West Virginia Football: 3 takeaways from thrilling victory over Baylor
By Andrew Tineo
3. West Virginia’s defensive line was dominant
A major part of Baylor’s offensive woes came from the Stills brothers. Both of them had their way with Baylor’s relatively decent offensive line.
Big 12 preseason Defensive Player of the Year Darius Stills made his stamp on this game very early. Baylor had zero holes for their running backs, as the Bears averaged less than a yard per carry on 33 rushes.
A lot of credit there goes to Darius and Dante Stills. The West Virginia defense forced six sacks and 12 tackles for loss.
They were constantly disruptive and disguised a lot of blitzes to get at Brewer. With three starting offensive linemen returning for the Bears, it seemed to be the Bears would be better up front.
West Virginia made sure to shut that down real quick and dominated in the trenches. Even the Mountaineers secondary forced some of the sacks, with blanket coverage of Baylor’s decent receivers.
When it comes to talent around the conference, West Virginia certainly has some on defense. To the point where you could make the argument, that the Mountaineers have the best defensive line in the entire conference.