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Column: West Virginia runaway mixed fun and maturity

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Dana Holgorsen pledged his guys would “play our ass off,” and they promptly delivered a blast-off.

Forty-one points on 40 plays in the first half!

(What a cure for Ames-nesia, where West Virginia ran 42 plays total.)

Will Grier has risen!

(The sullen quarterback of 12 days ago re-emerged Thursday night flying airplane arms on touchdown celebrations. And the touchdowns, child, did they ever come in rapid succession. A 53-yard bomb to Gary Jennings on the third snap. A 65-yarder to David Sills.