I think this game will show why the triple option is a thing of the past in the Big 12
This offense is great if youre ahead but makes it difficult to have to come from behind especially late in the game
Not sure what covid has done to the Mountaineers but if they are healthy this should not be much of a contest
/Climbs on small soap box that would pitch to a smaller, faster soap box
Why is every damn option team game a referendum on the option? Like, it's a bowl, drawing much meaning from it is kinda silly.
It's especially silly in this bowl. First, this is not a good Army offense. Like, by the usual standards of any option offense, it's kinda dreadful. Second, WVU is not your normal Big 12 team in that it too is bad at offense and good at defense. Three, any time Army plays a P5 team, it should lose. Full stop. This is literally a team that can't recruit players bigger than a certain size. If WVU wins comfortably, nothing should be taken from it other than, this is how it was suppose to go.
Do I think the option would have some trouble in the Big 12 with the pace, but I think that to a degree is overblown. Option teams are generally underdogs. And when underdogs fall behind by 14-21, they mostly lose. If you're up-tempo, maybe it wins you a game every year or two, and maybe you lose about as many because you can't sit on the ball. Shoot, Bill Snyder played option adjacent football for years, and it was mostly OK to sometimes good. This isn't to say that Oklahoma should start with it, but Kansas? Maybe.
(I mean, lots of offenses look bad all the time, but we're never like, "Look, that one team couldn't manage a high-tempo balanced spread, can't work in that conference")
