In what was arguably the best bowl game of the season in college football, West Virginia escaped North Carolina with a 31-30 victory to capture the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, NC and spoiled the Tar Heel fans' home game.
Senior quarterback Pat White threw a 20-yard touchdown pass too Alric Arnett mid-way through the fourth quarter and the victory was sealed for the Mountaineers by a Pat Lazear interception.
White eclipsed his previous highest passing yards of 222 yards against Louisville in 2006 with an astonishing 332 yards setting a career high and completing 26 of 32 passes as well as adding three touchdowns too the cause. His greatest final accomplishments as a senior were winning MVP honors in a bowl for the third straight year and remarkably becoming the first college quarterback to win four consecutive bowl games as a starter.
Just to give you an idea of how revered he has become his coach, Bill Stewart has said, "I’m sitting by the greatest winner in college football today. He's the greatest to ever win the old gold and blue.
It's a fitting tribute that this man's the MVP."
Bill Stewart also told an ESPN reporter, "Pat White is the kind of man him and his wife want their son too be like." When White was asked what his best moment of the game was he replied, "When we kneeled the ball, the best play in college football."
Sure if he decides too enter the combine he will endure a lengthy and detailed interview process, but I hope for his sake NFL scouts were listening because I believe that statement alone should at least solidify his introduction portion.
After watching Bill kiss his quarterback on the forehead, I couldn't help but be touched, as a fan of football, but more relating too everyone's interests, a fan of life. Even though I have seen past performances of his come close to as riveting as this one and watched his career from his freshman season in 2005 as obsessed a fan that I am of the game of football no matter if its collegiate or professional, I noticed a special kid developing into a great athlete.
His passing yards grew steadily over the years of his time at West Virginia and most importantly the interceptions stayed at an even-keel as well as showing with his feet that he was arguably one of the best if not the best rushers in college football history.
To stay within the mark of seven interceptions in your career is very impressive granted, that the Mountaineers love running the ball and have rushed for 13,801 yards since White took his first snap in 2005. The program can be credited for producing talents such as Steve Slayton, who now calls the Texans home and sure-to-be top draft-pick Noel Devine, who complemented Slayton's quickness so well when he was there.
The main ingredient who made there rushing attack work so well was the man himself who was blessed with ability, Pat White. After all, he did finish his career with 4,480 rushing yards.
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