2008 Fiesta Bowl West Virginia vs Oklahoma No Huddle

[@thaddaeusrobinson4239]

Oklahoma really got a raw deal playing wvu that year. That wvu team was far and away a national title team and it was only because of the Pitt loss that we didn’t get in, so much talent on that wvu squad.

[@hondaphan4172]

I have no doubt we would've thumped Ohio St. in the national championship game as Illinois gave them fits and their attack was nowhere near as dangerous.

[@captaincoalpile1755]

RIP Coach Stew... Leave no doubt brother...

[@DavidCrites07]

This team was really special, we should have been national champions that year.

[@jordanwehrle9075]

HotDog Lover Stick to eatin your weiners bud it’ll work out better for ya

[@TheChameleonCarroll]

@@LoudPet636 illuminat is why we couldn't

[@zacharyvalloric9076]

@@TheChameleonCarroll to this day I believe so

[@haroldfarquad6886]

I've never been a WVA fan exactly, but I was enamored with this team in 07. The craziest year in college football, and that offense with White, Slaton, Devine, and Schmidt was the most fun offense I've ever watched. That Pitt loss still bugs me as a non-fan 15 years later... this WVA team deserved a shot for the natty.

[@hondaphan4172]

@@haroldfarquad6886 It's WVU and Schmitt....you're forgiven ;)

[@ericbarth547]

Man as painful as the Pitt loss was, this provided so much healing for Mountaineer Nation.

[@joejohnson2802]

Eric Barth I’m a Bengals fan, so I have seen plenty of painful losses. None of those can compare to that Pitt loss though. I was stunned. I was depressed. Then angry.

[@ericbarth547]

Joe Johnson yeah being a bengals fan ain’t a walk in the park as I hear.

[@BREATHER_]

Joe Johnson I’ve never seen the emotions described so well. Stunned, depressed, & angry in that order. EDIT: as a Steeler fan I sincerely hope to see the Bengals turn it around

[@krankrocker]

@Blue2 Sierra His mind was definitely in Michigan, not on the Pitt game. "Fraudriguez" is what we forever call him.

[@matthewbeaver5026]

Just suxs we haven't been able to beat ou since..

[@ArchHades]

I'm not an Oklahoma fan I live in Tennessee. However, I am a college football fan with a good memory and I remember in the early parts of OU under Bob Stoops, they always had a shut down defense. Even in games they would lose, the defense would keep them in it. That's how they won that 1 National Championship against FSU. Then came that National Championship game where they got shredded left and right by USC and gave up 55. They were really never the same defensively after that. They followed that USC loss by giving up 43 to Boise State and their gimmicky offense 2 years later. They got absolutely gashed by the Mountaineers in this bowl game giving up 48. By 2008 they were an offensive led team with a shaky defense. Stoops' later Sooners squads really never were quite the same or had the same identity. This game by West Virginia was pretty much the nail in the coffin about the vaunted "Stoops defenses". They just became another Big 12 fun and gun team. Certainly talented and fun to watch offensively but not a real championship team.

[@mwduck]

Keeping watching as OC Grinch gets his recruits in place. Things are getting better defensively in Norman.

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

To me their defense was never the same when they lost to Kansas St in the 2003 Big 12 Championship Game, felt Mike Stoops was distracted after he got the Arizona job. WTF do I know

[@snowstorm5867]

@@mwduck grinch sucks

[@DrinkhtooO]

Loved this defense this year. Always a ton of WVU jerseys around every tackle.

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

15:07 LIKE A RUNAWAY BEER TRUCK

[@charredolive]

One of the best lines in CFB history

[@bryanelliott2045]

I can never get tired of watching this😊

[@omar10213245]

I remember this night. Loved every minute of it. OU's offense wasn't ready to face a defense that was fast enough to counter them.

[@David-jl6hr]

This was best mountaineer team ever assembled. Defense was outstanding.

