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West Virginia looking to respond after shaky defensive performance

Any coach will tell you there are three facets to every football game.

West Virginia head coach Neal Brown is no different, and while Brown was satisfied with the offensive performance in the Mountaineers' Hail-Mary loss to Houston, defense and special teams left something to be desired.

“Houston really deserved to win the game, we played extremely poor on defense and special teams,” Brown said. “The reason we were successful during that four-game winning streak is because we played really disciplined football, we didn’t beat ourselves.”

Heading into its game against Houston, WVU was ranked in the top 50 nationally in both opponent points and yards per game.