MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - You knew weird things were bound to happen this afternoon with a lame-duck coach on the other side of the field finishing out his tenure.
“Glad that’s over,” is how West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen began his postgame news conference. “Getting the win was huge and proud of my team for the way they played today,” h added.
It did get a little weird in the second quarter, but not bizarre enough to keep favored West Virginia from defeating Iowa State, 30-6, at misty Milan Puskar Stadium today.
Paul Rhoads, who received his pink slip following last Saturday’s 38-35 loss to Kansas State, didn’t have anything to lose this afternoon, so he tried fake punts like they were going out of style – twice on the same drive in the second quarter and once from his own 15-yard line in the fourth quarter.