[@ericbarth547]

That throw to Tito Gonzalez is the GOAT. Pat was falling down and he hits him perfectly on the back shoulder pad where only he can get it. Unreal, Tito gliding untouched into the end zone is awesome too.

[@iwineverygame1995]

And to think, Tito had like 4 catches in his entire career.

[@ekibirigeable]

This was a great game, I remember watching it. All the hype about WV centered on Slaton and White but I think it was the Defense that really won it for WVU!

[@joshuahaynes7128]

WVU could've won the national championship that year if rich fraud didn't up and leave them in a rivalry game.... it was hard to stop white-slaton-owen-devine ... and WVU defense was very very underrated in 07 i think we was top 10 in every major defensive category...

[@evancraven4784]

We did have the natty locked up if it wasn't for Rich.

[@medicatedbobcat8186]

That Missouri vs wvu almost national championship game is still one of the biggest let downs in my life

[@tailsthefriendlyfox8479]

Court McKinney would’ve been Ohio state vs West Virginia

[@JackFlemingFan1]

Well said!!

[@johnwaffleh2p70]

Man I miss these West Virginia teams they were fun to watch

[@tmain672]

R.i.p Coach Stew

[@haroldfarquad6886]

Just think, WVA dominated this game almost entirely without Steve Slaton. Such a fun offense to watch.

[@rjhinnj]

Hate to admit it, but Steve Slaton woosed on this game “saving” himself for what was to be a failed NFL career. Mom’s, don’t let your kids leave college early for $$$ dreams.

[@MrJuanno42]

I still contend that this WVU team was the best team in the nation that year. Just one (or two if you count the USF loss) slip ups killed their national championship hopes

[@LogoAttitude]

At the time this game was played, no one figured that these teams would eventually become conference rivals. But when Pitt and Syracuse, two long-running Big East members, were accepted into the ACC, West Virginia wanted out of the Big East too. They applied to the SEC, but they said no. So, West Virginia was soon targeted by the Big 12. The Big 12 was about to lose Texas A&M to the SEC, and they convinced TCU of the MWC to reverse their acceptance into the Big East and join the Big 12 instead. As it became apparent that Missouri was also gonna leave the Big 12 for the SEC, the Big 12 reached out to WVU, who readily accepted the invitation to join beginning 2012. But the Big East was determined to make WVU adhere to the waiting period of 27 months. A legal battle followed, but eventually both sides settled and the Big East let WVU leave for the Big 12 in 2012. Since then, OU and WVU have met every year, as the Big 12 plays a 9-game round robin conference schedule, which they first adopted in 2011 after Colorado and Nebraska left. The Big 12 had not had a round-robin conference schedule since 1995 before 2011. That year the Big 12 was still called the Big 8. Upon the entrance of the 4 small market SWC schools, the Big 8 became the Big 12 and split into two divisions.

[@iwineverygame1995]

What a load of horseshit. WVU "applied" to the SEC? Garbage yap.

[@TheOpinionSports]

The way WVU ran offense back then is similar to how a lot of teams today with speed combined with the spread. OU at this time period looking back was just not equipped to deal with an offense like that back then as most teams were not yet spreading you out with the combo of speed

[@PureBleachFilms]

If WVU would have played 10% like this aganist Pitt would would have beat them by 28 points. Rich Rod chocked. When WVU was an underdog they won, when they were favored they lost....2006 Louisville, USF/ 2007 USF, Pitt

[@kennethzinke9168]

"A Southern-style Fiesta Bowl" matchup between West Virginia and Oklahoma. "Blue sees Red."

[@jim33758]

This would have been the National Championship team if Rich Rodriguez didn't throw the Pitt WVU game!

[@JuanMunoz-ie2lr]

If I was a WVU fan, I would view this game as nothing more than a consolation prize. Because I'm still scratching my head as to how did this team allow themselves to fall to a 4-7 Pitt. The prize at the end of the road was right there and the Mountaineers instead decided to take a little detour.

