One of the two is probably pretty concerning, but WVU is just two games into the season with a whole lot of time left to address and adjust — and trust that’s going to happen inside the Puskar Center. Still, many people want to change many things. And people. Already. Seems premature right now.

Abandoning one idea or person that was given time and attention from the beginning of camp to now not only wastes that time, but it compromises the upcoming time that a new idea or person must be introduced and improved. There may come a time to cut and go, but as far as major items are concerned, this is not it.

Remember, too, that there’s at least momentum emanating from Friday night’s conclusion. Perhaps the offensive line, for example, can keep that going. I don’t think it’s a reach to say no one over there is very happy with that group’s performance Friday, but they were OK at the end. (And did you know Don Barclay and Eric Jobe were pretty sick before and throughout the game?)

What’s tricky and probably a little dangerous, at least for the purpose of this space, is trying to approach any conclusions or definitive opinions after two games.

Why? Well, there is the separate quality of the opponents and the fact WVU is, after all, 2-0. Yet think of the offense, which is the most troubled aspect of the team, and think about the first two games. There have been bad spots, though those can be deceiving — eg., WVU moved the ball pretty well the first two drives against Marshall, but came away with just a field goal; players were dropping passes, not running the wrong routes.

Too often, though, people focus on the negative and overlook what’s been positive, which is what needs to be built upon as any team goes forward. When has WVU been at its best this season? Not too often, but there have been occasions. And those occasions seem to have something in commen: Two-minute tempo.

Jeff Mullen realized this in the shower Friday night his offense may do well to do things fast in the future.

“The thing that you always worry about as a play-caller is making sure you don’t put your kids in uphill situations,” Mullen said. “When you play fast, you don’t have time to check and move (on offense) and sometimes you can get got.

“Having said that, I think the first couple of games, when we’ve picked up the tempo, good things have happened and we need to evaluate that a little bit more and see what we can do in the future.”

This isn’t only about WVU doing what it does best. It’s also about keeping the defense from doing what rankles the Mountaineers.

Playing fast also forces changes on the defense, which no longer has the time to substitute as freely or play too exotically with schemes and calls.

WVU’s pace Friday kept the Herd from doing what it had done with great success throughout the game. It could do the same to future opponents who try to attack WVU’s offensive line.

“When you run a two-minute drill, people can’t blitz you,” Stewart said. “They had us off balance a whole lot, but in the two-minute, they can’t get lined up to blitz until you have an incompletion or when time stops when you run out of bounds.”