The Tigers are a very well-rounded offensive team that can hit defenses in a lot of different ways, They have a quarterback in Seth Hanigan who has 23 TD passes against just 6 interceptions and a trio of running backs who all average over 6 ypc.
The Mountaineers are a team that wants to run early and often but they’ll be facing a very stout Tigers defense that is 13th in rush yards allowed and surrenders just 3.9 yards per attempt. They will force Garett Green to beat them with his arm and that will be a very tall task for a QB in Green who has thrown 11 interceptions against just 13 TD passes.
West Virginia will also be without field-stretching wideout Traylon Ray, who is 2nd on the team in catches and averages 15.3 up catch.
Just not enough weapons for West Virginia to keep it close.