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Defense gives Gibson ‘yo-yo’ feel entering Saturday’s tell-tale scrimmage

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COMMENTARY

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — His guys were forewarned.

During two physical midweek practices, West Virginia defensive coordinator Tony Gibson and his staff established the first meaningful depth chart of camp in advance of Saturday’s scrimmage.

Distilling position races was the initial step. Now Gibson wants to establish quality control for his overall product.

“We’re a yo-yo,” he said Thursday. “One day we look really good and I have high hopes; the next day we’re really bad and I’m thinking whoof.”

While lauding players for making fewer repeat mistakes, Gibson joked that instead “they’re finding ways to mess up things you never thought were possible.