WACO, Texas — Pledging that his West Virginia team “will keep fighting,” Dana Holgorsen also predicted No. 2 Baylor will keep winning.
After Saturday’s 62-38 loss, Holgorsen pronounced “this is the best Baylor team that I’ve seen,” which would be significant after the Bears shared the past two Big 12 championships.
“Corey Coleman is the best player in college football—you can put me on record for that. Seth Russell didn’t miss many throws. Their O-line is big and physical. They have good running backs.”
Coleman left with 199 yards and three touchdowns on 10 catches, Russell defined dual-threat quarterback and Shock Linwood’s 84-yard rushing day scarcely registered among Baylor’s 693 yards of offense.
While the Mountaineers (3-3, 0-3) posted 471 yards, it wasn’t the volume necessary to compete in a shootout of such proportions.
“We can’t outscore them,” Holgorsen said. “We had to have them on a bad day. They need to miss some throws, have some turnovers, which clearly they didn’t.”
Watch Holgorsen’s complete postgame news conference from inside McLane Stadium above.