lines in the country, and with players like Pat White taking the initiative with a strong offensive at the second half, the victory was sealed, much different than Oklahoma Sam Bradford’s bad night (who is rated the nation’s top passer), as he got sacked 3 times, completing only 21 of 33 passes.

The Sooners have the sour taste of disappointment still fresh in their mouths as this is the second consecutive year that they lost the Fiesta Bowl, last year was against Boise State, they have also dropped 4 straight BCS games by now.

The Fiesta bowl also saw interim coach Bill Stewart getting hired officially as West Virginia’s coach due to Rick Rodriguez’s departure to Michigan.

"He's the glue that kept us together, West Virginia would be stupid not to hire him as head coach." added senior fullback Owen Schmitt.