[@bigal25938]

Oklahoma got away with a lot of holds not called. When a team holds that much it means they are getting beat bad physically.

[@iwineverygame1995]

The hokds eventually got hilarious. Ripping the jerseys of our linemen and no calls 🤣🤣

[@briankitis3734]

Lol runaway beer truck.

[@hanswhite]

Who would've thought that Pat McAfee would turn out to be the most successful of everyone on the field.

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

If you would have told people back then that the shaggy haired kicker/punter would end up with a net worth more than Pat White, they woulda locked u up for being crazy

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

That WVU offense went through that OU defense like a butcher knife through soft butter!

[@krankrocker]

29:11 Nice body slam by kicker Pat McAfee!!!

[@akbar8477]

I remember this game I was going crazy! Divine!

[@tesstwigg8319]

Good video, thanks!

[@ronaldlamascus1944]

Sad day in Sooner nation. Hats off to WVU. And I still think the WVU coach got shafted.

[@Econnolly82]

nah he left for michigan and then got fired immediately lol

[@ronaldlamascus1944]

@@Econnolly82 not Rodriguez. I am talking about the interim coach who got a short stint after RichRod.

[@Econnolly82]

@@ronaldlamascus1944 oh lol my bad. Im a pitt fan but wvu my #2 team. exciting offense, cool logo, favorite team to play as in ncaa. Always root for them unless its against pitt. 13-9 killed the the big east so i feel bad, old big east was the best. pitt just came to play and richrod crapped his pants

[@brentmead3131]

WVUs defense was so nasty

[@chadgregory9037]

7:05 "the animated kicker" LOL

[@brennanshiflett8126]

Malcolm Kelley sure wasnt rapping after this game 😂

[@blakesumpter7704]

Haven't beat OU since they joined the Big 12, but this 2007 wvu team was special!

[@iwineverygame1995]

Beat them in 2022.

[@jvtherrien]

Wasn't Oklahoma a big favorite going into this one?

[@leemontgomery7914]

Was this a Mike Stoop’s defense?

[@Dawgpound205]

I believe West Virginia was capable of winning it all that season

[@charlest7184]

Man this is hard to watch as a sooner fan

[@rjhinnj]

We beat you 3 out of like 12 games played since 1982 when WVU showed up with Hoss and the boys. Unfortunately, you guys are now gonna be middlings in the SEC.

[@charlest7184]

@@rjhinnj with ou not in the league anymore there's no excuse for West Virginia not to be at the top

[@michaelbragg6903]

Leave No Doubt!

[@ryanyeager3258]

To this day I am not over that West Virginia & Pitt lost game back in 2007. If West Virginia woulda beat Pitt they would have played Ohio state and national championship game. And the way we were fired up and played against Oklahoma we played like that in a national championship game and against Ohio state West Virginia would a won a national championship. And if West Virginia would of beat Ohio state and a national championship that would have felt like 10 championships. Because I hate Ohio state with a Passion the whole country does here's why most the country hates Ohio state there some of the biggest p***** to have ever have existed they act like Ohio state football is the pinnacle of college football. And everyone else program in the country is an inferior program and we should just quit playing football in general. Ohio state fans get disappointed at the buckeyes if they don't win more than 21 points. And I drink champagne at every game and act like Rich snobs. If there's one team in the country I would love to see Sucks I would love to see go 6 and 6 ever year it would be Ohio state. And here would a been the big difference between West Virginia win a national championship then LSU a higher state or any other school to Ohio state it's just another championship just another trophy to add to their Impressive resume but to West Virginia it would have felt like the mounier's of finally have a arrived at the pinnacle of college football to of been able to be one of the champions it would have felt like something that WVU fans have been waiting most of their whole lives to see. God forbid the N CAA wants to see a school that has never won championship finally win their 1st one I would boost ratings better than the same old schools.

