WVU’s past two games have been periodically interrupted when players from the other team’s defense have gotten hurt in the short amount of time the Mountaineers allow to pass between the end of one play and the start of the next. A few were legitimately hurt. Others were faking it. I say that with complete security.

It’s absolutely infuriating for Dana Holgorsen, who watches his offense work and hustle and really try to play with a demanding tempo, and then sees it all deflated when a defender takes a seat. Let’s just call it embarrassing.

And let’s fix it. The NCAA’s rule book addresses “feigning” injury — and I love that the fancy word is used in the same manual that addresses high stepping and as the “goose step” — and really does go out of its way to discourage it. It also stops short of preventing and, most importantly, penalizing it.

Marlon LeBlanc, coach of WVU men soccer, fan of Arsenal, enthusiast of the game played with the skill and integrity it deserves, has seen flopping and diving in soccer futbol and has seen it fixed and discouraged. Let’s apply that logic to college football’s problem.

Soccer is a visually striking game when it’s played without interruptions. The same can be said of WVU Coach Dana Holgorsen’s up-tempo offense. Flops and dives in soccer are no different than faking injury in football. Soccer calls it simulating. Holgorsen calls it “destroying momentum.”

Soccer has tried to fix it. Football must do the same.

“You get a yellow card for simulation,” LeBlanc said. “If the referee catches it, they get booked. When they’re not caught, they’re going back to the film. The Premiership is now suspending players for cheating. It’s considered cheating. You can’t do things like that and try to pull the wool over a ref’s eyes.”

It’s worked. Players don’t pretend to get fouled nearly as much and the quality of play has benefited. The same can happen in college football.

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