I was in Mountaineer Field, as usual, because I haven’t died yet – the only thing that could keep me away when my alma mater is playing.
But I always like to watch the recording I made on my TV to see what I missed or misinterpreted. I guess that comes from 15 years of being paid to cover sports during my 43-year newspaper career.
Some observations:
Skyler Howard throws an interception; Texas responds by fumbling it back with a bad snap.
Jared Barber recovers another Texas fumble for a 42-yard TD.
Dravon Askew-Henry made a great swat-away of a deep Texas pass.
Kwiatkoski, my favorite Polish name on the WVU team since I have a lot of ancestors without vowels in their names from the same country, yanks the football out for another Texas fumble.
After being 1 of 6 on third downs, WVU drives for a touchdown and a 28-17 lead.
Texas fumbles the ball away again, this time on the kickoff, and WVU recovers on the 22. But has to settle for a field goal, which gave WVU 17 points after turnovers by a team that ranked 6th nationally with only 7 for the season before running into WVU and losing the ball FIVE times.
The defense, as it has nearly every game this season, is the reason WVU even has a chance to win games. Skyler, with his mom watching in the stands as she does for every game, ran hot and cold, as has been his pattern this season. He made some errant throws, some good throws and receivers dropped some passes that hit their hands.
O’Toole’s punt distances continue to baffle me, although he made some good situational punts that put Texas in the shadow of its own goal posts (thanks to sunshine in November in Morgantown). His season numbers are good, but the last few games something seems to be a click off on some kicks. He’s had uncharacteristically short ones in situations where he wants as much distance as possible, meaning not trying to nail it inside the 10.
WVU SHOULD win out, and maybe win the bowl game, which would be 8-4 or 9-4, with all 4 losses coming to the top 4 teams in the Big 12. Kansas, Iowa State and Kansas State are in a different, Middle Earth world from Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor and TCU, with or without Boykin.
But I always like to watch the recording I made on my TV to see what I missed or misinterpreted. I guess that comes from 15 years of being paid to cover sports during my 43-year newspaper career.
Some observations:
Skyler Howard throws an interception; Texas responds by fumbling it back with a bad snap.
Jared Barber recovers another Texas fumble for a 42-yard TD.
Dravon Askew-Henry made a great swat-away of a deep Texas pass.
Kwiatkoski, my favorite Polish name on the WVU team since I have a lot of ancestors without vowels in their names from the same country, yanks the football out for another Texas fumble.
After being 1 of 6 on third downs, WVU drives for a touchdown and a 28-17 lead.
Texas fumbles the ball away again, this time on the kickoff, and WVU recovers on the 22. But has to settle for a field goal, which gave WVU 17 points after turnovers by a team that ranked 6th nationally with only 7 for the season before running into WVU and losing the ball FIVE times.
The defense, as it has nearly every game this season, is the reason WVU even has a chance to win games. Skyler, with his mom watching in the stands as she does for every game, ran hot and cold, as has been his pattern this season. He made some errant throws, some good throws and receivers dropped some passes that hit their hands.
O’Toole’s punt distances continue to baffle me, although he made some good situational punts that put Texas in the shadow of its own goal posts (thanks to sunshine in November in Morgantown). His season numbers are good, but the last few games something seems to be a click off on some kicks. He’s had uncharacteristically short ones in situations where he wants as much distance as possible, meaning not trying to nail it inside the 10.
WVU SHOULD win out, and maybe win the bowl game, which would be 8-4 or 9-4, with all 4 losses coming to the top 4 teams in the Big 12. Kansas, Iowa State and Kansas State are in a different, Middle Earth world from Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor and TCU, with or without Boykin.
