One of the pratfalls of a Thursday night game is that it rankles the schedule here. Having a weekend to myself — Halloween, no less — is nice, but we’ve spent plenty of air and space already talking about 40-10. Those two extra days are great for the coaches and the players, but not for the four letters that make this place go ’round.

So let’s jump into TFGD, which had a volatile pulse for the better part of three quarters and then flattened out toward the end. (You better believe there’s a comparison to the 2015 season somewhere in there.) October is now over, and perhaps you’d do well to heed the advice of one former football coach here. October is in the past, and November is better merely because it is not October. You’d also do well to remember the proclamation of another former football coach here about the final month of the season.

I say all of that because I want you to think about the current football coach here and, quickly, quiz yourself on what he’s best known for after three Big 12 years. Some of you will answer right away and some of you will need more time, but I think everyone would agree that Dana Holgorsen’s Novembers have been forgettable.

He’s 3-9 in the 11th month, and though I know you know it’s not my style get into what a coach has to do to stay or go, it goes without saying a fourth straight 1-3 November won’t cut it. This is set up to be his easiest November yet, but nothing is going to come easy given the state of his offense and Tony Gibson’s defense.

“What everyone’s forgetting is Texas Tech has the third-best offense in the country,” defensive coordinator Tony Gibson said, correctly highlighting where the Red Raiders rank in total offense.

WVU follows that with a home game against Texas, which handed Oklahoma its only loss of the season, and then goes on the road to play Kansas. The Mountaineers finish their home schedule against Iowa State, which beat Texas 24-0 Saturday, and then finishes at Kansas State.

“It’s not like the gauntlet is over for us,” Gibson said.

The Red Raiders figure to be friendlier because they have one of the worst defenses in the nation, ranking No. 127 out of 128 in total defense (572.7 yards per game) and No. 122 in scoring defense (42.4 points per game). They’ve allowed 40 or more points 15 times in coach Kliff Kingsbury’s 34 games, including Saturday’s 70-53 loss to Oklahoma State.

They led 17-0 in the first quarter, which is where the Mountaineers have been outscored 48-7 in their losing streak. But WVU’s offense has sputtered in most places in Big 12 play with just 11 offensive touchdowns in 16 quarters. Seven are after halftime, but just two are in the fourth quarter, which is the major concern if it has to again match a prolific offense.

“They’re going to score points and move the ball,” Gibson said. “We’ve got to come up with a way to get some stops. We’re just … I don’t know. I can’t put my thumb on it right now. We’re beat up. We’ve been through a rough stretch. But nobody’s going to feel sorry for us.”

Hit the strip club, we be letting bands go. Everybody’s hating, we just call them fans, though. In love with the texts, I ain’t ever letting go. My edits are in [brackets].

(Also, please engage the ambitious and impressionable minds in my JRL493 class. They’re working on columns, and part of that exercise involves engaging the audience, presenting angles and accepting feedback. Do the kids a favor, please, and give them a full-on blog comment experience. There are separate staffs. You can find them here and here.)

7:28:
Shout out to my 6 year old son’s youth football coach for running a practice past 7:30 tonight. Clearly you know your football.

7:31:
Uh…#LawOfGus in effect tonight?

7:33:
Gus just teased to break calling this “World War Four”…..

7:34:
Hoping the bus wreck won’t be a metaphor for this game tonight

7:39:
Shelton and Jovon gotta stretch it out and catch those balls!

7:39:
Howard’s pass dressed as a duck for Halloween

7:40:
If that ball hangs in the air .0001 second less we would have had ourselves an epic Gusgasm there.

7:40:
[Gus did] damn it.

7:40:
I don’t normally defend skyler but those were two perfect passes

7:41:
WVU dropping balls like I dropped third period French

7:41:
Sigh…poor D. Worley! I need him to have at least one good game!

7:41:
Chestnut just broke up Worley’s pick

7:42:
Suit up, Caz…SOMEBODY needs to play DB if Worley is out long…

7:43:
What’s spur mean? The spurrrrr…lol! Shouldn’t these commentators know this????

7:46:
Pass interference my [flag]!!!!!!!

