On UCF’s opening drive of the game, Knights quarterback Tayven Jackson stepped up and hit a wide-open Chris Domercant for a 40-yard touchdown. West Virginia’s Rich Rodriguez was shaking his head.

The next drive, Jackson found Domercant wide-open once again for a 34-yard touchdown, and just like that, WVU put itself in a 14-0 hole on two walk-in touchdowns.

“I got to find out why we had so many guys so wide open,” Rodriguez said. “We are supposed to have a deep safety in the middle of the field, and we didn’t. The second touchdown of the game should never have happened. There were some breakdowns there.”

There’s no question that WVU’s defense is frequently burned by the big play. The past couple of games, that’s been a glaring issue when an offensive player finds himself in open space fo

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