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Brown says Mountaineers to ‘give other guys opportunity’ this week

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Neal Brown knew what he was getting in to when he started at West Virginia, even if the challenge is a bit more daunting than even he was counting on.

The Mountaineers are one of the worst teams in the country running the football no matter how you slice it — 129th in total rushing yards (64) and 130th out of 130 in yards per carry (1.14).

“I don’t know that I thought it would be this difficult,” Brown said on Monday’s Big 12 coaches teleconference. “I knew we would struggle. It was not going to be easy.