Archive for the ‘2009 Football’
Colorado coach on the defensive
Dan Hawkins seems pretty much locked into a defensive mode these days, which on one hand is a good thing for the Colorado football coach. On the other hand? Well, not so much. It’s good in the sense that the Buffaloes – who play at West Virginia Thursday night (7:30 p.m. kickoff, ESPN) – need [...]
WVU remains committed to passing game
MORGANTOWN — One loss, even one built on six turnovers in the passing game, will not deter West Virginia University coach Bill Stewart from his belief in filling the air with footballs. Stewart answered critics who called for a more conservative approach after losing, 41-30, at Auburn when his team threw five interceptions and lost [...]
Brown Likes long Hand-off.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Through three games this year, West Virginia looks to have stayed in line with its recent past and run the football on 53 percent of its snaps. In truth, virtually all of quarterback Jarrett Brown’s 38 rushing attempts this season have come on pass plays when he decided to ditch the plan [...]
WVU getting ball to speedy playmakers Devine and Sanders
West Virginia has had success with its two playmakers on offense, Noel Devine and Jock Sanders. Devine had 128 yards rushing and three touchdowns in last Saturday’s 41-30 loss at Auburn, one fewer than he had all last season. His five through three games is one more than the four he had in 2008. And [...]
Wide receiver Starks raving about position change
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – There are two sides of Bradley Starks. One he knows pretty well. Starks was always a quarterback and a pretty good one when he was piling up gaudy stats and superlatives at Virginia’s Orange County High. “You’ve got to be pretty calm and keep all your emotions in check out on the [...]
West Virginia looks to heal after Auburn loss
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia coach Bill Stewart sent his players for a swim in the university pool to soothe aching muscles upon returning from a mistake-filled loss at Auburn. They’ll use a 12-day break to try to mend bruised egos, too. Six turnovers in Saturday’s 41-30 loss marred a 509-yard offensive display that [...]
Moving on
MORGANTOWN — Under normal circumstances, West Virginia University would simply turn over a new leaf after a loss.Not this week.The Mountaineers want nothing to do with turnovers.Not leaves, not apple, not cherry and certainly not the kind of turnovers that have been haunting them this season.WVU turned the football over to Auburn six times on [...]
Stew: Brown will be ready for Colorado
West Virginia quarterback Jarrett Brown, who left late in the fourth quarter of the Mountaineers’ 41-30 loss to Auburn Saturday, won’t miss any time. Coach Bill Stewart said that Monday morning on the Big East coaches teleconference. “He’s just sore,” Stewart said. “He’s a tough guy, a big, strong guy. He’ll be ready to go [...]
Lessons abound in WVU loss
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Had you witnessed only Bill Stewart’s press conference Saturday night and not the game that preceded it, you could have thought West Virginia had defeated Auburn. This is not to denounce Stewart’s opinion. He mentioned turnovers and penalties and bad decisions by his previously clean and efficient quarterback. Yet there was optimism [...]
It wasn’t all Jarrett Brown’s fault
MORGANTOWN – Billy Stewart sounded a lot like a guy racing to the defense of his quarterback Monday.To an extent, perhaps he needed to do that.But anyone with half a brain and two eyes should be able to look at things without automatically finding fault and assigning blame.Did Jarrett Brown have a rough night in [...]
