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PREGAME: Kansas State at No. 12 West Virginia

September 22, 2018 by Tom Bragg

Hi.

I’m Tom and I’m the new WVU beat guy for the Charleston Gazette-Mail. This blog has been a lot of things in recent years — some good and some bad — and I’m still not quite sure exactly how I will handle it going forward. For today, however, I’m going to try some things out and see how it goes.

We’re about three hours away from kickoff here in Morgantown. There are some clouds in the sky but the weather seems to be pretty nice so far today.

It’s Stripe the Stadium day here and a good crowd is expected to be on hand for the Big 12 opener against visiting Kansas State.

As far as starters go, no big surprises on the list available to the media in the press box. Kennedy McKoy will get the nod at running back, but as we’ve heard all week you can expect to see a healthy dose of McKoy, Martell Pettaway and Leddie Brown in this one. JoVanni Stewart, the former safety that was a surprise starter last time out against Youngstown State, is again listed as the starter at Sam linebacker for the Mountaineers.

UPDATE 3:16 p.m.: No sign of running back Alec Sinkfield for WVU during pregame. He was the starter for the Mountaineers last time out against Youngstown State, but left with a leg injury and did not return.

It’s also Hall of Fame day here in Morgantown. This year’s class included former football standouts Avon Cobourne, Pat White and Steve Slaton.

I’ll update this post with anything noteworthy that comes up once the players get on the field and start warming up. Feel free to have fun in the comments, but keep it clean.

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