Anyone who knows anything about football knows that Will Grier is the glue that holds WVU together. When Grier was hurt last season, WVU went 0-3 even though Sills still was playing.
Sills is incredibly value to WVU. But Grier is even more valuable.
And the great strength of this team is the team concept. In watching a replay of the Kansas State game I was struck how 4 or 5 Mountaineeers regularly were nearer to the K-State ballcarrier than any other Wildcat player.
The defense swarms. They are smaller but they play bigger than the other guys.
And, lest we forget, WVU has not let any team get closer than 26 points less than the Mountaineers' final points. I know Tennessee, Youngstown and, this year, Kansas State are not the cream of the crop and I know that the final four games for WVU will be a brutal gauntlet to go through (Texas, TCU, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma and maybe Oklahoma again).
If WVU goes undefeated it will be in the national playoffs. Period.
But there's still a LOT of football to be played. I like what I see so far. With glitches, but those tend to go away as the season progresses and experience helps the players get better.
M agnificent Grier passes shredded Tennessee, 40-14
O verhelmed drenched Youngstown, 52-17
U nable to play North Carolina State because of Hurricane Florence
N asty defense against Kansas State, 35-6
T errorize Texas Tech
A nnihilate Kansas
I ncinerate Iowa State
N ail Baylor
E rectile dysfunction Texas
E lectrify TCU
R eam Oklahoma State
S laughter Oklahoma