Mountaineers getting generous at wrong time with turnovers

[ThomasTomasz]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Protecting the ball is high on No. 5 West Virginia's to-do list this week.

The Mountaineers have lost only 10 fumbles all season, but three of those came in Thursday night's 38-31 win over Louisville.

Quarterback Pat White dropped the ball three times, losing two -- White recovered one of his own fumbles. Running back Steve Slaton lost one of his two fumbles.

"We take a lot of pride in our ball security, and not just in games, but in practice," West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez said Monday. "Sometimes either the fundamentals slip or they do a good job of getting a hat on the ball and it comes out. It's kind of crazy. It seems like it happens in bunches for us, but hopefully, we'll get that corrected."

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[Whit Prowdy]

And didn't a lot of the remaining 7 fumbles come against South Florida? Not for nothing but West Virginia's very good at protecting the ball...Louisville simply seems to have a knack at irking Slaton, something most other teams cannot do.

[XPetey]

I'm taking Cincinnati in the upset at Nippart!...again