MORGANTOWN — Up until Thursday night, Baylor’s run defense had been as menacing as the old Steel Curtain of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ glory days. No player had even approached 100 […]
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COLUMN: WVU’s win against Baylor a story with many layers
MORGANTOWN — By the time Kyron Drones’ body hit the artificial turf at Milan Puskar Stadium for the final time Thursday night and the clock hit all zeros, one heck […]
Big men, big battle: WVU’s Frazier, Baylor’s Ika in the spotlight
MORGANTOWN — If there was ever a moment where the unsung hero gets his moment of glory on a football field, Thursday’s West Virginia-Baylor game may be it. You know […]
Welcome to the red zone, where WVU’s defense has been a mixed bag this season
MORGANTOWN — Call it the secret stat for Thursday night that may mean the ball game, or it could be completely meaningless. In either case, here goes: No school in […]
COLUMN: WVU receivers have some work to do just to reach underrated status
MORGANTOWN — If Neal Brown hadn’t been sitting behind a table and a microphone, you would have sworn, for just a moment, the WVU head football coach was conducting some […]
NOTEBOOK: Mike O’Laughlin’s status up in the air, but WVU appears mostly healthy heading into Baylor game
MORGANTOWN — At first glance, it would appear West Virginia’s week off from football proved beneficial in terms of the Mountaineers’ overall health. There are still question marks offensively. Freshman […]
WVU football team hopes to see better catching efforts, results
There is a standard of 90% Neal Brown goes by whenever he grades WVU receivers. As in the Mountaineers’ wideouts are expected to catch at least nine out of the […]
College football transfer portal to move away from always being open and accessible
There are changes coming to the transfer portal when it comes to college football. The database, which was established in 2018, allows college football players to enter their names into […]
COLUMN: Going by the numbers, WVU better keep scoring if it wants to compete in the Big 12 this season
MORGANTOWN — Full disclosure here: I’ve always been a stats and numbers kind of guy, even as a little kid. My fascination with sports cards as a youngster wasn’t for […]
Despite what the numbers say, Neal Brown knows the WVU secondary needs help
MORGANTOWN — There are really just two ways to interpret the statistics judging West Virginia’s secondary through its first five games this season, and neither of them are particularly positive. […]
