The Oklahoman

NO. 11 OSU VS. NO. 22 WEST VIRGINIA

- JOHN HELSLEY, STAFF WRITER

•When: 11 a.m., Saturday

•Where: Milan Puskar Stadium; Morgantown, W.Va.

•TV: ABC (Cox 8/HD 705, Dish 5, DirecTV 5, U-verse 5/1005 HD)

•Radio: KXXY-FM 96.1

Scouting West Virginia

2017 record: 5-2 overall, 3-1 Big 12; coming off 38-36 win at Baylor.

Best player: It’s hard to argue against quarterbac­k Will Grier, who ranks behind only OSU’s Mason Rudolph in the Big 12 in total offense and passing yards per game. Grier leads the league with 26 touchdown tosses, seven more than Rudolph and OU’s Baker Mayfield. Of those scoring throws, 15 have come in four Big 12 games. A Florida transfer, he may be the best quarterbac­k Dana Holgorsen’s had in Morgantown.

The case for the Mountainee­rs: Morgantown is a rough place to play. Now the Mountainee­rs have a legit quarterbac­k, and they catch a wounded OSU squad that struggled offensivel­y against a Texas team that may have offered a blueprint for slowing the Cowboys. The case for the Cowboys: OSU hopes to be healthier by the time they arrive in Morgantown, especially on the offensive line, where many of their issues began in Austin. Armed with a supposed blueprint or not, the Mountainee­rs defense doesn’t appear to be all that. WVU sits eighth in the Big 12 in total defense and surrendere­d 36 points to Baylor, needing a stop of a two-point conversion and recovery of an onside kick to survive in Waco.

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