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West Virginia Head Coach : Neal Harmon Brown : age=42, (18–2o @WVa. and 53–36 overall); has a rep’ for offense, velocity, Wr’s/Qb’s. $ 3,055,000.oo
Baller Brown attended Boyle County High School in Danville, Kentucky, where he was an all-state wide receiver, baseball, and basketball player. At Boyle County High School, he finished his career as the No. 2 pass catcher in state history. dang!
Wr Brown played football at the University of Kentucky under head coach Hal Mumme and his assistants, Mike Leach and Tony Franklin, before transferring to the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He did earn all-S.E.C.edu honors as a Wildcat.
Student-athlete Brown earned his bachelor’s degree in business management and his master’s in business administration from Massachusetts. While at UMass, he was an Atlantic 10 All-Academic honoree and an NCAA Division I-AA Athletic Directors’ Academic All-Star team selection. Impressed!
After that baller Brown went Coach Brown started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at UMass, then Sacred Heart, and then Delaware. Then Brown caught his big break as Brown was named the offensive coordinator at Texas Tech under new Red Raiders head coach Tommy Tuberville. Then after a year as O’cord at Kentucky Coach Brown blew his first big whistle down at Troy.
At Troy Coach Brown tallied Troy’s first 10-win season since joining FBS in 2001 in 2016. He scored a massive upset over all-galaxy L.S.U. and he ended with 10, 11, and 10 wins again at Troy. Making him something of their mini-me Frank Beamer. He also improved his team’s G.P.A. and graduation rate every single season. Troy.edu props insert (_____) here. And has acquired something of a program-wide renaissance man’s tag for it to his sizeable credit.
Most curiously enough, Coach Brown is perfected in his bowl career. (4-nil). And he has been the betting ‘dog every time less once. This tells you the man can break a tape and really preps shrewdly on extra time. Even mo’ curiously… to be rumored to be an offensive-whisper, his Troy and his w.V.u. D’s have basically sparked their respective Os at each tour stop. What with… in seven combined seasons as a head coach, he has yet to field a top-70 offense. wow, and go fig’ on dat?
As this is one pretty dang educationally accomplished collegiate football coach folks. Not many have anything anywhere near his curriculum vitae classroom props.
And curiously enuff, the sewing circle vibe is that this is that rarefied analytics/numbers guy (same as ohhh, saaaay, Fu’); who actually (still) gets the human element. We shall see on that… as 2o22 is the proving ground of that. As the coaching sewing circles whispers also say that Coach Brown was suffering from some hard(er) to manage Holgorsen kids who did not buy in and have been left out. Meaning, that this is now his team his way. Time=tell here on that…
2021 record: 6 up 7 down and 4-5 in the Big-8
READERs note: (Eye found 2 different returning production metrics this year, so I used them, both). (They do differ, accordingly).
3rd base, the ‘rong way!
Defensive letter-grade: Honestly, this D seems as if it should/could be a scosche or even a measure better. It did finally improve last week, however. Maybe they got too high pre-season after several nice halt-unit consecutive seasons from reading their own fumes? C— /C fenced.
“I’ma model… you know what that, memes !“
(film-study): …this team runs very well off-T. Really g00d sealing and folding to the 2nd-layer alike. Decent footwork/technique with just enuff voltage to finish the same. w.V.u. will up-tempo and try to iso’ any real/perceived run-fit advantages too. Mathis has really good quick darty footwork. He really changes/vectors directions well inside the Ot box. Like someone made him live the chop-drill life at a lower (footwork) level. Agile, nimble kid with at least backup Pt.Guard court-vision. Gets some YAC as well to be the smaller guy (Yards After Contact). Real swivel-hips to boot; prolly an office chair in another life. WVa. really elasticizes the run-box, lotta stretch waistband plays East-West be they from a pure Rb or not. They showed more near throw-points vs. Townson than Eye expected for such a howitzer-armed Qb1. WVa. Wr’s made plays too. Catches, and yards after the catch. Good catch-crew here. Daniels really throws a sharp only his guy can get to it ball as well. Donaldson -of course- is mo’ of an Iso’, Plunge, Wham guy between the T’s. He does not start super fast, tho’ does surprise downhill as high-end RPM’s go. Mo’ kinetic than he thick-set looks once he gets outta 1st or 2nd gear. p.s. Towson was one itty-bitty-titty-committee D. Reallllly small-boned. Finally, this is very quick to script O. It looks to quickly hit the spot it wants. Not a tertiary or quadratic O that goes threw multiple reads and needs a lotta pocket time. It gets the ball away, even on some deeper looks in a lobbing hurry. Bang-bang football— directed at a given match-up or a spot on the field. Now back that up with the lumberyard otherwise known as: Donaldson’s 9.5 yards per carry great for 36-points in a mere three games and you see what Eye mean.
