Crummy: West Virginia at Louisville

I won't go into stats and figures about these two teams because they will have little to do with the result in this contest. As many could probably predict, I am a longtime West Virginia fan and will give the edge to them this Thursday. In order to show I do pay attention to the actual teams and am not just going by my personal bias to pick this game, I will lay out the key actors in the drama that will unfold at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on Thursday night. There are the sterling sophomores from West Virginia. QB Pat White and RB Steve Slaton are the key to the entire Mountaineer team, not just the offense. I anticipate that these guys will rush the ball often. If Slaton is contained then White will run and vice versa. There is a possibility of some passing, but that is definitely not White's strength.

Next we have QB Brian Brohm from the U of L who has missed four games this season but is likely to have finally knocked the rust off coming into Thursday's game. Since the injury to RB Michael Bush in the first game of the season, the Cardinals have a running game by committee. The committee seems to be effective.

The game will come down to who can stop the other from scoring. The 'eer defense is pretty weak and it lets up quite a bit in the air if it can't put a lot of pressure on the quarterback. This is my biggest concern for the game because I have heard that the Cardinal defense can stop the run effectively. However, to stop White and Slaton from running you have to do more than be good at stopping the run, you simply have to be faster than those two guys. Well...that's all I'm going to say about that. I have a feeling this will be another great football Thursday.