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Bill Stewart could soon receive greater recognition

That’s especially true if a new piece of legislation is called into order.

According to the Associated Press, “Several West Virginia state senators want to name an Interstate 79 exit in honor of late West Virginia University football coach Bill Stewart. The resolution introduced Tuesday would request that the state Division of Highways name Exit 153 in Monongalia County the “Coach Bill Stewart Exit.”

It’s the least the state could do for someone who helped bring West Virginia’s flagship football program up from the darkest place it had ever been.

On Dec. 1, 2007, the Mountaineers fell, 13-9, to the hated Pitt Panthers.