So there was an Owen Schmitt sighting this weekend — and what a sighting it was.

The Seahawks introduced their offense before kickoff and rookie fullback Owen Schmitt responded by coming out of the tunnel and smacking himself in the forehead three times with his helmet. Schmitt started because Leonard Weaver was inactive after bruising ribs in last week’s loss to the Dolphins.

Ah, yes. We’ve seen that before and still we cannot see it enough. Really, Schmitt is the one thing really missing from the team this year. It goes beyond the blocking, the running and the receiving — and the punting! — because the Mountaineers just don’t have that crazy-in-a-good-way presence.

Maybe, though, help is on the way. Branko Busick is quite a player for Steubenville (Ohio) and already committed to the 2009 recruiting class. Word is he’s a linebacker first, but he’s also a pretty big, pretty good fullback. Given WVU’s failures at that position this season, might the son of former WWF wrestler Big Bully Busick get a shot there?

Steubenville answered immediately and put the game away soon thereafter. West Virginia-bound fullback Branko Busick busted up the middle for an 82-yard touchdown and a 21-10 lead.

“We had a chance. That was a key turning point in the game,” Perry coach Matt Rosati said. “That 82-yard touchdown broke our back.”