  Penalties Hamper Spartans  WVU’s Smith on pace to shatter
school records  September 11, 2011  MORGANTOWN The very first
sentence in the Norfolk State game notes read: ''Norfolk State
takes a step up in class when it faces Big East co-defending
champion West Virginia...''  Did it really?  The Spartans were
flagged 17 times for 177 yards - both numbers a record for WVU
opponents and both more than Mountaineer Field had ever seen.
''Don't even go there,'' NSU coach Pete Adrian said. ''I have
been coaching 43 years, and I think we had 120 yards in the red
zone. If we are that stupid as players, then that's the way it
is. I'll have to watch the film, but the officials are saying
they did their job. So they did their job. Simple as that.''
Smith on record pace  With his 371 passing yards and four
touchdowns, West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith has 620 yards
through two games, putting him on a pace for 4,030 passing yards
and 39 touchdowns. Both numbers would obliterate school records,
which were set by Marc Bu