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West Virginia Head Coach Neal Brown On Fourth Down Call: 'I Would Do The Same Decision'
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In a school football contention game, each little choice is examined.

West Virginia lead trainer Neal Brown took in the most difficult way possible Thursday night, deciding to dropkick the ball at the Pittsburgh 48-yard line on fourth-and-creeps as opposed to leaving his offense on the field. At the hour of the choice, the Mountaineers drove the No. 17 Panthers 31-24 with barely six minutes to play in the final quarter.

Justin Johnson Jr. Of the West Virginia Mountaineers is wrapped up by Shayne Simon of the Pittsburgh Panthers in the second quarter during their game at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (Justin Berl/Getty Images)

Brown chosen to dropkick, placing his confidence in his West Virginia safeguard. The choice blew up about over two minutes some other time when Pittsburgh finished a seven-play, 92-yard score drive to tie the game.

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"There was barely six minutes to go in the game. It was fourth and about a foot. We're up seven....," reviewed Brown, as indicated by 247 Sports. "You can stick them, and we did. 6:01 to go — I gazed toward the clock — and they needed to go 98 yards and we're up by seven. In the event that you take the plunge there and you don't get it, then, at that point, they got a short field and three breaks. Most appropriate response I can give you is, assuming I needed to rehash it, I would do a similar choice."

Rodney Hammond Jr. Of the Pittsburgh Panthers celebrates in the wake of scrambling for a score in the second quarter during the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (Justin Berl/Getty Images)

Pittsburgh would proceed to win the 105th version of "The Backyard Brawl" by the score of 38-31, with the last score coming on a pick-six by M.J. Devonshire.

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"In the event that you see what they've done customarily, they've been outrageously great at short-yardage circumstances," Brown said. "At the point when you return and take a gander at it, it was most likely 3/4 of a yard, presumably. Thus, assuming you take the entire extent of the game, you take a gander at the drive before that, we got two sacks [and] we put them in third and for eternity.

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"What's more, we played all around well protectively on consecutive drives. So I felt better about it. It's not difficult to re-think now since they went 98 yards. I think what is happening was sound and, assuming that I needed to rehash it, I'd rehash it. "

Pittsburgh Panthers lead trainer Pat Narduzzi warmly greets West Virginia Mountaineers lead trainer Neal Brown at the finish of the game at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (Justin Berl/Getty Images)

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The Mountaineers scrambled for 190 yards on 34 conveys, remembering 125 yards for only seven conveys from running back CJ Donaldson.

West Virginia will take on Kansas in Week 2, while Pittsburgh will confront Tennessee at home.