[@hyfyre8960]

Ryan Yeager gosh you really hate Ohio state? Have they done something to you? You sound jealous. They have the most 1st round nfl draft picks of any team.

[@qtipmotha]

It still amazes me that OU's line had Phil Loadholt (NFL starter from 2009 to 2015), Trent Williams (future hall of famer), and our defense ate their lunch for four quarters. Johnny Dingle would have been so far up Sam Bradford's ass that he would have had to be surgically removed were OU's lineman not holding on for dear life to slow him down. You can see Duke Robinson (72) try to injure Reed Williams (47) at 0:34 seconds by putting his weight on the back of Reed's knee. What a piece of shit. Then you have domestic abuser Brandon Walker on the opposite side of the line. I'm thinking OU's guards were just trash, and their future NFL tackles couldn't pick up the slack for them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYOkln2mqdGJlcU

[@williamjones7589]

2007-2008 Oklahoma and 2010 are far in away the best eams bob stoops ever had and are better than any of the recent play off teams 2007-2010 teams should have gone 14-0 and the 2008 team would have beat Florida if healthy

[@iwineverygame1995]

Such an accurate and valuable comment. You, sir, win KZbin. I've never laughed harder at a football game than when scooter's jersey was stretched 2 feet long while running after a retreating Bradford... No call

[@christopherroth4621]

I remember calling roll and asking Johnny Dingle if that was actually his real name.

[@jameskeeney2032]

The Pitt loss was a dive watch the game very carefully and then tell.me otherwise. Pat White. McAfee. Slaton and the play calling no way this game was legit James Keeney

[@ebtv7663]

Who would have thought that WVU kicker would be the most famous person in the game

[@jameskeeney2032]

Where was McAfee in the game that counted the most the Pitt game. How many point blank field goals did he miss when a shot at the national championship was on the line. I am pleased with the results of the Fiesta Bowl but not happy with the dive they took against Pitt and it was a dive. James Keeney

[@329eddie]

Good tam, but should it have joined the B12, lost to OU every game since.

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

In retrospect I think Hawaii and Oklahoma should have flip-flopped BCS bowl games. Hawaii/West Virginia Fiesta and Oklahoma/Georgia would have been better games, plus Brennan vs Slaton/White would be awesome.

[@earnestpeeplesjr8948]

OU ALWAYS blows it in Big Games....

[@kingjehukhan8541]

My boys took that "L"........but then again this was just part of that long run of OU get crushed in big games..

[@bigal25938]

Don’t make up for 13-9. Actually makes it worse.

[@asmith1022]

Noel had stupid elusiveness, doesn't get the adoration he should.

[@8742apatel]

go West Virginia

[@JWill-xc1cr]

OU should have lined up and ran the ball against that dam 3-3 lol Poor coaching

[@christophershannon8734]

So many Oklahoma penalties.....

[@tylerlogan833]

the last time WVU beat OU lmao

[@Drumwolf62]

Nope beat them in 2022!!! Lmao

[@ericbarth547]

This Oklahoma team was better than LSU or Ohio State. We should’ve been playing either OSU or LSU, OU should’ve been in the Title game.

[@tailsthefriendlyfox8479]

Eric Barth therefore WVU was the real national champions of 2007 and they should claim it

[@earnestpeeplesjr8948]

Uh no....Pat White and company exposed y'all...y'all got massacred by WVU....u weren't ready for anyone else.

[@slayert-rav5835]

Thats makes a total of 0 sense if wvu beat you guys wvu shouldve been in the national championship. I bet who ever they played they would have won but alex fraud shit on them and pat McAfee couldnt make a kick

[@christophershannon8734]

If we didn't lose to Texas Tech, we would've been in the national championship vs. Ohio State. 12-1 BIG 12 Champion vs. 11-1 BIG Ten Champion Ohio State

[@johnwaffleh2p70]

Pierre Degaré we should’ve split the title

[@tmain672]

R.i.p Coach Stew