It seems the demise of the Mountaineers may have been exagerrated.
Let's give credit where credits due. Great play calling by Mullens. We ran when they put 4 up front and threw the ball when they brought pressure. WE PUNTED ONCE!! Just think if Pat had a better game. He had a couple of nice TD passes and one heck of a run by Jalloh. But he certainly is telegraphing passes. Auburn was able to stop Pat on the run but it seems at the expense of letting Devine loose. BIG MISTAKE! I was impressed with all of our runners... looked good, ran hard, and broke tackles.
That looked like the o-line that was advertised preseason. I particularly remember a roll out pass to the left where the line slid down the line of scrimmage and it just looked like a perfectly formed wall. Nice! And of course Devine TD run where the camera angle showed the line of scrimmage open up like the Red Sea. Turns out Moses was Devine.
Defense played solid and certainly made adjustments to stop the run. Now fix our kickoff coverage!
A couple of notes: I hate to loose Scooter Berry!!! Anyone heard anything yet?
And did anyone else think that the linesman on the Auburn sideline made many bad calls and was particularly bias in his spots? The first drive alone he missed the incomplete pass and gave them a first down spot on about the 40 when he looked a couple feet short. He also was standing directly in front of a blatant face mask on Devine and didn't throw the flag. The back judge 10 yards down field had to throw it. Seriously, this guy should be evaluated. These things tend to be overlooked in a win, but he was horrible on an otherwise excellent crew.
Greg
(Greg added this link in a follow up comment so I added it to his post: Terry Bowden Da Geek)
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I found this article from Terry Bowden intersting... made more relevant by his ties to both Auburn and WVU.
http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=867553
I thought the crew did an excellent job as well following the first drive by Auburn. There also should have been an intentional grounding call that wasn't made. I noticed a couple times that there were some late calls and not by the official closest, but I didn't notice that it was the same guy so I couldn't say. I was just glad that they did call the game pretty well after the start. The ball that hit the ground should have been called on the field, but after that was missed you would have to blame the replay officials for not looking at it. Stewart takes some heat for not challenging that play, but you expect the replay officials to catch these things without having to risk a timeout on a 2nd down play that did not get enough yardage for a first down. I'm not sure if this crew was selected like most other interconference matchups, but usually it is the field officiating crew from the away team's conference and the officials in the replay booth are from the home team's conference.
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