Morning Mashup - 9/18

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

On This Date:

- West Virginia has an all-time record of 5-4. The most memorable (with the embarrassing Colorado loss in 2008 coming in a close second) was likely the 2004 victory over Maryland. West Virginia had lost the previous four contests to the Terps before Rasheed Marshall hit Chris Henry for a touchdown and an overtime win in an ugly 19-16 game.

- In 1970, former center Mike Compton was born. The Virginia native was starting by his sophomore season (1990), earned All-Big East honors in 1991 and was a Consensus All-American as a senior. He was then drafted in the third round by Detroit and enjoyed an 11-year NFL career with the Lions, New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars. He was inducted into the WVU Hall of Fame in 2005.

In The News:

Big 12 realities will soon become apparent (Hickman - Gazette)

For Smith, bigger is better (Hickman - Gazette)

Big 12 notebook: Texas quarterback Ash wins conference honor (Casazza - Daily Mail)

Geno has all the right moves (Casazza - Daily Mail)

WVU and Maryland provide a rivalry (Huffman - Register-Herald)

Big12 teams scoring in bunches (Hertzel - TimesWV)

Austin and Bailey have emerged as the nation's best receiver duo (Carvelli - Daily Athenaeum)

WVU remains undefeated at home with 2-0 win (Batra - Daily Athenaeum)

Mountaineers not looking past inferior opponents (Arthur - Daily Athenaeum)

Geno's place at the table (Antonik - WVUSports)

Nugget of The Day:

- I'll post a freebie recruiting nugget later today, but, if you're a VIP member, you should click on the following link to the breaking news EerSports was first to report last night--> Group of highly-rated prospects to visit next two weeks

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