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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/RJEP22 on 2024-08-23 12:50:50+00:00.
WE’RE GOING THROUGH EACH P4 TEAM’S SCHEDULE AND PICKING EVERY GAME.
Today we have the West Virginia Mountaineers.
Oh what a difference a year can make. 12 months ago we were taking wagers on how early Neal Brown would be fired, and now, the Mountaineers are returning their coach, an explosive quarterback, and have much much much higher expectations in 2024.
I see WVU being a massive spoiler team this season. I don’t think they’ll be able to get to Dallas because the difficulty of the schedule, but they host 3 conference contenders and play 2 on the road. I can guarantee they will ruin at least 1 teams season and probably more.
Hell, they could even ruin Penn State’s season in Week 1, and Morgantown is not a fun place to go into and win handily. I think they split the Penn State and Kansas games and get to a 1-3 start, and that’s when the real fun begins.
They play 4 straight conference contenders in the month of October. 2 home and 2 on the road. I think they go 2-2 in this stretch, although I’m just not sold on which 2 games they win. I’m currently giving them the home games but I see that trip to Arizona as one they could get if they fall to Kansas State the week before at home.
The final 4 games are the easiest stretch of the season and I think 3-1 over this stretch could even be conservative. The question is how important is that season finale in Lubbock. I have them going into it at 8-4 and 6-2 in conference. So they own the tiebreakers against the right teams to head into that game with a chance to get to Dallas? My predictions say no, but it’s not even close to an impossibility.
I see a floor of 5-7 just because of the parity that exists on this schedule but I think this team will be much closer to their ceiling of 10-2
How do you see it?