AUSTIN, Texas — Rushel Shell is reportedly healthy, West Virginia is feeling frisky about its Big 12 title hopes, and Texas is somehow 4-0 against top-12 teams under Charlie Strong.
Let’s break into Four-Down Territory as the Mountaineers (7-1, 4-1) visit the Longhorns (5-4, 3-3) on Saturday at noon Eastern:
1. Slow the Heisman roll
Yes, the Heisman is too PR-driven and inaccurately evaluated, but … when D’Onta Foreman pops up on numerous top-five lists and begins striking end-zone poses, well, it becomes sort of a thing. The nation’s top rusher (180.8 yards per game) is a thing with or without the Heisman chatter, and Tony Gibson’s defense is aimed at stopping the buzz in its tracks.