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Count West Virginia coach Neal Brown among those wanting to see Army play a bowl game.
He will get the chance when his Mountaineers take on Army in the Liberty Bowl after the Black Knights were tapped as a COVID-19 replacement for Tennessee. Brown sees this as a big opportunity for West Virginia.
“It’s maybe going to be the most watched bowl game outside the national semifinals,” Brown said. “And I understand, and our kids understand, there probably won’t be a whole lot of people outside the state of West Virginia pulling for us. It’s going to be a fun afternoon.”
West Virginia gets challenge of playing Army in Liberty Bowl
By TERESA M. WALKER December 30, 2020 GMT
Count West Virginia coach Neal Brown among those wanting to see Army play a bowl game.
He will get the chance when his Mountaineers take on Army in the Liberty Bowl after the Black Knights were tapped as a COVID-19 replacement for Tennessee. Brown sees this as a big opportunity for West Virginia.
“It’s maybe going to be the most watched bowl game outside the national semifinals,” Brown said. “And I understand, and our kids understand, there probably won’t be a whole lot of people outside the state of West Virginia pulling for us. It’s going to be a fun afternoon.”
(Neal Brown pregame Zoom conference)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. In a typical season, which 2020 certainly has not been, bowl games provide the largest window of opportunity to prepare for an opponent outside of the season opener. When West Virginia faces Army in the Liberty Bowl Thursday afternoon in Memphis, the Mountaineers will have had about ten days to gear up for one of the truly unique offenses in college football.
The Black Knights (9-2) employ an option offense to produce the fourth-best rushing attack in the country (281.3 yards per game). Only Alabama, North Carolina and BYU have rushed for more scores (33) than Army. In an era of uptempo spread offenses, Army’s old-school offense presents the Mountaineers with several new challenges.
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