7:46:
#Big12[Fantastically]BlindAs[Ever]Officials

7:47:
The phantom penalty on Chestnut Big XII refs strike again

7:47:
Worst PI call I’ve ever seen

7:47:
If a receiver catches it out of bounds, isn’t it automatically in catchable?

7:50:
22 just made the most pathetic fake tackle attempt in history

7:50:
Game, blouses

7:51:
Time to crack open the wine. Where’s my straw? Smh.

7:52:
Why do I continually stress myself over this team? I need on-going counseling for PTSD!

7:56:
Is the cameraman drunk?

7:56:
I’ve seen better camera work in porn…

7:59:
[Melt] my face.

8:04:
Gettin Boned here

8:05:
Wow. Really???? Too easy. Come on, defense.

8:06:
That reverse, though. Damn.

8:06:
Doling out pass interference calls like Oprah out here

8:10:
I don’t know what’s performing worse at the moment: this FoxSportsGo app, or WVU

8:13:
Critical mass of frustration.

8:14:
Sills got too much separation to earn a PI call there

8:14:
Why have we thrown bombs on the last 50 3rd and shorts?

8:15:
Trips to the short side!!!

8:16:
3 dropped TD passes, 3 third down pass interference, about to be down 3 TDs. Pass the airsickness bag

8:19:
Shell needs to get Ol Yeller’d

8:22:
TCU’s Lathan getting into the backfield, it’d be hard for me not to channel Biggie and write a “Lathan … penetration” line if I covered TCU.

8:22:
How can anyone watch this garbage and think Dana has things going in the right direction?

8:23:
Howard just needs to keep running the 12 miles back to his hometown

8:24:
TCU is a good measuring stick for us

8:24:
Askew-Henry auditioning for a wide receiver position

8:25:
“That’s why they’re defensive backs.” So should our receivers be defensive backs?

8:26:
Funny……TCU’S offense doesn’t look like ours to me

8:26:
I just don’t want to watch Dana and his Horsewomen anymore.

8:26:
“Horsewomen” seemed like an insult you can use without brackets.

8:26:
Boykin can BALL son

8:27:
If Holgo’s hotseat was literal he would have a major case of swampass right now.

8:27:
Chestnut was asking for a timeout before they snapped that one.

8:27:
Time to drop 11

8:28:
What can I say about this defense that hasn’t already been said about Afghanistan? It looks bombed out and depleted

8:30:
… But I’m glad I saw that sack. Hail the Horsewomen!

8:31:
Who was the guy from Louisville that fell on Bednarik? We need that guy.

8:31:
Was that a sack by wvu, so rare, not sure

8:32:
How would you like your sack, sir? Unacceptably rare?

8:37:
Shelton!!!!!

8:37:
This offense works when u execute!!!

8:38:
Holgersen to Miami??? Really? #ByeFelicia

8:39:
His once a game good pass

8:39:
TV just said there’s chatter about Dana going to Miami … I hadn’t heard that one. Thinking there is a Miami “vices” joke in there.

8:41:
I’d love to be in the room when TCU goes over that TD pass. There’s like 6 guys in the back and Shelton’s the only one who saw the ball.

8:53:
Holgo must like something he sees in TCUs D on 3rd and short

8:53:
#TeamGoForIt

8:53:
What the hell is wrong with check down, first down, Skyler?

8:54:
#OkITakeItBackLambertIsGoodAgain

8:55:
Jesus [hey now] why throw the bombs?

8:57:
Christian Brown handles business!

8:59:
Doug Meachem or Rust Cohle?

8:59:
3rd and 9, PI time??

9:01:
4th and 3. Playing 8 yards off the WRs. Gotta be [zoning] me

9:05:
Does Chestnut know he can turn around and not get flagged?

9:05:
Dana needs to throw a chair and make it official

9:06:
Whoever these game officials are better buy wigs and fake IDs if they ever venture east of the Mississippi. Re-[re]-diculous! #Big12Refs

9:06:
Third down, time for another bailout

9:06:
I’m stuck listening to the TCU radio feed (thanks XM radio) and even THEY think these refs are garbage.

9:10:
Paging Hawkeyes and Honeycutt to the locker room, cause this is a M.A.S.H. unit

9:12:
WVU actually controlled the second quarter.

