Lucky for you, this is a good way to start your Monday.

Remember back in the summer when we had some valid and thoughtful discussions about Bruce Irvin?

He’d carved out a spot, maybe a niche, during preseason practice and we were all cautious about expectations. There was cause for doubt, though the signs were there.

Dude had a fantastic season. It stands on its own. And the guy who was a part-time player? Well, he did that in a part-time capacity.

Does it change in 2011? Not necessarily. Julian Miller is back and he was and is a better every-down player. WVU doesn’t use two defensive ends in its 3-3-5, though I do wonder if Miller moves to play Scooter Berry’s DT spot and Mr. Irvin slides into DE.

I say “Mr. Irvin” because he’s got that respect on campus. I’ve seen him at a few basketball games walking through the hall and he encounters total reverence.

Confession: He stopped traffic at halftime of the Pitt game. I swooped in and jumped line at the men’s room.

Who was going to say something? Not because I’m somebody, but because no one was looking at me.

Anyhow, there’s plenty to look forward to in 2011, but mostly because there’s so much to look back upon from 2010.

First, a disclaimer. Language. If you’re sensitive to such things, it’s cool, but cut the volume here.

Second, let’s look at four sacks…and it requires volume:

1) 2:02 mark: It’s a third down play. It’s the first Big East game of the season. Rece Davis: “Here he comes.” And Irvin gets the sack. Known commodity by then. Beautiful balance on that play. Everything he does is designed to get the LT off balance and Irvin never even wiggles.

2) 2:23 mark: This is the last game of Big East play. It looks like he’s to be double-teamed — watch the RG, who realizes late that it’s too late. Just too fast, and by now everyone expects the speed rush and the reliance on balance.

On the second snap Irvin is on the left side and is again announced as someone Rutgers better spot. He runs through the LT and before the LG can even pretend to consider doubling.

This kid is something else.

3) 3:30 mark. Irvin again uses superior speed and (especially) balance to get by the LT and just levels the QB, Danny O’Brien, who left the game, never returned and went on to have a great season. He did nothing against WVU. Still, this is noteworthy because …

4) … a short while later — two plays later on the video — Irvin is coming on a straight-line rush from the right and Maryland QB Jamarr Robinson swiftly moves left. Irvin still gets the sack. It doesn’t look remarkable, but it’s that kind of play.