Brown’s second WVU spring underway with much to be learned

William Wotring/The Dominion Post & WVMetroNewsMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As expected, things ran a great deal more smoothly for West Virginia as the Mountaineers opened their second season under Neal Brown on Tuesday morning.

“Our energy was really good, which is to be expected,” Brown said. “It’s hard to practice football without pads, especially along the lines. [But a] much cleaner start today than either [fall or spring] last year. Today, the first practice of spring, we were probably better than we were in fall camp a couple times.”

Of course, it is hard to tell much about a football team when it is not yet wearing helmets, pads, or even pants for that matter. Day 1’s work was primarily…