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With signature win, Neal Brown gets supporters back on the wagon

COMMENTARY

MANHATTAN, Kan. — On the eve of Neal Brown’s biggest win at West Virginia, his most vocal believer outside of the Milan Puskar Center happened to be the drunkest guy at the bar in the team hotel.

We’ll get back to that guy in a minute. First, an explanation of how this lone wolf came to be.

In the wake of West Virginia’s humiliating defeat against Texas Tech, even those who fully invested into the concept of trusting the climb realized it might be awhile before they saw some real progress.