So, that did happen. Hate to pull you back in again, but we shouldn’t be too long in the introduction today. This is six games now and the numbers suggest West Virginia has one of the most gracious defenses in the country.

True, there are going to be days like that in the Big 12 Conference, but that makes three in three days in the Big 12. Sooner or later, you are who you are and the Mountaineers are a very good offensive team, but one that can only do so much so many times and just does not have the luxury of  being off, or even iffy, when the other offense is on.

Saturday, the offense was not on. Texas Tech’s was. I’m not sure the WVU defense was anywhere near an outlet.

Three weeks ago, this was the talking point: The Big 12 puts pressure on defenses because of the offenses, but these defenses put pressure on their own offenses. WVU, in so many words, panicked Saturday and started playing more aggressively with calls and decisions — and to be totally honest and not a devil’s advocate, it’s kind of hard to blame Dana Holgorsen for that.

What else was he supposed to do? Punt it and hope the defense figured something out? Check that, hope the punting figured something out and then punt it and then hope the defense figured something out?

That wasn’t the way to go and that’s a hell of a thing to find yourself in on the road. You’d like to see plays called that would go around or over the wall Texas Tech’s defense had built and not see the group try to go through it, but there were some adjustments and those didn’t really work either. The Red Raiders were well prepared made few errors.

Right now WVU is a team that’s a little red in the face because it got pantsed on a very big stage. The Mountaineers, quite frankly, need a break so they can go to their corner, catch their breath, spit in a bucket and figure a few things out.

Trouble is, the bell just sounded and charging out of the opposite corner is Kansas State, only one of the most physical and most disciplined teams in the country.

But let’s save all of that for later. These texts remind of of the need to issue the reminder, since there are new eyes here all the time: Not my texts. These are from fans, to me, throughout the course of the game and they come together like Lite-Brite to present a unique vision of the game.

And they hold no punches. None.

Rocking my peers, putting suckers in fear, making the tears rain down like a monsoon. Listen to the texts go boom. My edits are in [brackets].

2:22
No Midnight Matador today 🙁

2:27
And what the hell is up with Texas? Did their starters stay in the fried food section of the Fair outside the Cotton Bowl?

3:40
Nice helmets. They look like garbage can lids.

3:40
Tight end.

3:40
…and, there is our non-existent defense!

3:41
Nice to see the defense pick up right where they left off with Texas.

3:48
Calling timeout when we have 4th down. Worked well for Texas last week.

3:49
Why doesnt Geno buckle all four helmet straps? Always has one flying around. Drives me nutz. Helmet rule!

3:50
This is “mid season form” for the defense?

3:51
I’m sober. I’m rational. I say this with full confidence… WVU is about to get blown out.

3:53
EERS are in Lubbock. I’m in a similar hell. Wedding in Cincinnati.

3:53
WVU got it to fourth-and-manageable

3:54
Just tuck it and run!!

3:54
Geno should have run for that.

3:54
Dear God, please bless Pat Miller. Amen.

3:55
This game might already be over. DeForest is the worst and we will not stop these guys.

3:56
I [truly] can’t stand deforest gump or this defense

3:59
Game over. It was a nice run. Hope Geno can still win the Heisman.

4:00
Uh, we have them right where we want them?

4:01
This is what happens when you hire your friends. Mullen’d.

4:01
It’s Fall, y’all.

4:02
I get that Tavon is a threat to run but giving Geno a short field? What the hell?

4:05
I can’t get excited when we score because I know we have to go out and play defense

4:09
Woe is this defense!

4:10
Pat Miller: Ballhawk

4:10
Who would have thought that Miller would be the only one who came to play?

4:10
I don’t think the officials know there is this thing called holding.

4:10
_eForest is tuurrrrible

4:10
And now that Ou/Tx is over, WVU game is blackd out in Cincy! Damn you Cincy! [insert bleeps Casazza]

4:11
Can someone get Casteel on a plane to Lubbock?

4:13
2nd and 25 so naturally wvu gives up a first down

4:14
What a [football] catch!!!

4:14
BATTING 6TH!!

4:14
Wobble-Wobble; Shake-it Shake-it

4:16
What is our defesive philosophy. “Wait for a penalty and hope for a dropped pass to fall into the hands? ” Oh wait it just happened

4:16
Even Texas Tech felt sorry for our defense and decided to just hand us an int…literally

4:16
I stand by my 3:51 prediction but this makes it interesting.

4:19
Spain is tipping plays so obviously that Spielman is calling run or pass

4:20
Spielman, who’s doing well not to weep at the quality of D, is calling WVU’s run/pass plays based on Q Spain’s left foot alignment.

4:24
Good punt by Bitancurt and good coverage. /would drink but so unlikely it’s not in the drinkin game

4:25
A successful punt, then a sack.  Where did that come from?

4:26
Here’s a practical aspect people don’t get when you gripe about communication problems. Do you think anyone has phoned down to the sideline

4:26
to tell Dana that Chris Spielman is accurately predicting a run or pass based solely on Spain’s stance?

4:26
3 & Out! Drinks on me!

4:26
Is that the defensive unicorn called three and out?

4:26
Spielman sounds so frustrated and disappointed in WVU’s D. Really letting Gump have it.

