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Holgorsen: 9 sacks in 2 games not sign of pass-protection ‘catastrophe’

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After West Virginia allowed four sacks to Oklahoma State, one of which led to a momentum-swinging fumble, coach Dana Holgorsen didn’t cite pass protection as a major deficiency in the 37-20 loss.

“It was OK. Not bad, not great,” he said. “We had four sacks. Two of them were on the O-line, two of them were on the quarterback. Threw it over 40 times.

“We’re not talking about catastrophe. It’s better than it was at any point last year. We had adequate time to throw the football.”

That makes nine sacks on 74 drop-backs over the past two games for No.