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West By Pod — A WVU Football Podcast: Rich Rod Rewatchables | 2006 Sugar Bowl

The guys rewind to the Mountaineers’ first BCS bowl appearance — a Sugar Bowl stunner that launched the White–Slaton–Schmitt era into the national spotlight. West Virginia blitzes Georgia with a 28–0 first-quarter haymaker in enemy territory, then guts out a nail-biting finish for a 38–35 win in Atlanta. It’s speed, swagger, and one perfectly-timed fake punt that changed the trajectory of WVU football.

Nokia Sugar Bowl: West Virginia v Georgia Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images