COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As verbal commitments turned to binding signatures Wednesday, West Virginia’s 2016 recruiting class inched up the national rankings to 34th on the Rivals and Scout lists, and 38th on the 247 Sports index. Each service had the Mountaineers pegged sixth or seventh in the Big 12.
Dana Holgorsen did not emerge as the first coach in college football history to pronounce signing day a complete disaster, and nor should he have. Primary targets Brendan Ferns and Kyzir White followed in their brothers’ footsteps to Morgantown, and the other 25 signees seemingly addressed position needs via quality and/or volume.