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3 Guys Before The Game – WVU Football vs Texas Tech Preview – WVU Basketball vs Stetson (Episode 753)

There’s busy. There’s hectic. And then there’s the Mountaineers’ November sports calendar.

With football, basketball and soccer all competing for attention, West Virginia athletics has reached one of those rare stretches when the action seems almost nonstop.

The centerpiece is Saturday’s football showdown in Lubbock, where the Mountaineers face No. 15 Texas Tech in a matchup that presents both a formidable challenge and an intriguing opportunity.

The Red Raiders have the ranking and the home-field advantage. West Virginia has the chance to disrupt expectations and deliver one of the season’s most significant victories.

Meanwhile, the men’s basketball team returns to Hope Coliseum on Friday to face Stetson. After an emphatic season-opening victory over Niagara, the Mountaineers look to build on an encouraging debut in year two under Ross Hodge.

Add games involving WVU women’s basketball and both soccer programs, and the result is a packed schedule that offers Mountaineer fans something to follow at nearly every turn.

In this episode, the “Guys” break down the football matchup with Texas Tech, examine what it will take to pull off the upset and preview the basketball encounter with Stetson.

Hoppy Kercheval delivers his Obvious Observations, while Brad Howe identifies a statistical path to victory for the Mountaineers in Lubbock.

Listener questions and comments complete the episode with Textual Healing.

3 Guys Before The Game is sponsored by – Jan Dils Attorneys at Law,  GoMart, Lou Wendell Marine Sales, Tudor’s Biscuit World  and Conley CPA Group.

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