Morning Mashup - 10/5

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

On This Date:

- West Virginia has an all-time record of 7-8-1. The most recent was a blowout loss to Maryland, 48-17 back in 2002. The Terrapins were led by former WVU quarterback Scott McBrien, who was run off the team by former coach Rich Rodriguez.

- In 1976, former defensive back and return man Nate Terry was born. In his two plus year career, Terry had 78 tackles, five interceptions, over 1,800 return yards and three touchdowns. He may be best remembered for his two picks in the fourth quarter of the revival of the series with Marshall in 1997, though. Down 31-28, he picked off a Chad Pennington pass, allowing WVU to take the lead. On the very next drive, he did the same thing and the Mountaineers came out victorious.

- In 2005, former linebacker J.T. Thomas committed to West Virginia. He finished his career with 235 tackles, 28 for loss, seven sacks, four forced fumbles and two interceptions. He currently suits up for the Chicago Bears.

In The News:

Holgorsen: Alston won't make trip to Texas (Gazette)

First road test, WVU hoops and more beer (Vingle - Gazette)

Putting it all on the line (Hickman - Gazette)

Exploiting defense key to offense for Mountaineers (Casazza - Daily Mail)

Brown knows times changing in college football (McGill - Daily Mail)

McCarron often overlooked, WVU underrated? (Giardina - Daily Mail)

Quarterback Smith always strives for perfection (Casazza - Daily Mail)

No Heisman hype for Geno from department, official says (Boucher - Daily Mail)

Krutko recalls WVU's win over Texas in 1956 (Furfari - Register-Herald)

Predicting WVU, Texas outcome a difficult task (Huffman - Register-Herald)

West Virginia scoring high in Big12 (Menendez - Post-Gazette)

A New Reality (Drenning - WVUSports)

Kansas road trip a homecoming for WVU's Silva (Kreis - Daily Athenaeum)

Top player vs Baylor? It's Madsen (Hertzel - TimesWV)

WVU's Smith becomes football scholar (Hertzel - TimesWV)

Nugget of The Day:

- 2014 DE Lawrence Marshall reports interest from West Virginia. The 6-foot-4, 205-pound prospect already holds offers from Bowling Green and San Diego State.

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