(09-24-2010 10:39 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  You just watch the Mountaineers go into Baton Rouge and surprise everyone. I think everyone is talking about the SEC reputation, and not the 2010 LSU Tigers, when they start talking about the WVU-LSU game. LSU's defense is good. But I'm not impressed by LSU. They are beatable, and the Mountaineers will beat 'em Saturday night...

Can anyone stay with Tavon Austin? Even if the Jefferson is fast enough, can he change direction fast enough when Austin does one of his ankle breaker moves? And if they do manage to negate Austin, will they stop Stedman Bailey from catching everything thrown in his direction. IMO, Geno Smith is a much better QB than the Tigers have faced so far. WVU has just as much speed as LSU, and plenty of good receivers to throw to. WVU will be able to move the ball against LSU better than the pundits think. I think the deciding factor will be the Mountaineer D against the LSU offense, which is downright offensive this year...

In the last 5 years WVU is 4-1 against the SEC. It goes to 5-1 Saturday night, and LSU's home field reputation takes a dent...

I hope you are right. we will see saturday

That we will, dude. That we will...

If you're not impressed with LSU how in the world can anyone be impressed with WVU? They've shown nothing this year that's all that impressive, unless OT wins over a horrible Marshall team impress you. Smith will get rattled at Tiger Stadium and the Tigers will romp.

(09-24-2010 07:27 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  That we will, dude. That we will...

if your offence can get untracked you wil win, it will be huge 4 the conf if both u and rutger win....gl eers............

I expect Eers to win. I don't expect RU but anything is possible.

It depends on whether Tom Savage decides to step up and play up to his supposed potential...

0-4 for the weekend. The "pundits" will have a field day with that.

both uconn and usf beat fbs teams, it could b worse, cinci, wv and rutgers were competitive, could b worse............

WVU has nothing to be ashamed of. If Bitancurt hadn't had one FG blocked, and missed the other, it would have gone to OT...

(09-26-2010 07:25 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  WVU has nothing to be ashamed of. If Bitancurt hadn't had one FG blocked, and missed the other, it would have gone to OT...

Definitely a frustrating loss with lots of grounds for "woulda coulda". That's no consolation, but it's far better than being manhandled like Pitt was.

If the WVU coaches are on the ball, they will spin this to the players that they went down to one of the most hostile environments in the country and came quite close to beating a good SEC team, and thus they should be confident going forward with the Big East schedule, even as they make the technical adjustments needed to avoid some of the errors that sunk them against LSU.

I think Geno learned a lot from this, and the games prior to this game. He didn't take a sack in the LSU game, even though he was under pressure all game long. His one INT was simply a great play by the LSU DB. Geno is continuing to grow and learn, and this was a good, hard lesson. You'll see the results down the road this season...

The lack of a running game against LSU concerns me a bit, because that was primarily due to the weaknesses in the offensive line - and not Noel Devine's big toe. The right side is playing better than it was. But the left side without Josh Jenkins suffered. Eric Jobe ain't Jenkins, and never will be. Some adjustments still need to be made here...

But overall, I'm fairly happy considering...

(09-26-2010 07:25 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  WVU has nothing to be ashamed of. If Bitancurt hadn't had one FG blocked, and missed the other, it would have gone to OT...

I hear you Shooting ourselves in the foot has become a BE epidemic.

WVU has shot itself in the foot many times, and some seasons our worst enemy is ourselves. But this is just one game, and if WVU runs the slate it will all be forgotten. It wasn't a bad loss, and WVU made fewer mistakes than they've made in previous games this season...

I figure the Mountaineer D will stack up favorably against any defense LSU faces statistically. If WVU could have eliminated the turnovers, they win, because the Tiger offense didn't do sh!t...