West Virginia Outlasts TCU 24-20 Despite 79 Passing Yards
TCU threw for 372 yards, had 484 total yards to West Virginia's 268, and lost anyway. West Virginia won 24-20, and Michael Hawkins Jr. was involved in every one of its touchdowns.
Here is the whole scoring story. Jack Cassidy kicked a 54-yard field goal to open, and Jaden Craig answered with a six-yard touchdown pass to Ka'Morreun Pimpton. Hawkins ran two yards for a 10-7 West Virginia lead, Nate McCashland tied it with a 39-yard field goal and put TCU ahead with a 37-yarder early in the third. Hawkins then went 36 yards on the ground to make it 17-13, and Craig ran in from two yards to make it 20-17 with 1:15 left in the third. The lead changed hands six times.
The decider came with 11:28 left in the fourth, when Hawkins threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Cam Cook, and neither team scored again. That makes 21 of West Virginia's 24 points on three plays Hawkins ran or threw. TCU's 484 yards produced no points in the last 11:28. Part of why: Craig threw an interception and lost two fumbles, three giveaways to West Virginia's one interception. Flip any one of those and TCU has a real chance to win a game it outgained by 216 yards.
West Virginia is 5-3 and TCU falls to 3-4. For fantasy, Hawkins wasn't at his best, with 7 of 15 passing for 79 yards, but his two rushing scores and 87 rushing yards were plenty. Jordan Dwyer caught ten passes for 113 yards for TCU.