We’d probably rank Thursday’s halftime scene as one of the top three ugliest in the Bill Stewart Reign — it battles ’08 East Carolina, Cincinnati, Pitt and perhaps North Carolina for position, but I think it’s up in the triumvirate.

So, too, did Stew, who was about to personify the moniker after witnessing four more turnovers. Then something happened, and you have my permission this one time to insert a Devine Intervention quip right here.

Devine pulled Stewart aside, tried to settle him down and simply asked for his coach to give him the ball.

“That’s something a coach cannot manufacture,” Stewart said. “That has to come from within.”

WVU threw five passes in the second half and Devine ran on 14 of the 28 running plays on the way to a career-best 220 yards. When Stewart spotted a tiring Colorado defensive line and decided to attack, Devine carried nine times for 52 yards on a 14-play, 69-yard touchdown drive.

“He showed character and grit,” Stewart said. “He quit the cutback stuff and lowered his shoulder and punished the guys trying to tackle him.”