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When in doubt, run the football.

It’s a mantra that has served West Virginia University well for ages. The annals of WVU football are brimming with big moments forged on the ground.

We’ve read about it with Ira Errett Rodgers rushing for 19 touchdowns en route to becoming the first Mountaineer ever to earn consensus All-America honors in 1919.

We know of it through the legendary tale of Jim Carlen’s West Virginia squad ambushing South Carolina in the 1969 Peach Bowl with 356 yards rushing out of a wishbone set that was covertly installed in the weeks leading up to the game.