COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Even at 6-foot-6 with cinder block arms and barn-sized shoulders, Josh Sills felt small.
FedEx Field thundered and wretched when West Virginia collided with Virginia Tech during the 2017 opener, an environment temporarily overwhelming for the redshirt freshman.
“Yeah, I was a little nervous,” Sills recalled. At least until his teammates took charge in the huddle.
A helmeted head-butt from Colton McKivitz and a roar from Yodny Cajuste snapped Sills into focus for his first college game.
“They were saying, ‘You don’t have time to look around at the 80,000 people.