You are looking live at the today’s head coaches following last season’s game in Fort Worth, Texas. Dana Holgorsen, of course, low-fived Trevone Boykin during the game and then said afterward that Boykin was the best player in college football. That was interesting, because after the prior game, Holgorsen said Baylor receiver Corey Coleman was the best player in college football.

His opinion must carry weight, because it was on the field after the game when the two coaches shook hands and TCU’s Gary Patterson asked Holgorsen what TCU’s chances were against Baylor. The Horned Frogs were No. 5 at that time. Baylor was No. 2. Holgorsen replied, “You’ll win. You’re a more complete team.”

I don’t remember the occasion or the reason why we were talking, but I do remember it was 2012. Holgorsen and I were talking about the Big 12 and the coaches, and he raved about Patterson. Not just for his coaching or his defense, either. You could tell he liked him, and that’s probably another reason Holgorsen enjoys playing the Horned Frogs.

Well, we’ve learned the feeling is mutual. Patterson was carrying on this week about how impressed he is by West Virginia and what the Mountaineers do on offense and defense and even special teams. The point was WVU didn’t always possess that balance or cohesion. “He’s really matured in all facets,” Patterson said. “He’s one of my favorite guys in our league, because he calls it how it is, he coaches hard and he goes about his business.”

Business could not have been easy this week. WVU got a lot of publicity and approval beyond the jumps in the polls. There were national stories and interviews, and everything was positive, which is mostly new to these players. They sort of operate on negativity and doubt.

Holgorsen attempted to control that this week —  “I know you all are thinking 2012.” — and the message is consistent throughout the Puskar Center.

“What’s 5-0?” running backs coach JaJuan Seider said. “We go out and lose the rest of these games, then we’re below .500. We haven’t done anything yet. It’s good to be 5-0, but we don’t take it for granted. It doesn’t mean anything if we stumble in the next seven games and don’t do what we need to do. We’re still coaching for something bigger than what we’ve got right now.”

And here comes TCU to change that.