COMMENTARY
WACO, Texas — They deserved better. Of that there is no question.
Statistics don’t necessarily paint an accurate picture of how well West Virginia’s defense performed against one of the nation’s most explosive offenses. Baylor gained 453 yards against the Mountaineers, which by the numbers is the second-worst performance for West Virginia this season.
Anyone actually watching the game unfold knows better. This was West Virginia’s best defensive effort of the year, if not for a long time before it.
“We’re going to win a lot of games playing that hard,” said sophomore Dante Stills, who had two of West Virginia’s eight sacks.