THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013
PAGE 5B
FOOTBALL GAMEDAY PREVIEW
MAX GOODWIN
mgoodwin@kansan.com
STARTING LINEUP
OFFENSE
The Mountaineers are loaded with skilled players at the running back and wide receiver positions. The offense is based around running back Charles Sims, who is the team's best runner and one of the top receivers as well. Quarterback Clint Trickett can attack defenses deep down field and deliver the ball with touch.
DEFENSE
POSITION NAME NO. YEAR
QB Clint Trickett 9 Jr.
RB Charles Sims 3 Sr.
HB Cody Clay 88 So.
WR Mario Alford 5 Jr.
WR Kevin White 11 Jr.
WR Daikiel Shorts 6 Fr.
LT Nick Kindler 79 Sr.
LG Quinton Spain 67 Jr.
C Pat Eger 76 Sr.
RG Mark Glowinski 64 Jr.
RT Curtis Feight 62 Sr.
The West Virginia defense has given up a lot of points this season, 47 against Texas, 35 against Kansas State and 37 against Texas Tech but the Mountaineers have proven that they can force teams into turnovers. Every one of West Virginia's opponents have had at least one turnover this season.
POSITION NAME NO. YEAR
DT Will Clarke 98 Sr.
NT Shaq Rowell 90 Sr.
DE Kyle Rose 93 So.
SPUR KJ Dillon 9 So.
LB Nick Kwiatkoski 35 So.
LB Jared Barber 33 Jr.
LB Brandon Golson 2 Jr.
CB Daryl Worley 7 Fr.
CB Ishmael Banks 34 Jr.
FS Karl Joseph 8 So.
BS Darwin Cook 25 Sr.
SPECIAL TEAMS
No longer can West Virginia count on the return yards of Tavon Austin helping them to good field position. For three years straight, Austin returned at least one kickoff for a touchdown. The Mountaineers have yet to return a kickoff or punt this season. West Virginia leads the Big 12 in average yards per punt at 40.92 yards.
COACHING
WEST VIRGINIA
In his third year as coach at West Virginia, Dana Holgorson's team has been on a losing slide, going from 10-3 in his first season to 7-6 last season. This year, at 4-6, the Mountaineers are guaranteed to win no more than six games. Holgorson leads an offense that has strengths in the passing and running game, and on runs a variety of different schemes on defense.
BY THE NUMBERS
20 The number of times West Virginia punter Nick O'Toole has placed his punts inside the opponents 20-yard-line.
25. 3 The number of points that West Virginia averages per game this season.
QUESTION MARKS
It's still unclear whether or not starting quarterback Clint Trickett will play on Saturday after leaving the game against Texas with a head injury. West Virginia will have to overcome other injuries as well, but the question is, can they overcome these setbacks?
BABY JAY WILL WEEP IF
West Virginia forces the Jayhawks into turnovers and reaches its average scoring of 25 points per game.
AT A GLANCE
West Virginia has a 4-6 record on the season and is still looking to make a bowl game, which makes the game in Lawrence a must-win for the Mountaineers. West Virginia is coming off two straight weeks of hard fought, tough games that both went into overtime.
PLAYER TO WATCH
Charles Sims has the rushing ability of James Sims, but can catch and get down field in a hurry like Tony Pierson. Sims is an NFL prospect who can be a dangerous player and used in a lot of different ways.
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