O –tutorial : During his tenure at Texas Tech, Brown perfected his NASCAR spread offense. The offense created by Brown focused on players running to the line immediately after the play and quickly snapping the ball before the defense could get set. The offense requires speed at every position to be run the way Brown envisions it. The focus of the offense was to snap the ball 8 seconds after the previous play. Recall there are some leftover 3o4 tinfoil richrod elements here… although unlike richrod’s 3-speed O (turbo, Indy, jet) this O is all Hot Wheels or burn-rubber as best it can.
Offensive letter-grade: This is a stout O. And it is an improving O to be sure.
IF/when Daniels finds his true mid-range+++ passing depth? Look out! Tritto the oLine gelling— as it is nearly umpossible to key or takeaway 3 or 4 different guys at the very same, time. A— .
w.v.u. is 61st in Net Punting and so is P1, Oliver Straw. Ollie is a 6′2″, 214 lb., rookie or nugget year voter. By way of Melbourne, Australia, and the Mentone Grammar School.
Anywho… said to be a pretty legit hoopster down under; so he must have some athlete in him somewhere. Oliver kicks with either foot and can punt spiral or end-over-end rugby style. The CCW part (counterclockwise) is tricky the first few times you try to handle it. Same as a Koufax passer; everything is bassackwards. Such can handcuff or muff a punt for you just ’cause…
Oliver is a twisty or dual Aussie and Uncle Sam citizen. Did come up in Australia Rules Football and then tutored his American leg game over at: Prokick Australia. They do sharp work here typically. (Just ask our history thereof). Oliver was also a De/Te in high school. So, this may not be your typical fondue parting Tupperware hosting kinda Kicker. Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll is quality footsie. .edu love insert (______) here, check. This Straw stirs the drink with a long of 48 collegiate booting yards so far. To early to seriously gauge his futball leg strength. Tho’ reports say he has mo’ in the bag and just rolls a 3-wood here-n-there. And of course, he swoons that signature “good day” Paul Hogan accent. Did Eye mention the accent, yet? As this seems not less than a good get to me. Time=tell what Ollie is/is not beyond that, however… ask 2o25 give/take.
Casey Legg -great surname- is w.V.u.’s r-Jr., K1. He is serviceable thus far as a K1 as his career 69% F.G.A. make-rate avers. Legg has a college career-long of 51-yards; though his reasonable range seems to hover in the mid-40’s give/take. Legg only has one make ≥45-yards career-to-date. Although he is a forty on campus what with being Academic All-Big 12 First Team, with a perfected 4.0 GPA! .edu proppers @Casey! That said, Casey was WVa.’s kick-off guy until this year, and he did close strong after a modest FG-Kicking start to last year. So, maybe there is mo’ in the bag here than his statistics connote? Tallish elongated K1 at 6′5″, so you need to mind the F.G.A./P.A.T.-block punch-point accordingly. Has had one FGA-swatted. Casey does enjoy 3o4 State Championship bling in the other football {sic: soccer}. And he was his team’s leading hoops scorer as a scholastic Jr. and Sr. alike. So, there has gotta be some athletics for a fake somewhere in the mix here. Enjoys ‘dancing’… whatever that encodes to mean…
Casey Legg is perfected so far in this campaign. 18 of 18 on all leg swings. (4 of 4 on FGA’s). With a long of 28 year-to-date. Very solid K1, and might even be a dang good K1 if he has found a new ceiling or level.
Special Teams letter-grade: This letter grade would and possibly should be better, if not for several KO game foibles or worse. There is cleat talent here folks. The ‘eer legs give a listen indeed. B .
R.A.T.T.: ...who, wins???w.V.a. Too much offensive weaponry; with just enuff D. The network suits! This is a one play game or less. VT. Too much D. Enuff homefield & short-week. View Results Loading ...
R.A.T.T.: ...who, wins???
Illation , conclusion (s) and OPT digits :
As the team you all love to hate is ah coming to town— and make no misQ, they likewise love to hate on you!
This one is not gonna be a soft-touch, easy on the eyes, lilting, or kinder-gentler.
These two have a history, and it once was a truly historic rivalry as any possible metric of intensity itself went when it left off (and shoulda stayed left off) up in Mo-town, WVa., way back in 2oo5.
As these two do not exactly like each other or get along.
So, loaded for bear breech barrels or a grizzly House of Dragons breach birth here we come!
xxx ‘s & ooo ‘s: …prolly must be the mo’ experienced Staff (again). Tho’ the strongest sideline unit is the VeeTee D Staff to be sure.
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In cases of canceling effect(s) or strength on strength crime?
1-2 vs. 2-1 percentages for game week!
#C hallangeA .c.c.epted… there are 1,440 minutes in a day and it will take every single one of them -or not less than sixty- to secure a VicTory dance, here.
