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Awful morning with Internet problems that necessitated a new router and fistfuls of hair, but, hey, good morning! Or something. Spring football resumes this afternoon at WVU and a vlog will come between that and Dana Holgorsen’s evening press conference.

Three weeks and 10 practices remain and the Gold-Blue Game is April 20. We’ll pay attention to the development of the passers and receivers, but because of slight skepticism in those areas, we’ll also pay heed to the depth at running back.

That’s where the Mountaineers have considerable talent and experience and the combination should, or at least ought to, facilitate the offense and make life easier on the quarterback and receivers.

In a nice twist for Dustin Garrison, he finds himself in an advantageous position and, as far as he is concerned, even better than he was before his injury. A year after he needed football to help him through his rehabilitation, football needs him.

“I feel like if we do a great job running the ball, that’s just going to help the quarterback,” said Garrison, who missed the first two games last season, didn’t get a touch against Iowa State and never played in the bowl loss. “He’ll be able to read the defense and the more the linebackers have to play the run, the more that opens up the passing lanes.

“I feel like offensively, if the running backs do a good job, like we have to do, we’ll be successful as an offense.”