West Virginia football notebook:
Jarrett Brown is rarin’ to go after having gotten over injuries which had kept him on the shelf since guiding the Mountaineers to their 17-6 victory over Syracuse Oct. 11.
“I’m fine,”
the second-string quarterback/slot receiver said Tuesday night. “I was getting treatments three times a day. I’ve worked hard to get my body right. So I’m ready to go.”
Coach Bill Stewart had said earlier at his weekly press conference that fans would see Brown playing some in the backfield in Saturday’s Big East game at Louisville. But he declined to say at what position.
Could it be in third-and-short-yardage situations?
“I had to get my strength back,”
said Brown, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound junior. “Now I feel 100 percent.”
Wide receiver Dorrell Jalloh thinks WVU (6-3, 3-1) should be well prepared for Louisville (5-5, 1-4) because of an extra week of practice.
“We can’t really slack off against anybody,”
he said. “They got out on us early down there two years ago (44-34 loss). We can’t let them do that again. This is a big game for both teams.“
“After losing (to Cincinnati in overtime), the bad thing is you want to get back out there right away. But the good thing is the bye week gave us more time to prepare for the next game.”
Jalloh reasoned, “We’re still in the race for the Big East championship. So we’ll be fine. We should be OK.”
Sidney Glover, sophomore strong safety, is impressed by Louisville quarterback Hunter Cantwell.
“He has a great arm. He’s a gunslinger,”
Glover said. “I didn’t compare him to the quarterback last year, but he can fire the ball. That’s what I saw on film and also TV.“
“They also seem like they have everything they need (in receivers). They have a big target, speedy receivers who are the small guys, a strength receiver, and No. 3 (Trent Guy) is great. And those guys are athletic.”
Glover believes the Mountaineer defense has progressed very well this season. He said they talk and communicate better. “I think it’s exciting because we’re young and have time to grow,”
he said.
Patrick White needs just 198 yards rushing to become the all-time NCAA leader for rushing production by a quarterback.
He currently ranks second with 4,092 yards on the ground.
White has 32 rushing touchdowns in his last 28 games. WVU is 15-2 when he rushes for at least 100 yards.
For his last 14 games, the senior signal-caller from Daphne, Ala., has tallied 3,323 yards of total offense. That averages out to 237.4 yards per game.
