Sims, West Virginia outlast TCU 30-27 in OT

FORT WORTH, Texas -- West Virginia had been making a bad habit out of giving up leads the last two weeks, and it was making the Mountaineers' fight to become bowl eligible a tough one. Last week, West Virginia gave up a five-point third quarter lead and lost to Kansas State 35-12, and the week before the Mountaineers led Texas Tech by 11 points in the third before falling 37-27. On Saturday, West Virginia gave up a 10-point fourth quarter lead to TCU but came back in overtime with a Josh Lambert 35-yard game-winning field goal for a 30-27 victory over TCU. "That shows how tough these guys are -- to have that happen to us twice the last two weeks, to have the lead and lose it -- we did that again but then we still finished," West Virginia quarterback Clint Trickett said. "We're a mentally tough team.