COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — No. 9 West Virginia hasn’t stockpiled the kind of blue-chip talent that bolsters Clemson’s roster, but the unbeaten Mountaineers possess similar intangibles.
That’s the perspective of defensive end Jabril Robinson, a grad transfer with a first-hand knowledge of both programs.
“The brotherhood, the tightness, the closeness” are reminiscent of the three College Football Playoff teams at Clemson, Robinson said this week. So to is “the self-assessment,” something the Mountaineers practiced with harsh realism after a 42-34 win at Texas Tech that was uneven.
“That is what I saw after this game — the older guys being able to hold themselves upon a standard.