AP: WVU “Impressive” over Mississippi State
I have to wonder if they only watched the first quarter
Ordinarily, I don’t blog much about the Mountaineers. There are at least two other people who have permission to post here who know far more about the University’s sports teams than I do, and there’s another who’s been offered similar permissions if he wants them. Still, with the headline from the WSAZ RSS feed being so blatant (admittedly, the story, and presumably the headline, came straight from the AP), I had to write something. The headline reads: “West Virginia Impressive Against Mississippi State,” and I just can’t agree.
Now, I will confess that due to a mixup[a], we were a bit late and missed the first two scores of the game. We did arrive in time to watch the rest of the game, though, and I will admit that, during the first quarter, the Mountaineers were impressive, on both sides of the ball. To be fair, the defense played well the entire game, holding the Mississippi State Bulldogs to only 13 points, but after the first quarter was over, it almost seemed as though the offense had decided it was time to stop playing. A quick field goal at the beginning of the second quarter was the last time we scored until very late into the game.
It was enough to bring up some significant worry about the Rutgers game next week.
Admittedly, I’m not an expert on this topic, and I generally know much more about video games and politics than I do about football, even when it involves the Mountaineers, but hopefully this post will draw in some more knowledgeable commenters. (I’m looking at you, Irishladdy.)
- My cousin and his wife, who gave me a ride to the game, forgot their tickets at home, which we realized nearly a hundred miles into the trip to Morgantown. [UPDATE: I suppose, in the interest of full disclosure, I should also mention that I, too, forgot my ticket. However, I maintain that my forgetfulness did not have much of a bearing on our lateness -- if it had only been my forgetfulness, after all, I simply would've gone to a friend's house to watch the game on television.] [↩]