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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A day has passed, which is more than Jarrett Brown was allowed to do in the first half against Florida State Friday. Twenty-four hours, which is enough to begin reflecting on the situation the West Virginia football program finds itself in, reflecting without the emotion that comes from the Gator Bowl defeat [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Bill Stewart singled out three of the 126 plays that took place in Florida State’s 33-21, come-from-behind victory over West Virginia on Friday in Jacksonville. Geno Smith will get the first crack at running West Virginia’s offense this spring. The first was Patrick Robinson’s second-quarter interception when West Virginia, leading 14-3, was [...]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – When 27 days transpire between games, the benefit to preparation is obvious. Time is a commodity college football teams rarely have throughout the season, yet have in abundance in the postseason. Now that he has this gift in his possession, Jeff Mullen is supposed to spread the joy to the waiting masses [...]

MORGANTOWN — Bobby Bowden, who became a national legend during his 34 years at Florida State, is grateful to West Virginia University for giving him his first head coaching job in NCAA Division I-A football ranks. He guided the Mountaineers from 1970-75 after serving four years as offensive coordinator under Jim Carlen. Now Bowden is [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – If you want to get a true measure of how good Rutgers is just go watch the South Florida game. The West Virginia coaches have watched it over and over again. Jock Sanders caught four passes for 47 yards last year against Rutgers. B.J. Daniels – the guy who West Virginia couldn’t [...]

MORGANTOWN — Jarrett Brown was ready. He was hoping it wouldn’t happen, but the West Virginia quarterback was ready for the two-minute drill. With his team leading Pittsburgh 16-9 last Friday night at Milan Puskar Stadium, he got the word from offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen. “Coach said be ready to run the two-minute (offense),” Brown [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – When at its best Friday night, West Virginia’s offense was under center.For proof, consult only two plays: Ryan Clarke’s 37-yard touchdown in the second quarter out of an I formation that was aided greatly by the presence of two fullbacks and, of course, Jock Sander’s one-yard gain from a shotgun set on [...]

MORGANTOWN – Jeff Mullen was answering questions about his sometimes-struggling offense this week and eventually the topic turned to quarterback Jarrett Brown. West Virginia’s offensive coordinator, almost off-handedly, referred to Brown as “a different kid.” The reference was to Brown’s play in recent weeks as opposed to the beginning of the season. “A different kid?” [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Despite losing 10 starters from a Big East champion and changing coordinators and alignments, No. 5 Cincinnati again has a quality defense. The Bearcats offense overshadows the defense, but also enables it. “It’s nice, I think, to go out and play defense when you’ve got the lead,” West Virginia offensive coordinator Jeff [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — By offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen’s estimation, quarterback Jarrett Brown has been a “different kid” since being knocked out and suffering a minor concussion Oct. 17 against Marshall. “He’s hobbled,” Mullen, the West Virginia quarterbacks coach said. “He had the ankle sprain last game that’s affecting him this week. The kid’s battling injuries [...]