Long and  impressive is the WVU head coach’s track record with college quarterbacks, but long and impressive is his list of mailing addresses, too. This is his seventh place from where he’s drawn a paycheck since 1993, which, with apologies to Valdosta State, Mississippi College and the like, isn’t really a commentary on character or wandering eyes, but on climbing a ladder to reach a point — and sometimes taking a step to the side or a step down in order to move up.

But here he is, if not established in residency, than in reputation as a skilled offensive mentor with a knack for tutoring passers. Yet he’s done it without dropping an anchor more than once in his career, though that one eight-year spell in west Texas has a lot to do with the street cred he’s since developed.

No matter his tenure at one spot, it is brow-arching to see what his quarterbacks have done in one or two years. He’s had a bunch of seniors, but very rarely has that player been his starter for more than a year before that. There’s something to be said for being in the system for years and listening and practicing for years, but it’s very different before you play. Every time, though, those veteran players/first-year starters have played beyond their experience, though not beyond their years.

The position has been successful, though cyclical, which we’ve talked about here. Holgorsen is fortunate to have a wunderkind like Eu on campus, but you do wonder what might be for Paul Millard, Ford Childress and the names that might follow if Holgorsen digs in at WVU.

“At Texas Tech we did. I was there for a long time, and we had a bunch of guys coming back that understood, and I think we started four senior quarterbacks in a row, which made things easier and better,” he said.

And then he went to Houston and met up with Keenum.

“Year two at Houston with Case was a lot easier but again, the thing that got better wasn’t like the production aspect of things but it was the success of the situations and stuff. We are just trying to become a better, more explosive offense. A ‘get more yards’ offense, a smarter offense that is good in situations and understands first downs, and I feel like that is where we are going.”