Transitive property time! Oklahoma beats Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, 45-31. Alabama beats West Virginia 33-23. Oklahoma beats West Virginia 45-33. Oklahoma is better than Alabama is better than West Virginia and West Virginia plays a more competitive game against Alabama than it does against Oklahoma.

In a vacuum, it all makes sense — and since it’s in a vacuum, it still sucks for you. Stepping back, 2-2 feels about right and 2-2 would have felt about right July 31, except I think that since your squad had a pair of above average showings in both losses, it probably feels better. Conversely, it’s been close enough and accompanied by a quantity of self-inflicted stuff (anything) that you probably feel as though you could feel better. It’s all easy to digest, really, and the losses don’t require much of an explanation. Alabama and Oklahoma were and are superior teams up front on offense and defense. The Mountaineers are not yet good enough to avoid meaningful mistakes or to make and overcome those errors.

Getting beat by errors is a pretty common thing in football. Preventing them is a rare, desirable and constructive trait. Can’t do much about the former, but can certainly do something about the latter. In other words, there are no [brackets] on the field. There are plenty below, of course, and I don’t have to tell you when it gets Willie McGee Ugly. Never changed though, I’m just the new version of old me. Forever hot headed but never got cold feet. Got up in the game, won’t look back at my old seats. Texts so deep we take up the whole street. My edits are in [brackets].

10:21:
When I cross that state line on 68 the air smells better the Sun shines brighter and the leaves look just a bit prettier.

11:39:
Desmond Howard said on Gameday that West Virginia was really good on special teams, referencing the kick return for a TD against Alabama. Oh boy…

4:50:
Birthday Cake Moonshine today in the Blue Lot #goacc

5:26:
Leave no doubt

5:53:
552 and first cej

5:55:
Four turnovers by Bama. Could’ve used those in Atlanta.

6:03:
Boomer? I barely know her!

7:08:
Should we put any significance on the fact that Dave Wanna text is in the stadium?

7:18:
Wannstedt even

7:24:
I saw Clint Trickett throwing passes at Mountaineer Field. His hair was perfect. Owwwwww….Werewolves of Morgantown. Owwwww….

7:36:
Alford: The Good Hands People

7:37:
Damn, Mario didn’t line up in the backfield. Oh well, there goes that dream….

7:37:
Gonna be a long night for Pankey.

7:47:
Smuggled a bier in.

7:48:
Grab them by the throat and throw them down

7:48:
Jordan Thompson did the right thing on special teams!?!? He has gained sentience….

7:49:
Kevin White stumbled like he was on High Street for that whole 8 yards….

7:55:
Was that sterling Shepard or Jordan Thompson?

7:55:
Also their uniforms suck

7:57:
we gotta stop with the bells.

7:59:
seriously. stop.

8:00:
Guy beside us just yelled, “Come on Worley!”

8:01:
Not much man to man going on. Carving up the zone. Looks like pretty big cushion too. Not sure what’s happening. Was Worley that big?

8:01:
Damn it that bob stoops

8:08:
Oklahoma scored too early

8:08:
…or should I say, to soon??? Har Har Har

8:08:
in 25 years, will go mart sponsor the marcellus shale team gas pass?

8:09:
So this [astronaut] I was walking in behind kept saying “Darrel Worley beat my girlfriend.” I shut that [stuff] down. Ain’t nobody got time for dat.

8:09:
wtf Trickett / Alford

8:09:
We drop passes against top 5 teams. That’s our thing.

8:09:
D! D!D!

8:11:
And more Ds

8:11:
Special Teams!!!

8:11:
[JAVIER] that punt was almost disastrous on numerous levels

8:12:
YES! Oklahoma Special Teams f— up saves us

8:16:
GAM

8:16:
Kevin White is a beautiful soul

8:16:
SNA has become my Cotton Eyed Joe

8:17:
Grown [mango farming] man!

8:17:
Kevin White with the “Bye, Felicia!”

8:17:
GAM alert

8:17:
GAM!!!

8:18:
How do you like us now, Toby Keith?

8:18:
BAH GAWD, KANG! THE SOONERS SECONDARY IS BROKEN IN HALF!!!

8:19:
My mother in law just texted, “TV said OU coaches told players the crowd will be loud and rude.” … Um Yeah.

8:20:

8:20:
Why did Thompson run forward, Daddy???

8:22:
Knight looks all sorts of frazzled

8:26:
Let’s just kneel the ball and run out the clock now

8:43:
And still… “Good one, Patrick.”

8:45:
Buie running hard. Per usual.

8:45:
If i win the lottery and the mountaineers win i can die happy…lets go

8:46:
Dear mother of God. Kick is good.

8:46:
THAT is Josh Lamberts BOOMSTICK!

8:46:
These boys look good!

8:46:
Holy brackets!  That’s was 54 w/ 10 to spare.

8:46:
Lambert just told Haughton-James he wanted to pad his stats.

