It Donned on me at the Game........

[bbwvfan]

West Virginia Mountaineers AD: We couldn't win title with Bill Stewart as coach - ESPN
HERTZEL COLUMN: Holgorsen hire will define Luck » The Times West Virginian

Come on, BB, you know what he said.

Nowhere in that article does Luck state that 9 wins a season is unacceptable.

Luck, "I didn't believe we had an opportunity to win a national championship with the direction of the program. Have to win the BE championship."

From these quoted comments, it appears to me that he did a thorough inspection of the program... it included W/L records... football recruiting... coaching staff... fan support... to help him make his decision.

But, he never said 9 win seasons were unacceptable.

 

[bbwvfan]

I will have to do a little research today... look into the situations at Okie St, TT and Baylor... to note the composition of their OL for comparison


man I didn't even notice this earlier, ok Ima be lazy n let bb do the legwork

Here was the Okie State depth chart for 2012.


Scout.com: 2012 Oklahoma State Preview ? Depth Chart

Is it just me... or are there a bunch of seniors starting?


82 Isaiah Anderson 5-10 168 Sr
89 Nick Rockwell 5-7 169 Jr

TE 14 Justin Horton 6-3 254 Sr
47 John Conaway 6-2 249 Jr

LT 61 Michael Bowie 6-4 323 Sr
69 Devin Davis 6-5 275 RFr v

LG 70 Jonathan Rush 6-4 284 Sr
51 Brandon Webb 6-3 326 Jr
62 Orlando Hudson 6-4 319 Sr

C 60 Evan Epstein 6-3 291 Sr
54 Jake Jenkins 6-3 281 So
66 Travis Cross 6-4 275 RFr

RG 68 Lane Taylor 6-3 328 Sr
77 Gerron Anthony 6-2 319 So
76 Eli Dickerson 6-6 310 So

RT 71 Parker Graham 6-7 292 Jr

 

[bbwvfan]

Here is the depth chart for TT.

Scout.com: 2013 Texas Tech Preview - Depth Chart


Much less experience for TT. Maybe that explains why they looked bad against their only real competition.

 

[bbwvfan]

Here is the depth chart for Baylor...

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bay/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2013-14/depth_chart_non_event/depth_chart.pdf

 

[bbwvfan]

So... I think I see a pattern. Programs like Okie St and Baylor have senior laden offensive lines helping their new QB's... last year with Okie St... this year with Baylor.

This year's WVU football team has a new OL coach... 4 new starters on the line... a new QB... and, several new WR's.

Let's see if there is improvement throughout the season before jumping to any conclusions about whether the coaches can coach... or whether kids have bought in.

Still early...

 

[WVUDAD]

So... I think I see a pattern. Programs like Okie St and Baylor have senior laden offensive lines helping their new QB's... last year with Okie St... this year with Baylor.

This year's WVU football team has a new OL coach... 4 new starters on the line... a new QB... and, several new WR's.

Let's see if there is improvement throughout the season before jumping to any conclusions about whether the coaches can coach... or whether kids have bought in.

Still early...

We will see how the kids progress through the season.

 

[GoldRusher]

It's telling, shows what many of us knew in the offseason but HOPED we could overcome. We are just freggin young! Young = struggles in D1CFB. However with just a little imagination picture these guys in '14 and 15 when the massive recruits that we have verbaled right now for '14 with the younger guys we have now cutting their teeth meshing with a 2/3 year starter in Ford and Smallwood,DG,Shell and co. in the run game... As upperclassmen. That's what we have to keep in perspective and personally I'm excited about what I think these guys can do with some time.

 

[DCWV4life]

It's telling, shows what many of us knew in the offseason but HOPED we could overcome. We are just freggin young! Young = struggles in D1CFB. However with just a little imagination picture these guys in '14 and 15 when the massive recruits that we have verbaled right now for '14 with the younger guys we have now cutting their teeth meshing with a 2/3 year starter in Ford and Smallwood,DG,Shell and co. in the run game... As upperclassmen. That's what we have to keep in perspective and personally I'm excited about what I think these guys can do with some time.