The West Virginia University Mountaineer Football team has managed to reach a .500 record at the mid-season mark.
Some fans are surprised, some are breaking down and giving up on this team, and some feel that the Mountaineers are right where they expected them to be at this point.
It’s been a struggle just for WVU to reach mediocrity thus far, but believe it or not, there is reason for hope in second-half of the season. West Virginia has already played Oklahoma and Baylor, arguably the two best teams in the Big 12 conference.
WVU will play Texas Tech after this current bye week. After Tech, the schedule eases up a bit. With the top teams in the conference in West Virginia’s rear-view-mirror, we might begin to see some improvement.
Kansas, Iowa State, Kansas State, TCU, and Texas are all at the back end of the schedule, the Mountaineers do have a chance to be competitive and rack up a few wins with that in mind. None of those teams possess an offense even close to what Baylor’s looked like against WVU.
There’s certainly a chance for West Virginia to make up some ground and show improvement down the stretch. The schedule eases up a bit and I see some winnable games. The Mountaineers will need to find three more wins in order to reach a bowl game, not many even thought postseason play was possible when the year began.
