has indeed moved past going to the literal well for buckets of water we've We say

that the West Virginia passing game is not going to be enough in a season where Mike Hawkins is 26-38, completing almost 70% of his balls, 477, five touchdowns, no picks, and was the number one QBR guy throughout the country yesterday, as well as PFF.

Obviously, those aren't all the – they don't encompass everything, and I – Give you that 100%.

But I think it's the balance of he's only needed to do that.

They just through three games haven't needed him to do more.

So truly we haven't got the answer to that question yet, in my opinion, Spencer, whether or not he can carry us in that way or not.

I don't know how many teams in the Big 12 are going to totally be able to stop At this point, West Virginia running for the football save, maybe like a Utah level, BYU level type defense.

Anyway, go ahead,

Can I get your instant take on beating Virginia in what was easily the most overlooked upset of the week in college football?

Yeah, I mean, it feels great.

I think West Virginia fans have been waiting a long time for it, right? Seven years is a long time to wait for a win like that.

And You know, one bad coaching hire, Neil Brown, you know, unfortunately, and here we are.

I think at the end of the day, Mike Hawkins proved that he's perfect for this Rich Rod offense.

This team is playing like a Rich Rod team, a team you just don't want to play extra physical at the line of scrimmage, extra physical on defense.

Rich Rod's always going to hire a defensive coordinator that runs multiple fronts and does all these different crazy things because he wants to be one of the most unique people in college football, right? Steven would know that because he was the OC there for a year.

Yeah, because Mensa actually, after completing 24 consecutive passes to start the game, Miami's offense got pretty cold late, so Mensa's pff was actually somehow in the 70s even though he went like oh 25 for 26 or something like he did

That's on West Virginia dot com.

Yes.

Yeah.

I mean, look, when I put my show together, that's where I got the information from.

Right.

I mean, look, we're talking about.

This is different from like ticket revenue, big 12 distributions, like merchandise sales, concessions, et cetera.

Talk to me about how that money is already in play with guys like a Cam Cook or Michael Hawkins being at in Morgantown and helping run this offense.

Here is that conversation.

I'm gonna let you be judge and jury and potentially executioner, um, for the Mountaineers.

Uh, so [sighs] last year, Rich Rodriguez got hired in late December and was forced to put together a roster with the first portal window closed.

Obviously, you know, the high school recruiting was totally done by then.

Very few people left.

And out of the second portal window, they still had 41 players coming this time last year that were gonna be starters.

So to win four games out of that when you lose your first, second, third, fourth, and fifth string quarterback, your first, second, third, fourth, and fifth string running back, and that's not an exaggeration, that actually happened last year.

Right.

Your main takeaway from him as, as a player, who did Auburn just flip from West Virginia?

A, a kid out of t- the Memphis side of Tennessee there that can, can really do a lot of different things.

Uh, his high school running backs coach super high on him at Southwind High School there.

It's a kid that's 5'10" and a half, you know, track kid, runs a sub-11 kinda kid, you know, one of those kinda guys that can really get it down the field.

He chews up dirt.

Uh, an 87, 80 on, on three, uh, pushing that four line.

I think he'll probably get the bump now that Auburn's in play here.

Yeah.

For all the Carolina fans who might not be as familiar with West Virginia's pitching staff, who's going to start this game? And based on what happened on Friday night out of the bullpen, who comes along behind him?

Yeah, so I would imagine it's going to be Max Yale, and Max Yale is the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year.

He's got another guy with right around a two ERA, a guy that's been elite all year.

He had coming off Tommy John surgery.

This is a kid that's been developed in the West Virginia program.

Um, and you know, he's a lefty that, you know, he's got several pitches that he can go to.

He's not a, he's not a guy that throws 95.

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And it seems like that is definitely a thing with Larry Porter.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, look at what West Virginia just did.

Amari Latimer.

I mean, West Virginia had several four-star flips on signing day.

Number one class in the Big 12.

Yeah.