“I think we found a running back.”

Hold the phone, Dana Holgorsen! I mean, Dustin Garrison, he of 291 yards Saturday and better than nine yards per carry, wasn’t even the Big East Conference player of the week. That went to Ray Graham. Of Pitt!

Needless to say, though, the freshman from Pearland, Texas, via New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina, has taken the lead in that developing competition among two or three others at the position. What was once Andrew Buie’s, and what belonged to Vernard Roberts before that, is now Garrison’s. For the time being. No one over there is going to guarantee anyone anything … and if we’re going to throw the name of Kay-Jay Harris around, let’s remember Harris had 337 yards and four touchdowns  in the 2004 opener and then 622 yards and six touchdowns the rest of the way. Harris wasn’t really healthy much that season, either, which leads to this.

Garrison, all 175 or so pounds of him, had 32 carries Saturday. That doesn’t happen very often and hadn’t happened since Steve Slaton ran 33 times in 2006. Yet of all of Garrison’s stats from high school, I remain startled by 406 carries as a senior. This is a different level, but maybe he’s a littler tougher than his size would indicate.

“If you look at 16 games of high school film last year, they look just like that,” Holgorsen said. “He’s used to 200-yard games. I think he gets better the more you give it to him. The more he plays, the better he probably gets.”

“High school film,” you say?

Onto the texts from Saturday. Another fine and fun edition. Another chance for you to catch the again game for the first time. Side bet: More page views or more people at the game? Dunno, but I will hold on hope and I won’t let you choke on noose around your text.

My edits are in [brackets].

(1:41 PM):
Probably the worst tailgate weather I’ve ever experienced

(1:52 PM):
I’m doing zip lines at wisp tomorrow

(3:23 PM):
God must hate Bowling Green. This weather sucks.

(3:34 PM):
They just showed a balding Kelchner signing autographs. Dude couldn’t find a mullet wig?

(3:37 PM):
When bad ko coverage goes right ….

(3:37 PM):
Great stick by Smith. Went from an Oh [Snap] to a [Frankly,] yeah in a hurry

(3:39 PM):
Did McCartney get the dropping bug that’s recently starting plaguing his cousin?

(3:39 PM):
Doesn’t take long to see the difference in mistakes versus Bowling Green and mistakes versus LSU. One makes you pay, the other just bails you out with a fumble.

(3:40 PM):
Good gracious…Syracuse could have left the Big East 2 weeks ago for good. This is awful football!

(3:41 PM):
I am sure there are a barrage of texts saying variations of “How can our kick coverage be this bad?”

(3:41 PM):
Wow

(3:41 PM):
Gotta be kidding me. Gotta start pooching soon

(3:41 PM):
Well, at least the KO coverage is solved … Oh wait.

(3:41 PM):
That just happened.

(3:43 PM):
Wait I’m confused, which team is the one with the explosive offense?

(3:44 PM):
(I really like the United Bank Mountaineer Football commercial they show on root Sports)

(3:45 PM):
I would kill for that kind of kickoff coverage

(3:45 PM):
If Syracuse and Rutgers goes to OT, I will eat my hat!

(3:46 PM):
Good morning, Mr Mountaineer. This is your 345 wakeup call.

(3:47 PM):
Corey Smith cannot be the best punter on this team.

(3:48 PM):
Corey Smith is FIRED.

(3:48 PM):
I could kick 15 yds

(3:48 PM):
Remember The Gong Show? I’m ready to strike the gong on this act.

(3:48 PM):
Garrison kept the WVU RB streak of not breaking a single tackle alive on that last run. Given the size of the hole, I was worried for a second.

(3:48 PM):
Holgs going with the hat. I like it.

(3:48 PM):
Can we fire the special teams coach, please?

(3:49 PM):
Don’t know I was just coincidence but Holgerson just made the throat slashing motion when corey smith came off like he’s done for the day

(3:50 PM):
Or he was signalling the bartender that he’s cut off

(3:51 PM):
Its no wonder our RBs feel like they’re under performing, they’re used to going up against this run defense during the week

(3:51 PM):
For what it’s worth, I said before the game that I was worried. Our defense is abysmal and our offense hibernates.

(3:52 PM):
Abysmal.

(3:53 PM):
WTF is going on with this team?

(3:55 PM):
SEC! SEC!

(3:58 PM):
Jason Colson thinks our running backs suck.

(3:59 PM):
Antonio Brown broke more tackles than the 2011 running backs.

(3:59 PM):
Why do we spread our KO coverage? BG has success so far with bunch coverage

(3:59 PM):
No facemsk. Solid clothesline

(3:59 PM):
Left leg soaked. # pancho workng like oline

(4:00 PM):
At this rate, Geno Smith will only throw for 450 yards in this game.

