⚡ CFB Dashboard

ScottWright said... (original post) Unfortunately, there's only one of me so I don't get to write every angle of a game like I wish I could. But Morris, Mestemaker and Hawkins all... show more Thanks, good info. The first time in the first half that I started thinking things might start going better was when Morris decided to take 1 point instead of going for two which still left OSU down 13-14. Pretty sure that the charts most teams use tell a coach to go for two at that time during a game. When I saw that I thought with us getting the ball to start the secind half that things would surely begin to turn around. But then on our first drive and only about one minute into the second half Mestemaker threw an interception. The fear then was the defense likely couldn't keep WVU's offense in check and we had lost a big opportunity to gain enough momentum to carry us through four quarters and win. But as it turned out WVU ended the night by accumulating six bad drives. I think 3 punts and 3 stopped on downs. Add in the interception they threw and by the end of the third quarter I saw tv closeups of their D linemen huffing and puffing as if they were totally gassed. Similar to what I think I witnessed during our game against Tulsa when by the start of the fourth quarter Tulsa looked capable of easily finishing the game while OSU did not. And later I checked the pace of play of the offenses in the OSU-WVU game and OSU averaged 25.5 seconds per play with West Virginia at 20.3 seconds. The stats for all the games this past weekend I think show that West Virginia played at a faster pace that any other team that weekend. Looking back I think even if WVU had decided to try and adjust their defense in the second half to try and stop OSU it wouldn't have made any difference because in a way WVU became their own enemy because of the fast pace they thought they could continue through all four quarters. With OSU sustaining drives and WVU failing on their drives plus OSU's defense not appearing to be stressed at all the game looked to be over by the end of the third quarter. In other words I think OSU has moved away from the very fast pace of 21.2 seconds per offensive play in the Tulsa game and maybe WVU should consider readjusting their pace of play going forward. Just my ordinary fan way of saying what I observed. You are doing excellent work covering all the things of interest to me through each week before the next game. Now we have a week off and can concentrate on determining whether the rest of the Big 12 teams are progressing or regressing.