If history is any indication, matchups against “Virginia” teams have mostly been unkind to Pittsburgh Panthers quarterback Eli Holstein. Just last season, the signal caller was forced out of a game against the Virginia Cavaliers after a late hit to the head. Cut to Saturday night, and the pattern repeated itself. O nly this time, it came in the 108th edition of the Backyard Brawl . West Virginia, a seven-point underdog, erased a 10-point deficit in the final quarter and clawed out a 31–24 overtime win over Pittsburgh in a game that felt every bit as rugged as the rivalry’s name suggests. However, it was Panthers quarterback Holstein who perhaps suffered the most.

A swarm of West Virginia defenders reportedly swallowed him in the second quarter when he carried the ball out of the back

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