[BJWilliams]

We had the battle of two very good passing teams in Hawaii Missouri, this time we have two very good running teams in Illinois and West Virginia. The Illini have Juice Williams and Rashard Mendenhall, West Virginia with perennial Heisman candidates Pat White and Steve Slaton.

West Virginia (10-2) Big East Champions

September 1 Western Michigan W 62-24 1-0 (0-0)
September 8 at Marshall W 48-23 2-0 (0-0)
September 13 at Maryland W 31-14 3-0 (0-0)
September 22 East Carolina W 48-7 4-0 (0-0)
September 28 at No. 18 South Florida L 21-13 4-1 (0-1)
October 6 at Syracuse W 55-14 5-1 (1-1)
October 20 Mississippi State W 38-13 6-1 (1-1)
October 27 at No. 25 Rutgers W 31-3 7-1 (2-1)
November 8 Louisville W 38-31 8-1 (3-1)
November 17 at No. 22 Cincinnati W 28-23 9-1 (4-1)
November 24 No. 20 Connecticut W 66-21 10-1 (5-1)
December 1 Pittsburgh L 13-9 10-2 (5-2)


Illinois (9-3)

September 1 Missouri L 40-34 0-1 (0-0)
September 8 Western Illinois W 21-0 1-1 (0-0)
September 15 at Syracuse W 41-20 2-1 (0-0)
September 22 at Indiana W 27-14 3-1 (1-0)
September 29 No. 21 Penn State W 27-20 4-1 (2-0)
October 6 No. 5 Wisconsin W 31-26 5-1 (3-0)
October 13 at Iowa L 10-6 5-2 (3-1)
October 20 No. 25 Michigan L 27-17 5-3 (3-2)
October 27 Ball State W 28-17 6-3 (3-2)
November 3 at Minnesota W 44-17 7-3 (4-2)
November 10 at No. 1 Ohio State W 28-21 8-3 (5-2)
November 17 Northwestern W 41-22 9-3 (6-2)

[Sly Fox]

Illini ... just to antagonize the 'neer contingent on the board.

[RubberMallet]

big ten vs spread offense w/ run first qb?

game over...

[BJWilliams]

Hmm...for what should be a pretty one sided game the vote is pretty tight

[BJWilliams]

West Virginia wins the vote 9-8 and the simulation 24-6

http://www.whatifsports.com/ncaafb/boxs ... 1&theme=-1

Mountaineers on to the next round