WVU Women Wrap Up Nonconference Play with Win Over Temple

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Unreasonable Doubt A WVU Basketball Podcast: Bethune-Cookman | The Smoking Musket Is it okay to not have your best performance playing Bethune-Cookman in the middle of December? What are the stats to focus on after 10 games? Does a basketball podcast talk football more if theres one basketball game in the next 16 days? Lets answer these questions and more after WVUs 84-61 win over Bethune Cookman.

FOOTBALL Spot The Ball, Hold The Rope, Rich Rod Returns | U92 Sports/The Daily Athenaeum A new guest this week, Brett Berner joins Quinn and Andy to discuss the next football coach in Morgantown.

BASKETBALL Mountaineers Collect Gritty Road Win over Temple | West Virginia University Athletics The Mountaineers overcame a sluggish start to collect its final win before opening conference play next week.

WVU shot just 27.8 percent from the floor in the opening quarter before steadily improving its average in each of the following frames.

Public Big 12 Conference Single Game Tickets Now on Sale | West Virginia University Athletics Big 12 Conference single game tickets for WVU men's basketball home games are now on sale to the general public.

SOCCER Ors Navarro, Broughton Named United Soccer Coaches All-Americans | West Virginia University Athletics Ors Navarro earns a spot on the first team while Broughton was named to the second team.

The pair become the 15th and 16th Mountaineers in program history to be named All-Americans.

WVU ATHLETICS No.

18 West Virginia Drops Big 12 Opener to California Baptist | West Virginia University Athletics West Virginia jumped out to a 12-3 lead midway through the dual but could not hang on as Cal Baptist scored 15 points in the next four matches before fifth-year senior Peyton Hall closed out the event with a 5-1 decision in front of a sold-out crowd.

Seahawks QB Geno Smith exits loss to Packers with knee injury | NFL.com Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald told reporters after the loss that it appeared Smith's knee was structurally OK, but the extent of the injury was unclear.

Smith will undergo further evaluation on Monday.

Seahawks QB Geno Smith injures knee in loss to Packers | ESPN The Seattle Seahawks' hopes of making the playoffs were dealt at least one significant blow Sunday night with their loss to the Green Bay Packers -- and maybe another depending on the severity of Geno Smith's knee injury.

Miles McBride Issues Challenge to New York Knicks | New York Knicks on SI Knicks guard Miles McBride spoke about the team's need to be more consistent.

Beanie Bishop Jr.

Credits Damontae Kazee As 'Great Help' Remaining Confident | Steelers Depot Beanie Bishop Jr.

has been a pleasant surprise for the Steelers, and he credits his growing confidence to his teammate, Damontae Kazee.

Marshall withdraws from Independence Bowl matchup against Army | NBC Sports Marshall has withdrawn from the Independence Bowl after a coaching change resulted in much of its roster jumping into the transfer portal.

The Thundering Herd were slated to play Army on Dec.

28 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

But the Independence Bowl and Louisiana Tech announced on Saturday that the Bulldogs will take on the 19th-ranked Black Knights instead.

Penn State backup QB Pribula skipping CFP, entering portal | ESPN Penn State backup quarterback Beau Pribula is set to enter the transfer portal and leave the team ahead of the College Football Playoff, citing an "overlapping CFB playoff and transfer portal timeline." Ashton Jeanty says he 'should've walked away' with Heisman | ESPN Ashton Jeanty is on the brink of a historic season for a running back, and the Boise State star thinks that should have been enough to push him to the Heisman Trophy over Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter.

Does flag planting have a place in college football? | ESPN Ahead of the first home-hosted playoff games in college football this week, flag-planting conversations have raged on.

Some coaches, and even pro athletes, are for it; others are against it.

One state lawmaker went as far as to introduce a bill to make the act a felony.

Florida State's Mike Norvell restructures deal, gives $4.5M to new initiative | ESPN Florida State coach Mike Norvell has agreed to a one-year restructured contract that includes a $4.5 million contribution to help launch a new university initiative aimed at raising money for revenue sharing, the school announced Monday.

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