Coming off a 4-8 season, morale was not very high in Morgantown going into 2014.
Clint Trickett was coming off a shaky season under center after sharing time with Paul Millard and Ford Childress, the defense was unproven and the Mountaineers started the season against Alabama (the Imperial Death Star of college football).
And, of course,....Dana Holgorsen was on the hot seat in the eyes of many WVU fans.
Not a good look on paper.
In Tuscaloosa as well as around the college football landscape, the question wasn’t ‘would Alabama win?’; is was ‘Blake Sims or Jake Coker under center?