Jeff Koonz felt everything went smoothly in his first came calling the defense for the West Virginia University football team. Mountaineer defenders agreed, saying they felt both comfortable and confident getting the plays from Koonz during last Saturday’s game against Cincinnati. Those ...
MORGANTOWN -- If, as West Virginia University football coach Neal Brown said this past week, the final four games of 2024 will write the Mountaineers’ tale of this season, the first chapter looked pretty good. Big defensive plays allowed WVU to grab an early 17-point lead over Cincinnati ...
MORGANTOWN -- Here’s a statement no one has been able to say about West Virginia University’s football team for a while. Saturday’s win was thanks to the defense. As maligned as the Mountaineer defense has been this season – and deservedly so – that unit was the reason WVU ...
MORGANTOWN -- Neal Brown was asked this week whether the final four weeks of the West Virginia University football team’s regular season would serve as a sort of audition for new defensive coordinator Jeff Koonz, promoted to that spot last week following the dismissal of former coordinator ...
MORGANTOWN -- Through all the struggles of West Virginia University’s 2024 football season – the tough home losses, the injuries, the midseason change at defensive coordinator – the Mountaineers can hang onto the fact that they’re still mathematically in the hunt for a berth in the ...
MORGANTOWN -- As West Virginia University wide receiver Traylor Ray was making his way back to Morgantown earlier this year, he ran into a familiar face – Cincinnati linebacker Jared Bartlett. “It was actually funny,” Ray said. “We ran into each other when I was coming back to ...