8:46:
Bet Dana talks to his [kicker] now hahaaa…

8:47:
That was dun but I can’t escape the feeling DeForest will still rip out our soul tonight.

8:53:
I am officially annoyed. #GetItTogether

8:54:
Dana’s like “THAT’S how you wanna play it!? ALRIGHT! FINE!! LETS GET WEIRD!!!”

8:57:
That’s a damn catch! TD!

8:59:
That fade was just a litttttle too close to Paraguay.

9:04:
WVU taking this big game in stride.

9:05:
I know it’s early but when will Chris Houston slide Trickett Into Darkhouse Heisman status?

9:06:
Good Lord…we done broke an official! #JesusFixIt

9:06:
RUB SOME DIRT ON IT REF!

9:07:
Ref bump.  Somebody send for Earl Hebner

9:11:
Woudl love to know Hertz’s opinion of that onsides kick. I bet he applauds it…

9:12:
Well thanks for the good field position there, Bob!

9:19:
If Holgs is a true gamblin’ man, we go onside here.

9:20:
3rd down for what!!!

9:20:
Shell be coming round the mountain he comes. .

9:20:
Don’t be a [tiny] baby.

9:22:
Wait…who coaches our Special Teams?  The Dumbass.

9:22:
Please Fire DeFo

9:22:
Turn your hat around you dope

9:23:
[Fledgling] 7NA

9:23:
Special teams is a [tiny] baby.

9:23:
What was the one thing we couldn’t afford to happen there…..it was that.

9:23:
When does DeForest jump up and yell “THE ARISTOCRATS”?

9:24
We’re all jumping in our section and then they play 7NA and everyone stops and shudders. “[Fierocious] Claiborne…” Then that happens!

9:25:
It took all half but Deforest’s genius rears it’s ugly head

9:31:
Great job maintaining momentum to end the half.

9:31:
Wtf just happened? We had two TOs to burn. Wtf is Dana doing?!?!?!?! I need to know. Use a [good looking] time out!!!

9:40:
Glad we saved the timeout.   We get four in the second half.  – Bill Stewart

9:57:
Losing on 2/3 sides of the ball

9:57:
Well, our D still sucks.

9:59:
So, yeah. I get why they call that kid The Tank. That was a Man run. [Jose].

10:00:
OU’s #32 and #91 are absolute studs. Very impressive.

10:12:
WVU should do a hologram of Bill Stewart coaching on the sidelines just to mess with Oklahoma

10:14:
It’s fun to convert a third down!

10:17:
Horrible 3rd and 10 call.

10:18:
If I couldn’t see Nehlen right now I would swear he called that third and ten up the middle out of a power i.

10:19:
That was so offensive pass interference!

10:21:
Dana slowly losing it here. All that progress…

10:22:
BRIDGEPORT JUST EXPLODED! TONK!!!!

10:22:
That INT is for the crowd. That guy had no idea what the play was.

10:22:
Hot grits!

10:23:
Miss me? You’re welcome.
–A

10:23:
Dag, Clint.

10:23:
I just threw a headset and a case of red bull across the room. Damnitsomuch

10:25:
I meant, you’re welcome for the first INT. Not the second.
–A

10:27:
The fact that Oklahoma isn’t running every play makes me believe that college football is somewhat scripted.

10:27:
Seriously. KwiTOWski. Tell Bill Nevin.

10:28:
Wait…Belldozer is still a thing?

10:28:
Someone throw a trash can…thats [balderdash]

10:31:
Let’s heap some more praise on Gibby

10:32:
Maybe they spent the off season learning how to be Finnish

10:36:
OMG worst quarter ever, also cabbage farts

10:39:
They’re going to get white for the face mask.

10:41:
This makes me want to go home. What’s the [philosophical] point of being here?!

10:44:
I may vomit.

10:53:
You can jostle Trickett’s [appendages], but you can never mess up that hair.

10:56:
#teamawcrap

11:02:
Hurt me, baby.  Make me write bad checks.

11:05:
Tell me this defense is better than last years

11:05:
Oklahoma is Oklahoma again.

11:07:
Now she just keeps screaming, “BOB STOOPS. BOB STOOPS.” and flipping off our bench.

11:08:
Autopsy will read, “Cause of Death: Blunt Force Trauma.”

11:16:
Seriously, what went wrong with this game? We were gonna win it.

11:20:
OU band needs to get in its surrey with the fringe on top and go the [way] home. I’m so tired of that damn fight song.

11:21:
Not that it matters at this point but glad to see we’re saving those TO’s. Add to the stockpile.

11:21:
Welp, that’s the Big 12’s big dog, folks.

11:24:
Let’s not lose sight of what Bama AND Oklahoma did today. Two losses have bad strains, but 2-2 ain’t bad.

11:25:
Well, they didn’t quit. Oklahoma is a playoff team unless they badly choke.