9:18:
Granted the team hasn’t helped itself a lot, but the refs should do the 2nd half with big red bows on their head and replica TCA jerseys instead of stripes.

9:19:
Those 3 points are directly on [unimpressive] play calling

9:20:
Terrible clock management from Holgorsen there. Gave away 3 points. How is this still happening in year 5???

9:21:
An illegal substitution, after all of that [gesticulating] by DH, gives them 3. You can’t make this stuff up

9:22:
Dear Dana: Thanks for the three points. Sincerely, Gary

9:22:
Stupid play calling bc WVU outplayed TCU in the second quarter so it should’ve trusted itself to keep that up in the second half. Instead, they gave TCU

9:23:
three points.

9:23:
Gotta love the passive fg blocking attempt

9:40:
Clock management and third downs. Competing for [congeiality].

9:41:
Any chance WVU asserts its dominance in the second half a la 2005 vs Louisville? I feel like it’s possible.

9:42:
I hit “send” on the last one just as the kick went out of bounds. fml

9:45:
Lawd…not Dravon too! Everyone is getting jacked up!

9:46:
This defense is beat up…too many injuries.

9:47:
Barber has looked absolutely glacial trying to pull the flag from Boykin’s belt, much less tackle him

9:48:
Feeling like high-pitched Peyton Manning! Ahhhh!

9:51:
Jovon Du-ROP

9:53:
Distinct feeling you would have seen Durante in practice and realize he can’t catch a football. He might be terrible.

9:53:
Clearly throwing it deep isn’t working. Yet we keep doing it. Yep. Totally makes sense.

9:54:
Of course follow up a drop with a hopeless bomb

9:55:
He’s walked nine. He’s down 12 runs. There’s a righty in the bullpen. But Dana’s gonna keep throwing that curveball.

9:59:
Again, there has to be a role for you on this staff. Even if its handing out your stories and teaching them how to refresh your blog.

9:59:
“Guys, here’s what I wrote about this week. It’s come true for seven straight games. Now who needs coffee?” Bill James started somewhere.

9:59:
I will say this, Boykin is playing better than any WVU quarterback I can remember.

10:00:
(As far as “passing” quarterbacks go).

10:03:
After tonight let us never speak of October 2015 ever again, EVER AGAIN

10:09:
Not Skyler’s fault tonight. These receivers are playing like [bumblebees] tonight.

10:14:
Best news of the night. Holgs a candidate for Miami job

10:15:
My kids asks. “Miami of Ohio ?”

10:17:
and the bubble screen rears it’s ugly head on fourth down

10:18:
That’s enough of that.

10:19:
No one on this team can get past a first tackler. I’m so tired of hearing how good Smallwood is.

10:20:
Smallwood is a senior and his signature play in all that time is. . . he doesn’t have one.

10:21:
Boykin was sacked but no review. That would require a good referee

10:22:
After 60 plays. You defense is tired. And we have the fourth quarter to go

10:22:
Getting And-1 mix taped with this business

10:31:
I want to fly to Texas and give Boykin a high five… Unreal football player

10:33:
Gary trying to take our Halloween candy too

10:42:
The only thing less successful than the 3rd and short bombs are the 3rd and short Shell runs

10:45:
Skyler is Dana’s suicide belt. He’s going all in on those 40 virgins.

10:46:
Sills: assassin

10:47:
Sills is NOT a Kindred spirit

10:48:
He’s so bad Mike

10:49:
Times we don’t need Smallwood: OT vs. Ok State. Times we do need Smallwood (apparently): down 30 in 4Q.

10:50:
Why does he look surprised that those get picked?

10:56:
Skyler’s going for 33%

10:58:
Why the hell is Wendell still in

11:00:
Smallwood should get the ball all day long…he is the best player we have

11:09:
Gotta get Kadeisha Buchanan some reps at CB

11:18:
TT game defines whether Holgy makes it or not, at least until UT game.

11:38:
Why DOES Dana do you like that in pressers? Is it because you understand football?

11:40:
T-Shirt: Silhouetted Dana above the quote “I don’t know what you’re getting at…”