[mervinout]

ESPN.com - NCF - Preview
No. 4 West Virginia (3-0) at East Carolina (1-2), 4:30 pm EDT
GREENVILLE, North Carolina (Ticker) - After three emphatic home wins, Steve Slaton and fourth-ranked West Virginia take to the road Saturday when they visit East Carolina in a regional matchup.
Slaton rushed for 195 yards and two touchdowns in West Virginia's 45-24 thumping of Maryland on September 14. He would have had a third first-quarter TD but fumbled into the end zone, where tight end Brad Palmer recovered for a score.
Slaton leads the Big East Conference in rushing and is third nationally with an average of 167.67 yards - 8.1 per carry - for the Mountaineers (3-0), who lead the country in average rushing yards (348.67).
"He understands what his role is in our offense," Mountaineers coach Rich Rodriguez said. "When he makes big plays like he did in the last ballgame and like he did in several ballgames, it certainly gives a boost to all the guys on our team."
After opening with losses at Navy and UAB, East Carolina (1-2) evened its Conference USA record at 1-1 with a 35-20 comeback win at home over Memphis last weekend.
The Pirates trailed, 20-7, at the break but scored one touchdown in the third quarter and three in the fourth for their first victory of the season.
East Carolina, which forced six turnovers, took the lead for good, 21-20, when defensive end Zach Slate scored on a seven-yard interception return early in the final period.
East Carolina narrowly lost at West Virginia last year, 20-15. In the last meeting here in 2003, the Mountaineers stormed to a 48-7 victory.

i think we can all agree wvu will win, but how many yards will slaton have, and will coach rod leave him to pile up stats, because the first two games agaisnt gimmie teams, he took him out after half. Then against maryland he let him play. Curious to see what will happen when they get a big lead.
I just cant wait for ECU and wvu's contract to end. And for the contracts with auburn michigan state, and a florida state to start here in the next 3 years . So i can stop hearing about their weak schedule

[Lefty Noob]

Now see, this game worries me. Don't forget that the Pirates held WVU to just 127 yards of rushing last season. Granted, Slaton has looked unstoppable so far this year, but if that East Carolina D is half as good as it was last year, it may be another nailbiter. The AP says 77% of the plays Rodriguez calls are running plays, so if someone shuts down the running game, can we beat them throwing the ball?

[mervinout]

lefty, jason colson and pernell williams, they screw up of a blue chip(jason gwaltney) of recruit were the rb's

I dont even think slaton played in that game last year.

[mervinout]

also that was the fourth game of the year last year, which means it was dan mozes fourth game playing center, now he is a preseason all american center. i dont see this running game having any problems tommorow, the only thing that worries me is 4 of the 5 starting db's are freshmen or sophmores.

[Lefty Noob]

Well, here's hoping your right. Just seems like ECU always plays the 'Neers tough.

[mervinout]

thats cause they never blwo anyone out instead of blowing them out coach rod would rather play everyone who dressd. against eastern washington he played 83 players