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The first thing I look for is a returning experienced QB who was pretty good last season.

Then I like to see 3+ OLs returning.

Then something on D, a couple good LBs coming back.

It’s funny you say that because WVU seems to check a lot of boxes for why a team would be ranked in the preseason, but a point of discussion amongst the fanbase is how little preseason love they are getting.  WVU won 9 games last year and finished in the Coaches’ Top 25.  

This year, they return:

-A Senior QB coming off a very good season 
-Three returning OL including one with AA potential 
-The top 3 rushers from last year’s team
-4 of the top 5 receivers from last year’s team

Despite that, they were only 33rd in the preseason coaches poll and Vegas odds only give them the 10th best chance to win the Big 12.  It seems pretty clear that people feel a lot of WVU’s success was schedule driven (and it may have been) and don’t like what the Mountaineers lost off what was an inconsistent defense last year.  Internally, the coaches feel getting a couple guys back from injury and what they got in the transfer portal will be a net plus on defense.

We’ll find out pretty quickly if WVU is getting slept on or not.  The home opener against Penn St is one of the most highly anticipated games in Morgantown in years.

Tennessee is treating their new QB like the next Peyton Manning, based on a bowl game result.  
Fine by me, he can go 0-3 vs the Gators, too.

Going 0-3 against the Gators is a lot harder to do now than it was back then.

I believe in him.