MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Conference realignment might have hibernated the Black Diamond Rivalry for 12 years but couldn’t kill it outright. Sunday marks the 52nd meeting between No. 22 West Virginia and No. 21 Virginia Tech, and only the fourth where both teams were ranked.
With that we launch into 2017’s first foray into Four-Down Territory:
1. Will Grier gets his day …
… some 689 days removed from his last game at Florida and the urine test that led to a PED suspension and his transfer. Expectations that are stratospheric based on Grier’s play-making in practice will be tested against Virginia Tech’s pass rush.