Morning Mashup - 10/14

Your morning look back, around the headlines and into the future.

On This Date:

- West Virginia has an all-time record of 11-4-1. The most recent was a 20-6 victory over South Florida in 2010. With the offense sputtering most of the afternoon, the defense stepped up with 12 tackles for loss, five sacks and three interceptions to propel the Mountaineers to the win.

- In 1962, former fullback Ron Wolfley was born. In four years at West Virginia, he rushed for 1,329 yards and 10 touchdowns. He was drafted in the 1985 NFL Draft and made it to four Pro Bowls as a special teams standout.

In The News:

Red Raiders Stomp WVU (Menendez - Post Gazette)

WVU Pounded 49-14 by Unranked Texas Tech (Menendez - Post-Gazette)

Brought down to Earth (Hickman - Gazette)

Pin this loss on WVU's defense (Hickman - Gazette)

No. 5 West Virginia Trampled by Texas Tech, 49-14 (Casazza - Daily Mail)

Mountaineers got their official Big12 welcome (Huffman - Register-Herald)

Texas Tech stuns WVU (AP)

The mystery in WVU's loss in Texas (Hertzel - TimesWV)

WVU slaughtered by Texas Tech (Hertzel - TimesWV)

Mountaineers Fall at Texas Tech (Antonik - WVUSports)

Nugget of The Day:

- West Virginia has extended an offer to Blake McClain. No, not the 2013 safety committed to Kentucky. The 2014 defensive end from Sandalwood (FL) by the same name.

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