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SI.com - Writers - Arash Markazi: Mountaineers ignore distractions to win Fiesta - Thursday January 3, 2008 11:15AM
West BY GOD Virginia found this 1/3/2008 on sportsillustrated.cnn.com [flag]
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- There would be no miracle finishes this time around. No hook and ladders. No Statue of Liberties. No marriage proposals. This year's Fiesta Bowl didn't need any overtimes but there was an upset, if you are still naïve enough to call it that. West Virginia reminded everyone why it was once thought of as the best team in America, running Oklahoma off the field in a 48-28 ... [link]

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Screenshots of BCS Awesomeness
Published 1/3/2008 by Charley West at West BY GOD Virginia
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Fiesta Bowl: Dome of horrors for OU
Published 1/3/2008 by Hermano at We Suck at Sports
... on the wrong side of one of the greatest college football games ever played. I thought they'd play angry, they'd play inspired, when in fact it was WVU doing all those things. It is in fact that naysayers that got to the Mountaineers during the long layover, talking about how they couldn't compete without their coach and architect of their offense, talking about how distractions would pave the way for an OU pounding. It was WVU that was doing the pounding Wednesday night, as they buried the Sooners with four touchdowns in seven plays. ...

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