So a little more about that direction WVU’s defense might take next season. Moving Karl Joseph, perhaps the most productive player the past two seasons, from free safety to spur might fix the biggest problem last season, but it sets off a chain reaction at cornerback and free safety.

And that might be a problem that puts this idea on the shelf.

It would behoove you to be good in the secondary in the Big 12, something you need not tell Keith Patterson. Change isn’t always best. But Patterson is scheming as he’s recruiting and he might get to experimenting in the spring. I’m curious, though, where you see this going.

Starting defense for the opener is …?