Mountaineer offense has been MIA

Injuries have slowed QB Jarrett Brown

MORGANTOWN – Where, oh where has West Virginia’s high-powered offense gone?

The numbers are fairly well known by now, but for the sake of clarity and as an update, chew on this:

In the first five games of the season, the Mountaineers averaged 33.4 points and 449.2 total yards. West Virginia averaged 257 passing yards, completed 104-of-151 passes and only once failed to crack 400 total yards.

In the last five games, the Mountaineers have averaged just 21.8 points and 337.2 yards. West Virginia has averaged 162.4 passing yards, completed 78-of-125 passes and has failed to crack 400 total yards even once. Three times in that stretch WVU didn’t even reach 325 yards.

That’s a drop of 11.6 points, 112 yards and almost 100 yards passing per game from the first five to the last five. The completion percentage has dropped from 69 percent to 62 percent, passing touchdowns from eight to four and in the last four games (as opposed to the first six) even the rushing yards per game have nosedived, from 208.5 to 166.8.

In fact, the only things more prevalent than the dropping numbers are the fingers being pointed as to why. One can feel free to choose the most popular among fans from a list that includes a lousy offensive line, even lousier coaching, an uptick in the level of competition, personnel choices or injuries.

Complete Story – The Charleston Gazette

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November 21st, 2009

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Jay Dee