MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia moved so freely and seized the game so quickly, you had to remind yourself that East Carolina wasn’t this year’s FCS opponent.
After a 56-20 victory that became a first-half TKO, let’s cue up clips from the film room and relive the carnage:
‘Unique speed’ separates Simms
With Marcus Simms freed from his DUI suspension, play-caller Jake Spavital was free to unleash his full complement of weapons upon East Carolina. (Forgive me for eye-rolling through the what-if line of postgame questioning about whether WVU’s fastest player would have turned the outcome against Virginia Tech.