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WVSPORTS.COM Neal Brown postgame press conference summary

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-- Brown says he appreciates the fans and it was a great win. He says on a day that they honored Don Nehlen, it was only fitting. His first game at WVU was vs. Cincinnati and he gets immortalized in a dominant win over Cincinnati. Brown is really happy for him and his family and the long ovation they received. He's also happy for the players who walked today for graduation and those are guys that will be sorely missed and he says they embody what WVU wants to do here. Emotions are something they deal with following senior day and he says those players overcame that and played at a high level.

-- Last two home games were resounding wins and this is a tough place to play. He said the offense had a dominant performance and that it started up front with the offensive line. He though not being a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award was a slap in the face. He says Greene bounced back today and that Jahiem White was elite. He feels like the wide receivers blocked well downfield and they were playing hard and can be attributed to their blocking ability at the point of attack. He said he's proud of the defensive staff and players, but he said it speaks to them on how they can dominate across three quarters, but he wasn't happy with how they finished defensively.

-- In the run game, they reduced the number of run schemes to around three and they tried to move players around to get the ball in right place. He says that starting offensive lineman played at a high level and were up to the challenge.

-- Brown is really happy for Nehlen and the players understood the magnitude ahead of time about he accomplished before being immortalized. They knew they needed to play their best with him being honored.

-- He says that Greene bounced back since last week was the first time he truly didn't play well. He's an ultimate competitor and it's his best trait. The Oklahoma game ate at him and he took it personal and performed. He says White broke tackles and had a lot of yards after contact. He says a lot of the big chunk plays for Greene were read plays where he was designed to read the defense.

-- Brown says they've been really good in two-minute situations and he wanted to be aggressive but smart at the end of the first half. Brown says that scoring drive was mostly him before half.

-- Brown thought White would have a few more catches in the game, but they have a great one-two punch in the backfield. Donaldson would have played more if the game was closer but it was his call in the pregame to play.

-- The offense is asking Greene to make a lot of decisions and they're putting a lot on his plate, and he's at the point in his career where they need to depend on him to be successful. He came out and performed.

-- White has been decisive, he's going full speed and getting downhill fast when he runs. brown says he's more quick than fast. He's a one cut guy and is great at reading blocks and great at breaking tackles.

-- Cincinnati made it closer at the end and they did more in the fourth quarter than Brown would have liked, but he says the game did not feel like it was in question at that point. He wasn't pleased with how they performed in the fourth quarter.

-- Brown feels like they're not dinking and dunking much in the passing game and they're at that point where they'll take shots. You go out on Saturday and play and trust your practice. Brown thought he was accurate. Brown feels like if they can get to 9 wins that would be significant and 6 conference wins is also significant to win. Some of their goals are to get to eight wins and then to nine and get that sixth conference win.
 
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