Call it rust or hometown nerves, but a 65 minute weather delay was just what West Virginia quarterback Will Grier needed to shake them off after looking a bit out of sync in the first half of the 2018 Belk College Kickoff. The Mountaineer Heisman hopeful set a West Virginia University school record, finishing the evening with 429 yards passing and 5 touchdowns as West Virginia rolled to a 40-14 win over the Tennessee Volunteers and first-year head coach Jeremy Pruitt.
Tennessee received the opening kickoff and on the very first play of the game, Southern Cal transfer nose tackle Kenny Bigelow made it known that he came to Morgantown to do business.