West Virginia Mountaineer Preview | 23 Personnel Podcast – 227

Intro

Football

  • Final points from Texas 
    • Offense
      • Shough injured collarbone – expected out 6 weeks (would put return around Iowa State/OSU game)
      • Shough – 9/11 68 yards, 6.2 ypa, 0 TD, 1 int (terrible read, weak throw [after injury]
      • Colombi – 17/23 324 yards, 14.1 ypa, 3 TD, 1 int (tipped)
      • Rushing offense combined for 128 yards, 33 carries, 3.9 ypc (2 rushing TDs came from QBs)
        • Brooks missed game with lower leg injury – injured Thursday; listed as day to day (listed on the depth chart as #2 -OR- X. White – Williams latest claims he’ll be out 2 games)
        • Other injuries: Muddy Waters out for season with pec injury; can take a medical/regular redshirt and come back to Tech in 2022
        • Demarcus Fields is questionable after his collision with Frye
    • Defense
      • Texas 2:1 rush:pass – actuals 52 rush/23 pass (69%/31)
        • 336 rushing yds on 52 attempts
        • 6.5 ypc (4 TDs)
        • 303 yds passing (Thompson 18/23, 1 INT, 16 yd/catch, 5 TDs)
      • Communication issues – not lining up in time, several plays with only 10 defenders on the field
      • Texas scored TDs on 9 of 11 offensive possessions
        • 1 interception and 1 fourth down stop late in 4th quarter
      • Fourth Down Defense
        • Tied for 106th in the country
        • 12/16, 0.750
        • Most attempts in FBS (next is 119th Mich St. 13/15, 0.867)
    • Prediction (Tech +8); o/u 61
      • Spencer – Tech 31-27
      • Michael – Texas 35-28
  • West Virginia Preview, 2-2; 2:30 p.m. ESPN 2
    • Offense
      • QB Jarrett Doege 73/117 889 yards, 6 TDs, 4 int
      • QB Garrett Greene
        • Passing 7/12 79 yds, No TDs
        • Rushing 23 car 141 yds rushing – 6.1 ypc 3 TDs
      • RB Leddie Brown (5-11/216) 66 carries, 321 yards, 4.9 ypc, 5 TD
        • Rushing Offense
          • 48 yds total vs Maryland
          • 173 yds vs Virginia Tech
          • 47 yds vs OU
      • WRs
        • Bryce Ford-Wheaton 6-3/220, 15 rec, 219 yards, 1 TD
        • Sam James 5-11/183, 15 rec, 187 yards, 3 TD
        • Winston Wright, Jr. 5-9/180, 17 rec, 172 yards, 0 TD
      • Turnovers Lost
        • 4 fumbles, 4 interceptions (tied for 109th)
        • TTU offense has lost 3 fumbles, 4 ints (tied for 94th)
      • Interesting stats from Anish Shroff
        • 4 turnovers vs Maryland
        • 68 yards in 2nd half vs OU
        • Against 3 FBS Opponents in 2nd half
          • No TDs (field goals only)
          • Averaging 108 yards
          • Averaging 1.8 rushing yards
    • Defense
      • Similar scheme as Tech
      • Led by LB Josh Chandler-Semedo 5-10/226, 35 tackles
      • Lost 1 Stills brother, Dante still on roster
      • 4 sacks against OU
      • Hat tip DW-LAJ: “West Virginia ranks fifth out of 130 FBS teams in tackles for loss per game with an average of 9.2”
    • Special Teams
      • Kicker Casey Legg is 6 for 6 on the season

 

Teams Pass yds/gm Pass yds/att Rush yds/gm Rush ypc
TTU Off 301 10.3 160 5.1
WVU Def 218 7.0 91 2.5

 

Teams Pass yds/gm Pass yds/att Rush yds/gm Rush ypc
TTU Defense 254 6.9 125 3.4
WVU Off 248 7.5 117 3.4

 

  • Score Prediction – Texas Tech +7; o/u 56.5; ESPN FPI Tech 27.4%
    • Spencer – WVU 26-23
    • Michael – WVU 28-27
  • The Picks are In (Lines from Action App 9/28)
    • UT (-5) @ TCU
    • #6 OU (-10.5) @ KSU
    • #21 Baylor @ OSU (-3.5)
    • KU @ ISU (-34.5)

Questions

https://twitter.com/23Personnel/status/1442987631067996164?s=20 

What did we learn?

Michael – Casino Royale still hits

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