(4:02 PM):
Injury… Boooo!!! Boooo!!!

(4:04 PM):

Good news bad news. Good news: we scored. Bad news: we now kickoff

(4:06 PM):
Anyone who has ever argued on behalf of the Big East has not ever watched a Syracuse/Rutgers or UConn/Western Michigan game.

(4:07 PM):
Cecil F’n Level!

(4:07 PM):
Nice job Level. But still, Greg Schiano, ur no KO proposal intrigues me ….

(4:08 PM):
I big puffy heart no 45 Cecil level and his leveling tackles.

(4:08 PM):
Root just got great video of that lineman faking his injury

(4:10 PM):
That trap warmed Don Nehlen’s heart

(4:11 PM):
Pls be ok Sticks.

(4:11 PM):
After watching two Big East games, I’ve heard the phrase “Nearly a great play” 1,000 times.

(4:18 PM):
Marshall leads Louisville… UConn tied with WMU… Both intra-conference games this weeks have been embarrassing… The Big East SHOULD die

(4:20 PM):
Touchdown m&M’s!

(4:20 PM):
Pooch KO sad but effective.

(4:22 PM):
Thx 4 the crunny throw.

(4:22 PM):
So ur saying ur gonna run it…

(4:25 PM):
Over on espn, Mike Patrick has quit using Just For Men. Snow white.

(4:30 PM):
Good for Nehlen.

(4:33 PM):
/gong

(4:35 PM):
Kickoffs still equal yakkety sax. :o(

(4:36 PM):
Boooo …. Oh wait, Smith is our guy

(4:38 PM):
I know WVU “randomly” made those mistakes against LSU, but don’t you think LSU has a HUGE lead on us if we played this exact game against them? Instead,

(4:38 PM):
WVU is up 14.

(4:42 PM):
-.- Not sure if injured or stalling.

(4:43 PM):
I thought it last week… I am sure this week. We have found our tailback.

(4:44 PM):
Number 18 was gonna be injured before hr realized his teammate was. So he tied his shoe instead.

(4:44 PM):

BG’s defense is worse than ours.

(4:44 PM):
Is there a reason why you wouldn’t fake an injury? There are no flags for that, right?

(4:44 PM):
Hell. Keep faking injuries, we’ll keep scoring

(4:45 PM):

Faker trying to slow our PAT unit. Naw, j/k.

(4:46 PM):

The crowd is so ([shoddy]) I would imagine one could freely make calls and send texts today.

(4:47 PM):
SMU 17 TCU 0… I’m saying there is no chance there is a Big East in 2013 and 50/50 for 2012.

(4:50 PM):
Sorry for the lapses between texts – I keep cramping up in this 45 degree weather!

(4:57 PM):
Jason Colson takes back his last statement. Now that I think about it, SURELY 2011 Syracuse would’ve recruited Colson, right?

(4:59 PM):
Yakety bounce on the fumble

(5:00 PM):
Yackety Sax!

(5:04 PM):
Hertzel reminded us via Twitter that Garrison is human. Until now, I thought breaking 100 yards versus BG was a superhuman feat.

(5:04 PM):
Rutgers would score at least 14 points against Bowling Green.

(5:17 PM):

Bring back the pass outs!

(5:21 PM):
Garrison has 233 at half. More yards than Geno. Can he beat Kay Jay’s 337?

(6:01 PM):
Luck in booth: “We’ll still play Pitt” in football and b ball. (Later appended to say “most likely”)

(6:03 PM):
Syracuse fans would not like Oliver Luck if they heard him on TV just now.

(6:09 PM):
What the hell was smith doing on that 3rd down?

(6:20 PM):
Ok is this the line is phenomenal, the backs learned to hit the hole, or BGSU is that bad

(6:20 PM):
Garrison has had a great game, but he better learn some ball security…I know the rain and all, but still, he’s got to be better

(6:20 PM):
Don woulda had a hot fuddge sundae waiting if Ryan had caught that.

(6:25 PM):
Why is bowling GREEN in Orange?

(6:28 PM):
I decided I’m rooting against the rest of the Big East for the rest of the year bc it’s pitiful. I’m glad to see Marshall just took the lead on Loserville.

(6:33 PM):
Bill Stewart does not see what is so impressive about this game.

(6:40 PM):
Nooooo! cej at the wedding i’m at!!!!

(6:57 PM):
Whoever gets the title of worst team in the Big East will certainly earn it this year.

(7:21 PM):
Dealing with hypothermia as can