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Geno Smith grabs the mic, accurately sends message

… well, technically, the  cell phone, but here is his stated goal, as delivered by Twitter.

The only thing I been thinking about is playing a mistake free game this friday. I gotta start being more consistent, would you agree?

Before you answer, a few things:

1) I think — and I think Geno thinks — last year’s Syracuse game was the worst of his career. He was sacked five times and hit a bunch more. He looked more hesitant and confused that I can ever remember. He threw three interceptions and two of them were just bad decisions from someone who didn’t and still doesn’t make bad decisions. So maybe the motivation is there, which leads to this …

2) Dana Holgorsen was a little concerned last week about the timing of the open week and the effect it would have on the timing on offense.

“You can lose it really quick. If you take a couple of weeks off, you’re back where you started. That’s the reality of throwing the ball and maintaining how fast you run your routes and knowing when the ball needs to come out of your hands. The timing from an offensive perspective is critical, and if you do take too many days off, then you’re going to lose it, and you’ve got to start over. Our goal is to not lose it this week.”

The Mountaineers practiced a few times last week and then had some days off before returning to practice Sunday. Holgorsen was tasked to talk about the timing after he said he was pretty impressed with what he saw Sunday night.

“Everyone was a little concerned with it, and what our job is as coaches is to get concerned about something. We had a good two days, three days last week and Geno completed 94 percent of his passes yesterday. It looks to me like the timing is pretty doggone good.”