West Virginia University head coach Neal Brown provides instant analysis after the Mountaineers win against Albany.
Head coach Neal Brown met with the media following the game to give his initial thoughts on the first win of the season."I want to thank our fans. We had a great crowd at the Mantrip and a lot of energy. a beautiful day, that helps too. Then, I thought our fans turned out today for a non-conference game, especially after we didn’t perform very well a week ago. So, I am really happy for them to stay behind our team, and it was a good atmosphere.
"It’s always good to win, it’s always hard to do. My man Tony Caridi told me two days ago that less than 3% of the year are game days, and that kind of resonated with me. I trumped him and said 1.9% of them are home games, so when we get those opportunities, we need to enjoy them. It’s hard, and I was proud of our guys for bouncing back.
"Albany has got a good FCS football team. They did some nice things. They minimized possessions, they held the ball. They did a nice job. They’re well-coached, and the kids played really, really hard. And I thought they showed well on a bigger stage today, and they're going to win their fair share games and be very competitive in the CAA.""I thought our rush defense was really good. Our end-of-possession downs were good.
" Garrett had a ball slip out of his hand, and then made a poor pass on one possession there where we punted. Then Jahiem White learned a hard lesson, man, you got to hold the ball the right way, and he had it out the whole run. It was an explosive run, but they got it out. And so really, three bad plays. But, you know, we were five-for-five in the red zone, and that was a huge flip from what we did a week ago.
"That's the only time we got pressure on Greene, and so it was a good day, and our expectations are high for those guys. You know, we've got guys up there that played a lot of football, and we can. We need to continue to play at a high level and continue to get better."
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