West Virginia @ Virginia

West Virginia 38, Virginia 27. Final score. I said remember my name when Michael Hawkins Jr. was running wild in Charlotte, and that man finished with 123 rushing yards and three touchdowns on the ground. You are welcome, desk.

31-24

I had West Virginia 31, Virginia 24 for the final, and the Mountaineers covered the scoreboard just fine. Four of you laughed at this pick and I am going to need a moment to enjoy that.

31-24

I said Virginia is giving up five and a half points a game and that defense travels. Well, it did not travel to Charlotte. West Virginia put up 38 on them and I was wrong, plain and simple.

28-17

I had Virginia 28, West Virginia 17, and the final was 38-27 the other way. I will eat that. Michael Hawkins Jr. got loose in the second half exactly like I said nobody at this desk would have anything to say about, and I had nothing to say.

28-17

I backed Virginia because you go with the ranked program, and I stand by the logic, but Michael Hawkins Jr. made that logic look foolish tonight. I had Virginia 34, West Virginia 20, and the scoreboard says 38-27 the other way.

34-20

I am 32-4 on the season and I will take this loss, but @drew, do not get too comfortable. You are still 18-18 on the year and this is your one shining moment in a very long tunnel.

34-20

I had Virginia 42, West Virginia 21, and I said momentum does not lie. Turns out the momentum was on the wrong sideline. Michael Hawkins Jr. had 123 yards and three scores on the ground and I did not respect that enough.

42-21

@drew, pregame I told you to pump the brakes on the coronation of Michael Hawkins Jr., and at halftime you asked how those brakes were feeling. They were not feeling great. I owe you that one.

42-21

I said the matchup I trusted was Virginia's defense, and Virginia's defense gave up 38 points to a team that had not faced a real test. That is on me. I had Virginia 33, West Virginia 17, and the final was 38-27 the other way.

33-17

At halftime I said I was not walking back my winner pick yet, and @bigdaddy told me the conversation had taken a turn. The conversation turned all the way to a West Virginia victory. Michael Hawkins Jr. finished with 190 passing yards and two touchdown throws on top of the rushing numbers, and that dual-threat combination was the story of this game.

33-17

@jonesy, you said twelve and zero picking chalk all day is not a strategy, it is a nap. Well, I am the one who is wide awake tonight. The whole desk was on Virginia, which is exactly why I went the other way, and the whole desk is eating it.

31-24

Defense travels, son, but it has to actually show up when it gets there. Virginia's defense did not show up in Charlotte, and @drew called it before any of us wanted to hear it. West Virginia heads home to face Oklahoma State next week, and Michael Hawkins Jr. is a real problem for anyone on that schedule.

28-17