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<blockquote data-quote="Beechurst" data-source="post: 130509613" data-attributes="member: 1982353">Particularly famous because 'the other coach' running up the score was WVU's Bobby Bowden in 1970 when Dr. Lou was a just a wisecracking, neophyte coach at William and Mary. WVU was expecting big things that year, after the 10-1 Peach Bowl championship season. Ranked Top 20 in 1970 preseason by Sports Illustrated (a big deal then) -- with a nice writeup featuring a painting looking into Old Mountaineer Field from a Westover vantage point (need to find that) prominently showing the old brick smokestack by the Field House -- WVU 'underachieved' somewhat and failed to get a bowl bid despite going 8-3 and finishing with wins over Syracuse and Maryland. I still remember being on the turf and hearing Jim Braxton yelling &quot;King of the East!!&quot; after the Syracuse win, the Orangemen (name at the time) may have beaten both Pitt and Penn State... Not sure but WVU beat neither.Ironically, after whipping Holtz 43-7 in the opener, WVU soon thereafter blew the 35-8 halftime lead at Pitt, losing 36-35. Bobby should have heeded his own advice.And now you know the rest of the story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Beechurst, post: 130509613, member: 1982353"] Particularly famous because 'the other coach' running up the score was WVU's Bobby Bowden in 1970 when Dr. Lou was a just a wisecracking, neophyte coach at William and Mary. WVU was expecting big things that year, after the 10-1 Peach Bowl championship season. Ranked Top 20 in 1970 preseason by Sports Illustrated (a big deal then) -- with a nice writeup featuring a painting looking into Old Mountaineer Field from a Westover vantage point (need to find that) prominently showing the old brick smokestack by the Field House -- WVU 'underachieved' somewhat and failed to get a bowl bid despite going 8-3 and finishing with wins over Syracuse and Maryland. I still remember being on the turf and hearing Jim Braxton yelling "King of the East!!" after the Syracuse win, the Orangemen (name at the time) may have beaten both Pitt and Penn State... Not sure but WVU beat neither. Ironically, after whipping Holtz 43-7 in the opener, WVU soon thereafter blew the 35-8 halftime lead at Pitt, losing 36-35. Bobby should have heeded his own advice. And now you know the rest of the story. [/QUOTE]

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