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6. The weekend’s biggest onions award goes to the West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen, who made the delightfully crucial decision that led to a 42-41 victory at Texas.
West Virginia appeared to win it on a hard slant route to star receiver David Sills Jr. But Texas coach Tom Herman called timeout prior to the snap and the play didn’t count. Grier was unphased, as Holgorson called a quarterback draw and Grier sashayed into the end zone untouched. The only flaw from the perfect ending for the Mountaineers game when Grier got flagged for excess celebration. But Texas failed to exploit the field-position advantage in the final seconds, letting West Virginia celebrate in Austin.
West Virginia was ranked No. 13 in the initial CFP rankings, but it clearly loomed as the program that could make the most seismic shift. The Mountaineers took care of that with a win in Austin, and they close with TCU at home, at Oklahoma State and then hosting Oklahoma to end the season.
This West Virginia victory increases the chance the Mountaineers could play Oklahoma in back-to-back weeks. The Mountaineers have just one loss, which puts them atop the Big 12 tied with Oklahoma, which eked out a win over Texas Tech on Saturday. When the Big 12 re-instated its championship game last year, the worry would be two teams playing in back-to-back weeks considering the league’s true round-robin schedule. There’s a lot of football left, but that Big 12 repeat game certainly looks likely.
6. The weekend’s biggest onions award goes to the West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen, who made the delightfully crucial decision that led to a 42-41 victory at Texas.
West Virginia appeared to win it on a hard slant route to star receiver David Sills Jr. But Texas coach Tom Herman called timeout prior to the snap and the play didn’t count. Grier was unphased, as Holgorson called a quarterback draw and Grier sashayed into the end zone untouched. The only flaw from the perfect ending for the Mountaineers game when Grier got flagged for excess celebration. But Texas failed to exploit the field-position advantage in the final seconds, letting West Virginia celebrate in Austin.
West Virginia was ranked No. 13 in the initial CFP rankings, but it clearly loomed as the program that could make the most seismic shift. The Mountaineers took care of that with a win in Austin, and they close with TCU at home, at Oklahoma State and then hosting Oklahoma to end the season.
This West Virginia victory increases the chance the Mountaineers could play Oklahoma in back-to-back weeks. The Mountaineers have just one loss, which puts them atop the Big 12 tied with Oklahoma, which eked out a win over Texas Tech on Saturday. When the Big 12 re-instated its championship game last year, the worry would be two teams playing in back-to-back weeks considering the league’s true round-robin schedule. There’s a lot of football left, but that Big 12 repeat game certainly looks likely.
