West Virginia’s Neal Brown offers plea for fan support: ‘What I would say is — did they have a good time?’

West Virginia dropped to 3-3 on the season following a 28-16 home loss to Iowa State in Week 7. It’s a disappointing start for a team that had high expectations following last year’s breakout nine-win effort. Speaking with reporters Monday, Mountaineers coach Neal Brown was asked why fans should continue to come to games. Acknowledging his own disappointment with the results, Brown offered a thorough response that may or may not quell any mounting frustrations. 

“I get that they [fans] want to win,” Brown said. “But what I would say is — did they have a good time? Did they enjoy it? It was a pretty good atmosphere. I’m assuming they had a pretty good time tailgating, so if they’re in the deal for enjoyment then I would come back … We need ’em to provide a home-field advantage. We need ’em. 

“I get they’re frustrated that we didn’t win,” Brown continued. “We’ve played a tough schedule. Everybody that’s beat us hasn’t lost. But that’s no excuse, that’s just the truth, and the games in our league are going to come down to the fourth quarter, and I don’t think this one on Saturday is going to be any different. We need ’em to help us.”

Indeed, all three of the Mountaineers’ losses (Penn State, Pittsburgh and Iowa State) have come against teams that are currently 6-0 heading into the midway point of the 2024 campaign. In all, only eight Power Four programs are undefeated.

“It was an entertaining football game — if you’re a football fan, you’re just watching that, it’s pretty entertaining,” Brown said of the Iowa State game. “We just didn’t play well enough to win. I hope, with that in mind, they would come back for another entertaining game that, hopefully, we can play better at the end and win.” 

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Author : Cameron Salerno

Publish date : 2024-10-15 00:58:13

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