I heard somewhere that Kinnick stadium is worth around 5 pts. So Milan Puskar given the logistics of getting there and atmosphere/history let's say it's 4pts. So on a neutral field we'd be favored by 7.5.
***West Virginia - Game Week Discussion Thread***
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Our strategy should be to spread out WV and make them stop our passing game. Hint: they won't be able to.
They mentioned it during the Baylor game that they would see us again at WVU. fully expect them to be on the broadcast again
I hope we pass a lot on first down against WVU. Here were all of Okie State’s first down plays against WVU. Ollie Gordon had a little bit of success on his first drive, but I think that was fool's gold.
1st drive. Ollie Gordon run for 8 yards. After picking up first down, then another Ollie Gordon run for 8 yards. Next play OSU gets a holding penalty and drive ends with a punt.
2nd drive. Ollie Gordon run for 1 yard. 3 and out.
3rd drive. Bowman pass for 8 yards. After picking up first down, then Ollie Gordon run for 2 yards. Next play is an interception.
4th drive. Okie State got a TD this drive. It started with an Ollie Gordon run for 14 yards. Then Bowman pass for 15 yards. Then Gordon run for 1 yard. After picking up the first down via the air, Bowman threw an incomplete pass on 1st and goal from WVU 8. They scored on a 3rd down pass.
5th drive. Okie State got the ball with only 22 seconds left in the first half and ended up kneeling on it.
6th drive. Ollie Gordon run for 1 yard. 3 and out.
7th drive. Sesi Vailahi run for 3 yards. After a big pass play picks up first down, Bowman threw an incomplete pass. Down 31-7 Okie State throws an interception on 4th and 17 from the WVU 43.
I'll end here as Okie State put in their backup QB late in the 3rd quarter. At this point, Okie State had run 12 plays on first down: 8 runs. 4 passes.
Both of their drives that went 3 and out started with a 1 yard run.
1st drive. Ollie Gordon run for 8 yards. After picking up first down, then another Ollie Gordon run for 8 yards. Next play OSU gets a holding penalty and drive ends with a punt.
2nd drive. Ollie Gordon run for 1 yard. 3 and out.
3rd drive. Bowman pass for 8 yards. After picking up first down, then Ollie Gordon run for 2 yards. Next play is an interception.
4th drive. Okie State got a TD this drive. It started with an Ollie Gordon run for 14 yards. Then Bowman pass for 15 yards. Then Gordon run for 1 yard. After picking up the first down via the air, Bowman threw an incomplete pass on 1st and goal from WVU 8. They scored on a 3rd down pass.
5th drive. Okie State got the ball with only 22 seconds left in the first half and ended up kneeling on it.
6th drive. Ollie Gordon run for 1 yard. 3 and out.
7th drive. Sesi Vailahi run for 3 yards. After a big pass play picks up first down, Bowman threw an incomplete pass. Down 31-7 Okie State throws an interception on 4th and 17 from the WVU 43.
I'll end here as Okie State put in their backup QB late in the 3rd quarter. At this point, Okie State had run 12 plays on first down: 8 runs. 4 passes.
Both of their drives that went 3 and out started with a 1 yard run.
Analytics aren’t everything but give you an idea how teams are shaping up in the first 6 weeks.
It is 3 guys before the game. a pretty good crew that has access to NB, the AD, and closed football practices. I think ISU covers, but some strange things have happened at night in Morganton. Not under NB though--so i think your safe.
WVU beat up on the B12's 3rd worst defense on Saturday. Honestly, had no idea a Gundy defense would be that bad. Lots of reasons for optimism in this one. I get that **** gets weird in Morgantown, but we said that about Waco last year, and look how that turned out. Yes, we could lose, but this team feels like a team that can fight through the weirdness
Heading up from Dallas solo with my wife's birthday on Monday I need to get back quickly!
ESPN has an article by Bill Connolly ranking the top remaining undefeateds.
We have literally had SO MUCH WORSE than Brando. Frankly I kind of like him. He is at least interesting and a bit fun.
A tough test as always in Morgantown.
Next week you have a home game against a UCF program in disarray. Then a bye week to get healthy before a tough game against Tortilla Tech.
Win this weekend and it starts getting real.
Next week you have a home game against a UCF program in disarray. Then a bye week to get healthy before a tough game against Tortilla Tech.
Win this weekend and it starts getting real.
Tech is a huge surprise. I wrote them off after their horrible Non-con. But they've been on fire.
Hopefully our guys remember what happened the last time we went out there. Time to set things right.
We have to learn to live with success. Not every team can.