4:27
Tavon muffs punt. /drinkin games kill, son

4:27
Latest. Fair catch signal. Ever.

4:28
We give thanks, football gods, for this bounty of a high bounce on a muffed punt.

4:31
Great timing for Clarke’s first carry. What the [fraction]?

4:32
These guys will not shut up about the [old] WIND

4:35
KICK THE FIELD GOAL!!!!!

4:35
#TeamConsiderTheFGThere

4:35
Watching Dana call in a play makes me hot.

4:35
OM to the G!

4:36
#TeamDanaKnowsHisDefenseIsNotWalkingThroughThatDoor

4:36
Nobody ever said life on #teamgoforit would be all sunshine and lollipops.

4:39
THE OTHER [SHINY] SHOE IS DANGLING OVER LUBBOCK RIGHT ABOUT NOW! [DRAAAAAAAAT]

4:42
Pat miller is truly the worst defensive player I’ve ever seen at any level of football

4:44
Hey, Daron. Go be an attorney and negotiate the buyout of _eForest’s contract.

4:44
I miss defense.

4:46
I feel sorry for the number of replacement words you’ll have to come up with for this week’s edition of Texts From Game Day….

4:51
Panic level: orange

4:51
Ball game. Good call on 3rd and 10

4:52
This sucks, man

4:54
Bombay Sapphire martini…straight up…dirty…wait, make that two…sigh

4:56
The Joe DeForest experiment needs to end

4:56
I’m done. This defense is a disgrace.

4:59
Guns up!

4:59
Deforestation.

5:00
Panic level: Raider Red

5:00
Nice backwards hat, bro

5:00
DOES THE DEFENSE EVEN [MARGINALLY] CARE!? I MEAN REALLY!! [GOBSTOPPER]!!!

5:01
Could WVU stop a Pop Warner offense?

5:08
So Basketball season starts soon, yes?

5:09
Jerry sandusky has a better chance of getting near a football player than anyone on our defense

5:14
Panic level: Game Over

5:14
Bro Gump’s coordinator career needs euthanized

5:14
I think we need to put our defense on a milk carton. I haven’t seen them all season

5:17
This is just like the Baylor game if you edited out everything good.

5:22
Not looking good, from my liver’s standpoint… Bout to dominate all three sides of this bottle

5:23
Ahem…3:51. Can’t take too much credit. Totally lethargic from the start.

5:26
There’s a reason he has only coached special teams. Mullen’d.

5:30
That other shoe just kicked me square in the ass

5:30
Don’t make me start hating your chats. I felt food about the D turning a corner until Thursday.

5:30
I am inconsolable. Contemplating not watching second half.

5:32
If people give you [anything] for outing the stick/draw what do they have to say about the story on TT defense?

5:40
Apropos of I’m not sure, but interesting timing for O. Luck’s contract extension. I’m laughing like Walt White in the crawl space…

5:47
Plz tell meour heisman frontrunner is throwing this badly because of the wind.

5:50
Just when you stop WFTF, that’s when BAM! it hits you.

5:51
So far, the only thing that stopped Texas Tech’s offense was halftime.

5:53
How many Jeff Casteel texts have you gotten today?

5:52
No need to wait for your book on tape. It’s happening on TV.

6:05
Did Rasheed Marshall kidnap Geno?

6:06
STEAMANS HURT!? just kill me now. This slow death [sensation] sucks.

6:10
I wish those neuralizers from Men in Black were a real thing.

6:12
DeMote DeForest.

6:14
Our offense can overcome anything… except wind.

6:14
DeForest Thump

6:16
#DefenseWinsChampionships

6:17
#NoLongerWaitingOnTheFall #ItHasJustHappened

6:18
Colin Klein goin be our daddy.

6:19
I can’t even find the motivation to text really. This [completely] sucks.

6:24
ABC cuts away to OSU at BYU.  Oh, the indignity!

6:27
I mean if you’re the left [offensive] tackle and you can’t [sufficiently] stand up, get the [fella] off the [green] field

6:27
Just switched to AMC’s The Walking Dead.  Kinda the same thing. Havent been this disappointed in a team since we lost to pitt

6:29
ABC switched to the Oregon St/BYU game…that’s the final slap in the face today. [Say] it, I’m tapping out. Done.

6:29
Some good news! ABC pulled us off the air!

6:29
Why isn’t the wind affecting Doege?

6:31
Someone call the national guard

6:37
Contrary to what _ana and _eForest say, you can play D in the  big 12

6:41
That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.

6:41
Now that the shine is of the season can we please fix this [predicament]?

6:43
[Remember] the [Miners]

6:45
We just got our ass kicked by a horse riding hamburgerler

6:52
Double digits.  So proud.

6:58
So is that new Rick Ross joint “Diced Pineapples” any good? Might brush up on it before the strip club tonight

7:01
What? Fans are allowed to storm the field in an uplifting win? What? The uprights are still standing? I kinda hate wvu at the moment.

7:01
Happy Fall, y’all.

7:03
MetroNews heard there were fans rushing field after the WVU game and quickly planned round the clock coverage of riots.

7:06
How bad was that game? You got your adjective-laden story wrapping up the game online within five minutes…..

7:14
There isn’t enough Bacon in morgantown to get this bad taste out of my mouth