Stewart Gets Job Title He Earned

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia's Bill Stewart, the man who coached his Mountaineers to Wednesday's shellacking of the University of Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, has been named head coach. The school dropped the interim tag from Stewart's title after the 11th-ranked Mountaineers' 48-28 win over No. 3 Oklahoma.

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Sooners Blow It, Lose To West Virginia 48-28

Missed tackles, penalties, a porous defense and lackluster offense doomed the OU Sooners in tonight's Fiesta Bowl as they fell 48-28 to the University of West Virginia Mountaineers. WVU humiliated the Sooners in the first half on defense and offense and added insult to injury in the second half, scoring on long runs through what had been one of the nation's top defenses against the run. OU was listless in the first half but began the second half with what seemed like a spark; that soon disappeared, however, as WVU carved up the OU defense. Typical of OU's game was a 73-yard punt return to the 11 that ended with an end zone interception after a penalty sent the Sooners back to the 21.

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Fiesta Bowl: Sooners, Mountaineers Tonight At 7

The University of Oklahoma Sooners face off against the University of West Virginia Mountaineers tonight at 7 in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl at Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The favored 11-2 Sooners are wary of the 10-2 Mountaineers, and for good reason; it was in last year's Fiesta Bowl that underdog Boise State staged a final-seconds comeback that cost OU the win. That game is now enshrined in college football history as one of the most bizarre upsets ever. The game is being televised by Fox (Cox 12 in Oklahoma City).

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