In fact, those Mountaineers would prefer to maintain some degree of mystery about who they are and what they do. The spring game accomplished just that.

It was very plain and toned down — Aside: TCU Coach Gary Patterson said Monday he watched the game live … and I highly doubt as a fan — but the defense did move around Saturday and change its appearances and essentially try to take away whatever it might give away before the snap.

Just a little.

As the package expands and the players get more comfortable and the coaches focus on who does what and what works best, figure you’ll see more of that but in more expansive fashion. It’s going to be aggressive and, if you take the offense’s word for it, it’s going to be confounding.

“If you watch closely, they play around with the edges and bring and drop both sides really well,” Dawson said. “In my opinion, their defense is more symmetrical with what they do. They can bring either side and you never know, which messes up your zone blocking and messes up your protection.

“At times, it really and truly comes down to a guessing game. A lot of times, you’ve got to guess whether they’re bringing pressure and whether it’s coming from the field or the boundary, and they make it look really similar.”