“For us to play winning football, we have to identify ourselves as a blue-collar unit,” Brown said.
That was the message the head coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers preached to his team all week. They were not good enough against the Missouri Tigers to stroll onto the field and simply show up and win. The Tigers proved as they scored 31 points in the first half in a thorough 38-7 pantsing.
“I’m very disappointed in our performance, but I’m not discouraged”, Brown said following that loss. He followed up those statements with his Tuesday press conference where he promised changes among the depth chart and often touted a players “toughness”.