West Virginia gave up a lot of sacks and pressures last season, and quarterback Skyler Howard dealt with just about all of them. Rarely, if ever, could he blame his center. Tyler Orlosky, it turns out, was not in the habit of giving up sacks, except the one time he did.

He’s got a pretty good explanation for that. “I had a torn hip flexor,” he said. “I had a torn hip flexor, and I was on medication to block out the pain but to also stop the leg from moving.”

The fifth-year senior from Cleveland is fine now, and he has been for a long time, and he’s in the middle of the strong point of WVU’s offense.