The offense was clicking on all cylinders and the team looked the best it has in a long time. In fact the only negative about yesterday's game was the 14 points the defense gave up in the third quarter, but even after those points there was never any real doubt the Mountaineers wouldn't come out with the game.
The Mountaineers scored 14 points and went up 28-0 after a Geno Smith touchdown pass to Stedman Bailey in the third quarter.
Speaking of Geno Smith, who has been the man of the season so far proving to many fans that so far he is the real deal and he has stepped up to every challenge and has been the lightning rod behind this offense being so effective.
He spoke earlier this week about having extreme confidence in himself, but you could count on possibly two hands the number of people who had faith in what Geno would do for this team and now three games into the season he already has 800 yards passing while leading the Big East in total offense (271 ypg.), passing yards per game (266.7) and passing efficiency (157.7).
The name being thrown around in comparison is Marc Bulger who played for the blue and gold back in the late 90's, so it's been a while since these Country Roads have seen a passing game so prolific.
Plus, the Mountaineers are now carrying the flag for the Big East while the rest of the conference crumbles around them. They are 2-0 against FBS teams while the rest of the league is 2-9 and the Big East suffered a couple more bad losses this week with Cincinnati and Connecticut both losing on the road handily and put them at 1-2 on the year.
It's interesting to note that many people haven't even noticed what Noel Devine is doing so far this year as he ran for a season high 131 yards yesterday and is now averaging 118 yards a game.
And now the Mountaineers will arguably face their toughest challenge this season when they travel to LSU to play Tigers and it will be interesting to see how the best in the Big East fares on the road in SEC country.
Photo Courtesy The Associated Press
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