After 6,194 long, excruciating days, the Black Diamond Trophy has finally returned to its rightful home in Morgantown with the West Virginia Mountaineers’ 27-21 win over the No. 15 ranked Virginia Tech Hokies on Saturday in front of a sold out crowd. The win also marked the Mountaineers’ first win over their bitter rivals from Blacksburg since 2003.
After forcing the Hokies to punt on their opening drive, the Mountaineers wasted no time at all in drawing first blood. After Jarret Doege overthrew a wide open Sam James on what would’ve been an 80 yard touchdown, the West Virginia opened up a huge hole for Leddie Brown to take the ball 80 yards on the ground to put the Mountianeers up 7-0 early.