2007 OKLAHOMA SOONERS FOOTBALL
SCHEDULE & RESULTS

Fiesta Bowl post-game:

Mountaineers defeat Sooners, 48-28: The West Virginia Mountaineers didn't need coach Rich Rodriguez. They had Pat White, and their elusive quarterback led them to a surprising 48-28 romp over No. 3 Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl on Wednesday night.

White ran for 150 yards and threw for 176 and two touchdowns for the 11th-ranked Mountaineers, who rushed for 349 yards, most allowed by Oklahoma in a bowl game....full story from News9.com

Fiesta Bowl pre-game:

Unhappy donor gives WVU $1.1 million for academic scholarships: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Disaffected donor Ken Kendrick, before meeting face to face with West Virginia President Mike Garrison to discuss in part Kendrick's concerns over athletic-department leadership, has given his alma mater a gift of $1.1 million toward academic scholarships -- the same amount the university spent on unsold Fiesta Bowl tickets.

Kendrick, who two weeks ago along with fellow benefactor Bob Reynolds withdrew a combined $12 million in pledges, met with WVU Foundation President R. Wayne King over the weekend and handed him a check that essentially reimburses the university for the 8,000 or so tickets that remained from the school's allotment of 17,500. Those unsold tickets are being doled out to charities through the Fiesta Bowl, which seeks to sell out the game that Wednesday matches West Virginia and Oklahoma inside University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz....full story from the Pittsburg Post-Gazette

Fiesta Bowl: 'Throwback' Schmitt shines this time of year: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Mr. January was stopped cold, for once. The nickname smacked him straight in the grill. His concentration, akin to those 10 facemasks throughout his near-legendary, rumbling-to-a-close West Virginia football career, was shattered.

"I'm Mr. January?" Owen Schmitt wondered aloud.

Yep. For those career-best games in the past two bowls: 82 yards in the Sugar, 109 yards in the Gator. On the first day or two of the new year and the final day of his college season, Schmitt rolls downhill, all right. That seemingly bodes well for tomorrow night, when this brutish fullback-tight end and the 11th-ranked Mountaineers collide with third-ranked Oklahoma in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl....full story from the Pittsburg Post-Gazette

West Virginia's option an easy read for Sooners defense: West Virginia's speedy offense will test Oklahoma's defense in many ways Wednesday in the Fiesta Bowl.

But the Mountaineers shouldn't present anything that confuses the Sooners. And that's certainly music to the Sooners' ears after what they went through last season in a Fiesta Bowl loss to Boise State, which used three trick plays to fool OU's defense.

West Virginia uses a zone-read option running game out of the spread formation. That certainly shouldn't be puzzling to the Sooners, who have faced similar offenses this season in games against Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma State. The Sooners won all three....full story from The Dallas Morining News

One Final Game: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - It only takes one quick glance at West Virginia University's Marc Magro to recognize he's a linebacker. Maybe it's his muscular 6-foot-3-inch, 240-pound frame. Perhaps it's the limp in his walk stemming from his four knee surgeries. Or maybe it's the gash in his nose from the daily beating from his helmet.

Regardless of what tipped you off, it's clear Magro fits the bill of a nasty linebacker. And the fifth-year senior wouldn't have it any other way....full story from the West Virginia Athletic Department

Fiesta Bowl pits Sooners against Mountaineers: Glendale, AZ (Sports Network) - The 11th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers will take on the third-ranked Oklahoma Sooners in the 37th-annual Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona on January 2nd.

The Mountaineers had a spot all but locked up in the BCS Title game at the end of November, but a shocking 13-9 setback to rival Pittsburgh in the regular season finale on December 1st, left the Big East Co-Champions on the outside looking in on the title game. The loss was just the second of the year for West Virginia (10-2), which also dropped a 21-13 decision to South Florida at the end of September. It also allowed Connecticut to claim a piece of the conference crown. The Mountaineers have been highly successful for several years now and with it comes admirers....full story from the Albanly Times-Union