WVU lovefest again

West Virginia fans are too fickle for me. One good half against Auburn and a convincing 34-17 victory at home will do that. But is it justified?

Simply put, no. WVU may be clicking and could be the team to beat in the Big East, but that's what everyone was saying at the beginning of the season. Let's not forget how poorly the Mountaineers played in the first six games of the year. Sloppy against Villanova. Dominated by East Carolina (which isn't that impressive now). Poor decision making in a loss at Colorado. Tough wins against inferior competition (Rutgers and Syracuse).

Where the Mountaineers are headed over the final six games of the Pat White era will become a little clearer after WVU plays at UConn Saturday. If Bill Stewart can stay out of the way and West Virginia takes care of business then the rest of the season could be interesting. Don't think for a second that UConn isn't ready for this game. Just look back a year ago and you'll remember that the Huskies were whipped on a frosty afternoon in Morgantown 66-21. At the time, WVU looked like they were a lock for the BCS championship. Then came the Pitt game and the rest is history.

But if the Mountaineers pick up a good win on the road and all of sudden WVU becomes that team that no one wants to play because of the White-Noel Devine-Jock Saunders trio. And the Mountaineers are in the driver's seat with a 2-0 mark in the Big East and their destiny in their own hands. Stewart should be able to come up with horrible, cliche-ridden quotes over the next few weeks to describe the WVU situation.

My fear is the real WVU was what we saw the first six weeks, and maybe Auburn is just a bad team playing in a good conference. So what does that really say about WVU?