MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — To defeat Colorado and win consecutively for the first time this season, West Virginia would almost certainly have to find success on the ground at some point.

Although the Mountaineers never trailed in the 29-22 victory, they had a tough time establishing the run for three quarters against a Buffaloes’ team that entered with the third worst rush defense in all of FBS, allowing north of 215 yards on average. Colorado had allowed 626 rushing yards its previous two games, while being outscored by 81 points in losses to Utah and Arizona.

So after CU failed to pull even or go ahead and punted back to the Mountaineers with 9:48 remaining, the visitors were tasked with seeing if they could continue containing West Virginia’s run-first attack.

Instead, WVU followed with a 1

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