The “Backyard Brawl” will be missing plenty of its expected punch when West Virginia hosts Pitt on Saturday afternoon at Morgantown, W.Va.West Virginia will play the rest of the season without two key offensive performers after star running back Jahiem White and wide receiver Jaden Bray were lost to injuries in a 17-10 defeat at Ohio last Saturday.White is scheduled for knee surgery this week following a horse-collar tackle in the second quarter of a game in which he had gained 40 yards and scored a touchdown. The preseason All-Big 12 selection was coming off a season with 844 yards rushing and seven TDs.Bray had a recurrence of a foot injury that limited him to five games last season.The Mountaineers (1-1) will be out to avenge a 38-34 road loss to the Panthers last season.”It’s obviously the biggest game on your schedule when you’re at West Virginia,” said Mountaineers coach Rich Rodriguez, who will return to the rivalry for the first time since a crushing West Virginia loss in 2007. “I don’t know if Pitt will tell you that, but I know from our standpoint, and from our fans’ standpoint, Pitt is the biggest game we play.”Pitt (2-0) has a chance to defeat West Virginia for the third time in four seasons, which would be the program’s best run in the series since a seven-game winning streak from 1976-82.