Smith certainly has a firm grasp on the nation's insatiable appetite for hour-to-hour winners and losers.
It is Smith, not Barkley, making headlines with his two fantastic receivers.
Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey are Nos. 1 and 2 nationally in receptions per game. Bailey and Austin trail only Baylor's Terrance Williams in total receiving yards.
Bailey averages 159 yards per game to Austin's 140. They have combined for 17 touchdowns.
Smith said he knows his pass catchers are angry about not being mentioned among the nation's top units. Truth is, Phil Steele's magazine listed West Virginia No. 4 behind USC, Clemson and Florida State. West Virginia's receiving unit was third in Athlon, behind USC and Clemson.
Maybe those magazines don't deliver to Morgantown.
Smith believes the national media "favors certain teams over others."
He calls Bailey "the best route runner in the country," and that Austin is so quick "he can make you miss in a phone booth."
Though Smith could not be any more of a Heisman front-runner than he is right now, we pundits have some "unfinished business" of our own.
We want to see West Virginia's offense against a quality defense not named Maryland.
Smith's first true test should come at Texas. The Longhorns are only No. 63 in defense but were supposed to be the Big 12's best unit after finishing 11th nationally last year.
West Virginia's offense also has Big 12 tests against Texas Tech, which has the nation's top-rated defense, and Texas Christian, Oklahoma and Iowa State, with defenses rated Nos. 7, 12 and 18.
A lot of people aren't sure what to make of all these goofball numbers.
Last weekend was the second-highest scoring weekend since 1937, according to Elias Sports Bureau, with an average of 60.9 combined points scored for the 52 Football Bowl Subdivision games.
Alabama Coach Nick Saban said defenses — other than his own — being run ragged by no-huddle offenses might become a safety concern.
"Is this what we want football to be?" Saban asked.
The collective answer appears to be "yes" for the time being, at least until Alabama plays West Virginia or there's something more entertaining on television.
Baylor's Robert Griffin III won last year's Heisman despite games in which his team won but allowed 48 (TCU), 56 (Washington) and 42 (Texas Tech) points.
Griffin finished with 4,293 passing yards and 37 touchdowns.
Smith, at his rate, might surpass those numbers by halftime at Texas.
The last time West Virginia visited Austin was Oct. 6, 1956. West Virginia won, 7-6.
"They completed four of nine passes for 46 yards," Mack Brown mused.
Today, somewhere in the "Fabulous 50s" had better be your point total — at halftime.