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Q: Props to you for recognizing the defense when so many of your writer brethren have not, especially Chris Neild and J.T. Thomas. Having said that, Sidney Glover and Robert Sands continue to make huge plays in crucial situations while Pat Lazear is having a very good season (third on the team in tackles and second in TFL). With the type of offense this team is capable of, what are the chances that this team runs the table? Pitt is okay but they could easily have 3 losses after they had problems with N.C. St. UConn and Rutgers. And Cincinnati hasn't faced much offense all year except for Oregon St.

Robert Fisher, Pittsburgh

DUNLAP: The way this West Virginia team plays -- in that there is a bit of Jekyll and Hyde in them -- I wouldn't be surprised if they run the table, then again, I wouldn't be surprised if they play the remaining six games at 3-3.

With this team, you just don't know what you are going to get.

I will say this: The first unit on defense, particularly the past two weeks, has performed better than in the first few games. They have come along nicely. The defensive ends at USF get a lot of acclaim, but in terms of an inside guy in the league, there is Mick Williams at Pitt, Arthur Jones at Syracuse and then, Chris Neild. And Neild isn't far behind, if he is behind at all.

You touched on something, when you said, "... With the type of offense this team is capable of ..."

For me to be a true believer, the offense is going to have to play mistake-free for a few consecutive weeks, or at least about six consecutive quarters. It is something they really have yet to do.

If that happens in this upcoming game against UConn, and then the following week in Tampa against USF, then, yes, I'd start to believe there is a chance they could string together wins in the rest of the games. But, if they don't play clean (even if they win) in the next two games, I have hard time believing WVU will run the table.

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