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<blockquote data-quote="pressvirginia" data-source="post: 129378493" data-attributes="member: 1348623">Yes, four straight undefeated opponents is the utmost challenge. We all could see this type of October coming since the schedule released months ago. In the summer, I predicted an 0-4 October, after a 3-0 September, but hoped to be wrong.There's not one team playing college football that would escape unscathed against this back-to-back barrage that's littered with road tests against heavyweights. However, what we didn't see was the somewhat suspected and dreaded return to such turnover and penalty-riddled football.The recurring problem, harped on since April &amp; appearing for 3 straight years, temporarily disappeared against sub-par competition. The September Mountaineers are a completely different team than what you see now. A complete about-face. It's not all because of overpowering competition. The 2 Ls are directly derived from giving the football away a cartoonish 9 times. Late into both of those Ls, the score was close, competitive and within reach.Really though, such swings are nothing new: 2012 started 5-0 (including two top 25 Ws) and fell to 5-5. 2014 started 6-2 (including a top 4 win) and fell to 6-5.I agree this October 2015 stretch reeks of yesteryear. I hope the end result is different.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pressvirginia, post: 129378493, member: 1348623"] Yes, four straight undefeated opponents is the utmost challenge. We all could see this type of October coming since the schedule released months ago. In the summer, I predicted an 0-4 October, after a 3-0 September, but hoped to be wrong. There's not one team playing college football that would escape unscathed against this back-to-back barrage that's littered with road tests against heavyweights. However, what we didn't see was the somewhat suspected and dreaded return to such turnover and penalty-riddled football. The recurring problem, harped on since April & appearing for 3 straight years, temporarily disappeared against sub-par competition. The September Mountaineers are a completely different team than what you see now. A complete about-face. It's not all because of overpowering competition. The 2 Ls are directly derived from giving the football away a cartoonish 9 times. Late into both of those Ls, the score was close, competitive and within reach. Really though, such swings are nothing new: 2012 started 5-0 (including two top 25 Ws) and fell to 5-5. 2014 started 6-2 (including a top 4 win) and fell to 6-5. I agree this October 2015 stretch reeks of yesteryear. I hope the end result is different. [/QUOTE]

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