West Virginia was supposed to have a top defense this year. Nobody told that to Baylor, which dropped 62 on the Mountaineers Saturday in a 24-point runaway victory. Baylor scored touchdowns on the first four drives of the second half and never looked back. And if you ask West Virginia defensive coordinator Tony Gibson, as Mike Casazza of the Charleston Gazette-Mail writes, it could have been worse.
West Virginia coach: We could maybe stop Baylor with 14 players on defense
The Bears’ offense is so unfair that opponents need 27 percent more players to have a chance.
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“It could have been 69,” Tony Gibson said. “Thank goodness Coach Briles took a knee.”
Gibson admitted that the Mountaineers had no chance against Baylor’s offense unless it completely ignored the rules of football:
“If they let us play with 14, maybe we’d be able to get it done,” Gibson said. “We had 11, and we didn’t. We weren’t good enough.”
Nobody has been good enough so far. Baylor’s offense has now posted 56 or more points in all six of its games. Meanwhile, the Mountaineers have conceded more than 46 points per game in their first three Big 12 contests, all losses.
Not much should change for either team next week: Baylor faces lowly Iowa State, while West Virginia has to play TCU’s high-powered offense, again with just 11 players on the field.
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