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West Virginia vs Towson Prediction, Game Preview

West Virginia vs Towson game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 3 game on Saturday, September 17

West Virginia vs Towson prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 3, Saturday, September 17

West Virginia vs Towson How To Watch

Date: Saturday, September 17
Game Time: 1:00 ET
Venue: Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, WV
How To Watch: Big 12 Network/ESPN+
Record: West Virginia (0-2), Towson (2-0)
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West Virginia vs Towson Game Preview

Why Towson Will Win

The Tigers have started the season hot with a 2-0 start, an overtime win over Bucknell, and a tough battle with Morgan State.

The offense has’t been anything amazing, but it controls the clock, it’s hitting the third down plays, and the defense is holding firm with good line play and toughness against the run.

West Virginia is struggling. It played well enough to potentially win its first two games, but it’s not winning the turnover battle, the secondary is having problems, and the defense that was supposed to be a plus got rocked by both Pitt and Kansas.

On the plus side …

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Why West Virginia Will Win

The Mountaineers are moving the ball.

JT Daniels has been solid, the team has enough offensive weapons to spread it around, and there’s a good enough balance to do whatever it wants against the Towson D.

As good as the Tigers have been, they’re not generating enough consistent pressure. As long as West Virginia can slow down with the mistakes – four turnovers and 19 penalties in two games – is shouldn’t have a problem. The lines will take over.

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What’s Going To Happen

West Virginia needs a reset.

With three road games in the next four dates and nothing easy the rest of the way, it has to get the defense to start making more big things happen on third downs, the offense has to control the tempo a bit better, and everything has to flip after the rough start.

Playing Towson won’t solve all of the problems, but after the way the season started, the home side is going to try.

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West Virginia vs Towson Prediction, Line

West Virginia 52, Towson 13
Line: West Virginia -37.5, o/u: 53.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
West Virginia vs Towson Must See Rating (out of 5): 1.5

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USFL names former Saints RB Darius Victor its Offensive Player of the Year

USFL names former Saints RB Darius Victor its Offensive Player of the Year:

Now this is cool to see. The spring-league USFL announced its inaugural award-winners, with former New Orleans Saints running back Darius Victor named Offensive Player of the Year for the 2022 season. Victor has taken 127 carries for 577 yards through 10 games with the New Jersey Generals, third-most in the USFL, while leading the league with 9 touchdown runs. His rate of 4.5 yards gained per carry ranks second-best among players with 100-plus attempts.

Victor has also scored on a touchdown reception and totaled 113 receiving yards, combining for 690 scrimmage yards (second-most in the USFL behind his teammate Trey Williams), which certainly helped build his case. He and Williams helped form a terrific one-two punch at running back with another teammate, wide receiver KaVontae Turpin (a standout at Neville High School in Monroe, La.), winning the title as the league’s Most Valuable Player, and head coach Mike Riley being named Coach of the Year.

It’s an impressive second turn for the former Saints running back, who turned pro with New Orleans as an undrafted free agent out of Maryland’s Towson  University back in 2017. Victor ran hard for the Saints during training camp and preseason that year but was slotted behind a veteran starter in Mark Ingram II, a rookie draft pick in Alvin Kamara, and a much-hyped free agent pickup in Adrian Peterson. There wasn’t room for him in that rotation, which the Saints themselves needed some time to figure out.

After being waived by New Orleans Victor briefly caught on with the Arizona Cardinals and later kept his career going with the XFL’s New York Guardians. Now he’s earning more recognition in the USFL, and helping lead the 9-1 Generals towards a win-or-go-home matchup with the 6-4 Philadelphia Stars in Saturday’s playoff semifinal elimination game. If Victor’s squad finds a win, they’ll advance to the USFL championship game next week with either the 6-4 New Orleans Breakers or the 9-1 Birmingham Stallions. We’ll be pulling for him.

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