Morning Mashup - 9/8

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

Jacob Bragg

On This Date:

- West Virginia holds an all-time record of 3-2. Their most recent game was in 2007, when the Mountaineers traveled to Huntington for the first time since 1915. They emerged victorious, 48-23.

- In 1957, former fullback (and linebacker) Walter Easley was born. During his first two years in Morgantown, Easley registered 1,046 total yards and 12 touchdowns. After sitting out a year, he switched to linebacker in 1979, where he totaled 84 tackles. For his senior season, he flipped back to running back and added another 885 total yards and eight scores.

In The News:

WVU's Buie Turns Heads in Opener (Hertzel - TimesWV)

West Virginia QB Smith's running new headache for foes (Menendez - Post-Gazette)

Big 12 TV Deal 'Monumental' (Hickman - Gazette)

Hoss Foundation Continues to Give Back (Eisen - WVUSports)

Nowhere to go but up (Smock - Gazette)

Nugget of The Day:

- Nacogdoches (TX) OL Jacob Bragg is the latest Texas lineman West Virginia has reached out to. He is a 2014 prospect.

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