The only part of the WVU v. Colorado broadcast I caught was when I was standing under a press box television trying to see who threw the block that sprung Noel Devine for his 72-yard touchdown … more on that tomorrow and I promise you’ll find it interesting.

Following the replay, the camera followed Devine, and Chris Fowler, a Colorado grad, said Devine was one one of the great homerun hitters in the game today.

True. How about the best? 

The junior from Fort Myers, Fla., has three touchdown runs of at least 70 yards – 92, 77 and 72 – while no other player in West Virginia football history has more than two regular runs of 70 yards or more.

“Noel Devine is a scary player from the standpoint of when he gets the ball he can go,” said Syracuse Coach Doug Marrone, whose 15th-ranked run defense attempts to slow Devine and the Mountaineers at noon Saturday at the Carrier Dome in the Big East Conference telecast game of the week (WCHS, Charleston). “He has tremendous speed and elusiveness.

“If he breaks a tackle, if you miss a gap, he’ll find it and he can take it the distance. All guys who have that type of speed are dangerous.”

Devine also has more 70-yard runs than any active player. Cal’s Jahvid Best has four and Florida’s Chris Rainey, Georgia Tech’s Jonathan Dwyer, Fresno State’s Lonyae Miller and Clemson’s C.J. Spiller have three apiece.