COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Two games may seem too soon for panic, yet both defensive coordinators walked away from last weekend’s West Virginia-East Carolina game promising changes.
ECU made a dramatic one by demoting Kenwick Thompson in the aftermath of that 56-20 shelling. Tony Gibson doesn’t face any such peril at WVU, though his current pass defense presently appears unequipped to deal with the gauntlet of Big 12 quarterbacks.
The alarms clang loudest at cornerback, where among the top four players, only Mike Daniels has looked reliable so far. He has been targeted 13 times in man coverage, with the receiver posting a 30-percent success rate.