Sorry for the delay today, but it was somewhat planned. One, really did want to give Oll Stewart’s postgame passion a chance to spread a little bit — he earned that. Two, I finally finalized my Heisman ballot. I actually labored over this decision because the last two weeks, and especially Saturday, changed the picture, but I’m pretty solid with my pick. I’d be curious to see how you’d rank the top three, though.

Let’s also put a ribbon on the regular-season edition of Texts From Game Day. These were guarded, as if hoping for optimism, but ultimately marked by disappoitment that the issues from the first 11 games were again prevalent in the 12th. Presumably pressed by a mass of texts, my phone made a noise it’d never made before when Rutgers brought the kickoff back for a touchdown. That was fun.

Fill up my text. Mazeltov!

(12:05 PM): J.d. Woods?

(12:06 PM): Hell yeah jock. Cant believe we’re passing this much!

(12:07 PM): … And schiano continues to hate brown.

(12:09 PM): Best drive of the season

(12:31 PM): Hey Mullen, pull back up that first series of plays. That second series was crap. I don’t know if it was scripted or what but if it ain’t broke

(12:36 PM): Runaway ice cream truck?

(12:49 PM): On both of our TD drives we threw a pass on the first play of the drive. On the two drives we ran on first down and went three and out. Just sayin

(1:09 PM): Way to give a team with zero momentum–NONE–something to excited about!

(1:10 PM): Clarke is not Larry csonka.

(1:11 PM): Ok so THAT was a bad decision right? Rutgers had nothing going. Now they do.

(1:21 PM): Who knew it was possible to call a timeout after the ball was snapped and in the qb’s hands. Crazy.

(1:23 PM): This just in: it has to be indisputable

(1:23 PM): Do any fans know the replay rules better then WVU fans?

(1:24 PM): Replay is a joke

(1:24 PM): The instant replay system is [not good]. You might as well not even have the damn thing

(1:31 PM): Pitt should thank us for beating them last week. Could be very similar to PRod’s departure if Kelly leaves for ND after a disappointing loss Pitt

(1:53 PM): Another great special teams coaching move by sling blade

(2:08 PM): We still lack an offensive identity. Need to use bowl and spring to figure that out

(2:13 PM): Kick the [Mountaineer friendly] ball out of [legal] bounds u [joker]

(2:13 PM): We need to hire a special teams coach, this is embarrassing.

(2:13 PM): Somewhere Benny Hill is smiling

(2:14 PM): Is it ever going to end?

(2:14 PM): If Coach Stewart has an ounce of dignity he will fire himself as the special teams coach. This is embarrassing!

(2:15 PM): Hypothetical: How much would you have to pay someone in the band to play Yackety Sax after a Yackety Sax play next year?

(2:17 PM): On third and five why do we run a one yard route and throw to him? It maked no sense!

(2:19 PM): Dear santa, all I want for Christmas is a real head coach and a new offensive coordinator…and if u have time a real QB would be nice too, thank you

(2:24 PM): So Brown has carried the football like a loaf of bread all year and we dont try to correct it?

(2:26 PM): Ask me about kickoffs!!

(3:00 PM): Three runs up the middle???? Those are play calls chicken! That was a pathetic series

(3:00 PM): Absolute joke! Three handoffs to the fullback and a delay of game.

(3:03 PM): Was I hallucinating or were we passing the ball pretty well before and we just stopped now?

(3:09 PM): Oh yea horrible snap…it only hit brown in the [large] hands…he sucks just like his coaches

(3:10 PM): Ah, glad butterfingers could make it

(3:12 PM): Yackety sax!!!

(3:15 PM): The bribe is in the thousands right? He’d be out of the band but what a memory!

(3:17 PM): I just threw up

(3:19 PM): I mean have u ever seen the snap coming from the victory formation be such a damn struggle??

(3:21 PM): Pete Carrill’s disappointed Stew didn’t throw it deep after Rutgers’ timeout

(3:30 PM): Does florida state decline the incitation?

(3:37 PM): Ask him about kickoffs. Kickoffs

(4:33 PM): Oooooh snap. Stew done went off!