Pardon the rest of America for failing to notice what Dana Holgorsen apparently saw in West Virginia -- particularly its defense -- before this season.
“The point people are missing here,” Holgorsen said this week as the unbeaten, 10th-ranked Mountaineers prepared to visit Oklahoma State, “is that we had really good players last year. We had an awful schedule. Those guys played their tails off. They all left to go to the NFL, and we replaced them with guys who are pretty capable as well.”
Four defensive starters from an eight-win team were drafted in the fifth round or higher last year, including safety Karl Joseph at No.