COMMENTARY
LUBBOCK, Texas — Will Grier plopped down in the chair, hiked up his blue shorts and tugged tight a flying WV ballcap. Time to explain the half-mastery, half-misery of an afternoon that just unfolded.
“We won, but we’ve got to get better,” he said.
His voice fell flatter than the Mountaineers’ second-half offense, which generated four punts, one long missed field goal and a kneel-down.
Ultimately, they say 42-34 is the only stat that matters for still-unbeaten West Virginia. Fans may feel deflated about a blowout turning into a survival scrum, but 4-0 remains a nice parenthetical footnote for the Mountaineers.