West Virginia Football: 3 takeaways from Mountaineers’ win over Texas Tech
By Phil Poling
West Virginia football opened its road game against Texas Tech with points early and often, but struggled in the second half to put away Texas Tech.
Will Grier and the West Virginia offense came out on the very first drive of the game with something to prove. For some reason, the Red Raiders elected to defer to the second half and simply handed the ball to the nation’s best quarterback; he would take full advantage of the early opportunity.
After failing to score a touchdown on an opening drive this season, the Mountaineers marched right down the field and finally got six. It was a beautiful one, too, with completions to Gary Jennings, Marcus Simms, and T.J. Simmons.
It wasn’t all sunshine-and-rainbows for WVU, though, as Texas Tech made a comeback in the second half that had Mountaineer fans nearly panicking. However, Dana Holgorsen and the ‘Eers survived, winning in Lubbock, 42-28.
A great start by Grier & Co., but an unimpressive finish left many questions to be answered about this team. And the Red Raiders may have more questions than answers moving forward after losing another quarterback during the game.
Kliff Kingsbury seems to have a magic hat he can just pull them out of, though, as the next man stepped up.