Clinging to a touchdown lead against Pitt, West Virginia football coach Neal Brown elected to send his punter onto the field in a fourth-and-one situation. The Panthers proceeded to take advantage of the opportunity, marching down the field on a seven-play, 92-yard drive to tie the game at 31. During the drive, Mountaineers defensive back Wesley McCormick was ejected for targeting.
Then, after WVU’s J.T. Daniels’s quest to lead the Mountaineers’ offense to a pivotal late-game touchdown was halted by interception returned for a touchdown by Panthers’ MJ Devonshire with 2:58 to play in the fourth quarter, Brown’s earlier decision did not look favorable for his team.