Auburn’s defense had WVU’s offense right in its crosshairs … and it was the Mountaineers who had the Tigers right where they wanted them?

Yes.

Turns out WVU was giving Auburn one look and then looking to do something else — hence the repeated leg lifts and quick conferences with the coaches on the sideline. Oh, those sneaky Mountaineers!

Stewart anticipated man-to-man defense in the secondary, but knew Auburn would be active and aggressive up front. The Mountaineers wanted to know when linebackers would blitz and when safeties would come to the line of scrimmage. To get that information required some trickery.

“We changed our signals,” Stewart said.

All season, White has lifted and lowered his foot to give center Mike Dent the cue to snap the ball. Auburn was ready for that, but so, too, was WVU.

“This week the leg kick was the dummy (signal),” Stewart said. “We leg kicked and then did a hand clap (to cue the snap). We’d leg kick, they’d come down and show their hand and then we’d get a play.”