There literally is NO margin of error for Thursday nite.
the optics… …w.V.u. is not the best natural grass team as surfacing goes. This one is on the real stuff and that tends to slow them down just a ½ a notch or so. As they only get one or two looks most years at real live grass, out in the always synthetic and offensive track-meet Big-8.
the skinny … …there is no good reason(s) for any of this…
West Virginia Mountaineers Career snaps gone: 6,890! 2021 PFF WAA gone: 0.24 Career PFF WAA gone: 0.34
West Virginia was forced to undergo a defensive overhaul this offseason due to several transfers. Of the team’s seven defensive players that played the most snaps from last season, four entered the portal and joined another Power 5 program, including its 2021 leader in pressures (interior defensive lineman Akheem Mesidor, 33), defensive stops (off-ball linebacker Josh Chandler-Semedo, 45) and plays on the ball (cornerback Daryl Porter Jr., seven). Offensively, the Mountaineers saw their three highest-graded wide receivers from last season also transfer to a new program.
3-game splits, H/A, coming soon… semi… sorta…
Our handy dandy friend, the so-called: Forum Guide of Graham Houston fame is merely… see: above.
Legendarium… so many historic B.D.T. memories here… now boiled down to the single one.
“And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.” —Coach J.R.R. Tolkien
Here in the R.A.T.T. sportlight… pay attention men…
Regarding these two combined and downright squirrelly looking 3-3 clubs…
…1-2 w.V.u. is up a near astonishing +547 Σ or total yards | with 2-1 VeeTee up a surprising +5o4 Σ or total yards in seasonal terms. Meaning: both are better than most observers think; although, w.V.u. has been more quixotic or just excessively inconsistent in both aerial and in grounded terms alike.
“It’s hot in here… there is no question about that.” “But it’s not the end of the World.” “I just want us to do a job that we are capable of doing.” “They are on their home grounds, which makes it that much more difficult.” “Understand???”
“IF we die… we die together!” “You can get it done… you can get it done… what’s more… you GOTTA get it done!”
—Buffalo Bills 2-time A.F.L. Champion Coach Lou Saban
TSL jail here I come “…just like the center of the litterbox Eye am surrounded by …🐈’s!” —Joel Gertner, “e.C.w.”
As this is precisely where we were pre-game last year up @Mo’town WVa. NOT a place to pack a lunch or take a caterwauling ‘tude to play.
Is it? As you do NOT feed the animals up there.
Nonetheless, our last big whistle told all of you that we did not play well when we got too up to play a rival. (This, may have been true of his INTJ, Qb1 of Myers-Briggs-U, tho’ this is not how you facedown a rival in heat). It just Applied Sports Psych 1o1, ain’t.
“…just like the Rubix Cube, the longer you play with it; the harder it gets!” —Joel Gertner, “e.C.w.”
Now ^^^this^^^ is where I’ma hoping our new big whistle pegs this one.
An enthymeme is an argument in which one premise is not explicitly stated. See-threw if not a bit nudist if you will… (give it a sec’ and see what Eye mean…)
…Eye say this fully, truly, deeply… we prolly need at least a little measure of w.V.u. help to win this one here. Or, we gotta play one helluva a clean game and clean nearly everything single thing up S, M, and L. Plus, getting our Top-2 Rb’s back right as rain would not injure our efforting whatsoever.
That being fairly said… it is clear to me that the one way to upset w.V.u. and take back the B.D.T. is to wing our way to a Tech Triumph. (While hoping that Daniels does not go seam-splitter and denude us and our (Hokie)-pokey recovery speed secondary medium to long).
i.e., Wells may have to win this one threw and threw. As w.V.u. is a bit available on the mid-range and to a lesser extent on the back hind-4/5 defensive end.
IF, that does not happen? They carbonate mo’ pop in their offensive cans. Check it…
Accordingly, the strength of schedule, staying chain-gang on schedule, and the greater chunk-play threat from archrival WVa. all conspire to agry. And, sadly, all 3o4 middle fingers point to… that.
And an errthymeme is what you will be getting an earful of for ~4 hours or 4Life.
Let us just hope it is not an O&M err-ache come midnite Thursday.
Virginia Tech =17, w .V .u .=34
I must agree with that score. If VT can run the ball and win T.O.P. then there is a chance in a race to 27pts.
We gotta realllllly bite down hard on those controls. Vice-like incisors biting at that.
Tho… race to 20 to 24… first team there? Wins.
I can’t tell if you mean Vice’s leftovers need to do the job or not. But if so, I agree. What our O line does determines the game. Left hope Rudolf’s Road Graders come to life.
vice (here)=margin of error. Gotta tighten everything all the way up.
Girl in pic has nice dentures 🙂
You must be a dentist. I like chicken legs myself.
…how do yah’ll see all these things?
I never look that close…
More about Turnovers to me.. We due to get some and we due to lose some.. Hate to think that West Va. Gets more from us tonight. Just Hope I’m wrong. Cause I want Coach pry’s team to bust some eeer ass tonight.
No. He’s looooong gone.
When you are the lesser Talent(s)? One of the few things you can do is make the better Talent(s) pier-6 BRAWL and fight it out.
Test them. See how their pretty Talent(s) like a bulldog mentality.
Looks correct to my eyes.
BUT, is it possible on this Thursday night to recall similar times when VT smoked the opposition and on national TV no less. The crowd will be there with memories of yore.
…well, a nice BIG crowd FIRING play early on might do O&M wonders… …time=tell.
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