ORLANDO, Fla. – It is the finite nature of college football that accounts for its heightened emotion.
For each individual player, the window is always four years. Sometimes less. There is always a definitive ending from which there is no return. On Friday night, several Mountaineers reflected on reaching the end of their paths while another contemplated whether his had also reached its conclusion.
“It is hard to reflect on that right now so soon after a loss,” senior receiver David Sills said minutes after West Virginia’s 34-18 loss to Syracuse. “But, you know, my goal after this game was to leave my mark on West Virginia.