--West Virginia had chances but it just doesn't align for you like that often, it was a great opportunity. It was a home-and-home and that's it. They had their chances, but have to play better team football. It was 14-7 at the end of the half and they had chances to tie the game up and couldn't do it. They stopped them on the first drive after halftime and then had a procedure penalty that wiped out a big play. Then Penn State made it 21-7 and it was a sour taste. They had some chances. He didn't feel like the moment was too big for them but they didn't make enough plays. Special teams they net punted 42.5. They run well. The kickoff team has been pretty good and they brought one out and tackled at 18-yard line. The field goal team affected the kicks. The shanked punt was at a critical time. They missed an opportunity to change the game on a blocked punt. Offensively the good was the operation and game management. They worked off a silent cadence and it didn't affect them. All of those teams had a high number of procedure penalties in previous games, but they managed it. They had a clean game. They have to improve pass game execution. They were 3-6 on fourth down and while they wanted to be aggressive coming into the game they failed to get three of them. One they got pressure and they didn't have good fundamentals. One just missed a throw and the last one they just didn't execute on the two quarterback deal and that's his fault because it didn't work. They won the time of possession and if they converted two of those they would have had three or four more downs and ate up the clock more. Those failures to convert those end of possession downs had consequences. Zach Frazier was dominant. Devin Carter showed up and was really productive. Kole Taylor has two targets, should have had two more and Nick Malone came in and played well. CJ Donaldson had a point to prove and ran really well. Garrett Greene has got to make layups on throws which he didn't but he competed and you can see why guys like playing for him. Defensively, Brown was pleased with the front seven. They played the run pretty well and got some key red zone stops kicking field goals on three tries. They have to improve pass coverage, too many easy completions and they had some explosives. They pinned them down there on the 6-yard line but they let them out. They wanted to make the quarterback beat them and he did. Mike Lockhart ran to the ball, Eddie Vesterinen. And Lee Kpogba was around the ball.
--Come home and play a Duquense football team that is a proud program. They will be hungry to play and they'll get their best shot. They respect them but it's about them making some positive momentum.
--West Virginia has to play better against the pass and the coverage has to be tighter. EJ Horton missed the game and he'll miss this game. He missed the last two weeks of fall camp, Ja'Shaun Poke was injured as well. Poke should play this week. Devin Carter can break tackles and the two young kids have to play more. Jaheim White was out he didn't practice all week.
--There's pros and cons to both. You play FCS first and you can get momentum which is important but if you open against a power five team you can get on nationally television.
--Rodney Gallagher played on special teams and tried to get him in the game, but they didn't play in a lot of 11-personnel. That was game-plan specific. They felt good if they could get that game to the fourth quarter. He'll play more moving forward.
--Brown said that where they're rotating defensive linemen they played a lot of those guys, and while they would have liked to get another linebacker in the game that was a tough ask to get them in there with that situation.
--Objective this week is to win, they need to get to 1-1 and play clean football and get better in areas. They need to play the pass better and play tighter coverage. They want to play more people because it will be warm and they need to be careful with how they practice.
--Brown thinks they should play an FCS game. He finished his playing career at FCS and started his coaching career there so he thinks they're important because it will be a chance for them to get payouts to finance their programs. Also it's important for them to get an opportunity to play some people if the game goes in certain direction. If you're going to play these games make it regional.
--Officiating across the country is trying to do a better job with gauging offensive pass interference but it's hard because it has to be really obvious. In the open field nobody's keys are on that.
--You learn something from every game but you'd rather not learn from losing. You can learn from every game and if you're going to ask what we learned about themselves the really good players are really good on their team. The top players won their battles and they're gong to compete. You also learned where you can make improvements.
--Jacolby Spells played on special teams but those other guys are ahead of him at cornerback.
--Brown thinks they are good on the offensive line and they were more dominant last year in camp against their own defensive line. He was encouraged by the defensive line in fall camp and he was hopeful that it would translate and they made some strides. They misfit a couple things but they didn't get pushed off the ball. Hammond Russell has really good ability and he has really progressed in his third year now. He has some suddenness about him and has earned the right to play more. Mike Lockhart showed good ability last year but now has played himself where he can play. He made some really good one-on-one plays. Fatorma Mulbah is a different type of player but strong. Tomiwa Durojaiye is strong but young. Sean Martin did some nice things and showed what he can be. Jalen Thornton gave them some good snaps and he was happy for him. DaeDae Hawkins had the tipped pass. Asani Redwood is about two weeks out.
--Kole Taylor did some good things he should have had five catches for 70-yards. Has a good catch radius and runs well. He did some good things in the run game and needs to finish well.
--Come home and play a Duquense football team that is a proud program. They will be hungry to play and they'll get their best shot. They respect them but it's about them making some positive momentum.
--West Virginia has to play better against the pass and the coverage has to be tighter. EJ Horton missed the game and he'll miss this game. He missed the last two weeks of fall camp, Ja'Shaun Poke was injured as well. Poke should play this week. Devin Carter can break tackles and the two young kids have to play more. Jaheim White was out he didn't practice all week.
--There's pros and cons to both. You play FCS first and you can get momentum which is important but if you open against a power five team you can get on nationally television.
--Rodney Gallagher played on special teams and tried to get him in the game, but they didn't play in a lot of 11-personnel. That was game-plan specific. They felt good if they could get that game to the fourth quarter. He'll play more moving forward.
--Brown said that where they're rotating defensive linemen they played a lot of those guys, and while they would have liked to get another linebacker in the game that was a tough ask to get them in there with that situation.
--Objective this week is to win, they need to get to 1-1 and play clean football and get better in areas. They need to play the pass better and play tighter coverage. They want to play more people because it will be warm and they need to be careful with how they practice.
--Brown thinks they should play an FCS game. He finished his playing career at FCS and started his coaching career there so he thinks they're important because it will be a chance for them to get payouts to finance their programs. Also it's important for them to get an opportunity to play some people if the game goes in certain direction. If you're going to play these games make it regional.
--Officiating across the country is trying to do a better job with gauging offensive pass interference but it's hard because it has to be really obvious. In the open field nobody's keys are on that.
--You learn something from every game but you'd rather not learn from losing. You can learn from every game and if you're going to ask what we learned about themselves the really good players are really good on their team. The top players won their battles and they're gong to compete. You also learned where you can make improvements.
--Jacolby Spells played on special teams but those other guys are ahead of him at cornerback.
--Brown thinks they are good on the offensive line and they were more dominant last year in camp against their own defensive line. He was encouraged by the defensive line in fall camp and he was hopeful that it would translate and they made some strides. They misfit a couple things but they didn't get pushed off the ball. Hammond Russell has really good ability and he has really progressed in his third year now. He has some suddenness about him and has earned the right to play more. Mike Lockhart showed good ability last year but now has played himself where he can play. He made some really good one-on-one plays. Fatorma Mulbah is a different type of player but strong. Tomiwa Durojaiye is strong but young. Sean Martin did some nice things and showed what he can be. Jalen Thornton gave them some good snaps and he was happy for him. DaeDae Hawkins had the tipped pass. Asani Redwood is about two weeks out.
--Kole Taylor did some good things he should have had five catches for 70-yards. Has a good catch radius and runs well. He did some good things in the run game and needs to finish well.
