West Virginia rolled Robert Morris 45-3 in the season opener. It wasn’t pretty in the first half, but the Mountaineers made the Colonials look every part of an FCS school. WVU ranks third in offensive yards and ranks highly in yards allowed. Overall, it was a solid first outing.
There are things to clean up, like turnovers, but those should be an easy fix. If not, they’ll definitely hurt a lot more against a tougher opponent, like Ohio this week.
Some have called Ohio a “trap game” because next week is the Backyard Brawl against Pitt. It’s easy to look past this game, especially with the rumors of College GameDay coming to Morgantown if Pitt and WVU are 3-0.
WVU must tread lightly. Ohio is one of the better Group of Five schools. The Bobcats won 10 games in each of their last three seas