STILLWATER, Okla. – It was the type of defensive performance that makes you sick.
“It was bad all the way around,” said West Virginia defensive coordinator Tony Gibson. “A bad second half of football.”
Gibson quickly realized that wasn’t enough of a description to do it justice.
“It was puke,” he said.
The Mountaineers surrendered 31 points and 396 yards in the second half of a 45-41 letdown that extinguished any hope of reaching the College Football Playoff. A trip to the Big 12 championship game remains on the table if West Virginia beats Oklahoma next Friday, but in order to do so it will need a dramatically improved performance from its defense.