But it’s also not hard to see why the WVU football team fell to Utah in disastrous fashion. The Mountaineers played without their starting quarterback for one. Plus, three other offensive starters were missing.
Put some of those pieces together and it’s likely that the WVU football beats Utah. Will Grier automatically makes the Mountaineers a contender in any game they play. That will be the case next season which is why ESPN thinks the WVU football team has a chance to win the Big 12 and play in the College Football Playoff.
In an article by Adam Rittenberg, West Virginia is named as a team to “crash the playoff party.