The defense is being exposed tonight.
The Mountaineers opened the second half on a promising note by putting together a nice drive that ate up some clock and put 7 points on the board. But special teams was shaky once again, nearly giving up another kickoff return, and the defense continued to struggle. The Orange got all the breaks they needed to keep drives alive, whether it was amazing one-handed catches, or great spots by the referees.
The defense failed to step up, allowing Syracuse to drive down the field on their first possession and score to go up by 12. On the next Orange possession there was much of the same, as WVU didn't execute on third downs and the tight ends were open down the field. Syracuse scored again on a wide open pass to go up by 19.
Then, needing a good drive, Geno Smith made a very bad play and threw an interception to a Syracuse defender with no gold and blue in sight.
West Virginia is in full meltdown mode.
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