Clint Trickett had a trying day Saturday. He was get-him-an-IV sick, slept most of Friday and dragged himself through Saturday’s win against No. 4 Baylor. He lost a fumble on the third play of the game and thew an interception before the first quarter could end. “I was just trying to see how good our defense really was,” he said.

Good enough to throttle Baylor and key the kind of win the program hasn’t seen in many years. Then his mom found him after the game and told him his father Rick, the former WVU and current Florida State offensive line coach, had a heart attack earlier in the day.

Father and son spoke briefly and Clint needed a few minutes to pull himself together, and the kid who actually seems to like talking to the media did not following the game and instead had him mind where it really needed to be.

Assured his father was fine, Clint would talk to and text his dad throughout the day. Upon learning Rick was, not surprisingly, angry he wouldn’t be able to coach that night against Notre Dame, Clint offered up some amazing advice.

“When he said he wanted to coach and he was upset about not coaching, it was just like, ‘Retire. I’m going to be done after this year. Come watch me play in Canada next year,’” Clint said.