Brown throws 4 TDs to help WVU top ECarolina 35-20

By JOHN RABY, AP Sports Writer Sep 12, 7:54 pm EDT

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP)—Jarrett Brown threw for a career-high 334 yards and four touchdown West Virginia paid back East Carolina with a 35-20 victory on Saturday.

Brown was at ease directing the offense in his second start since taking over for the departed Pat White. He completed nine straight passes at one point against a veteran defense and finished 24 of 31. He also ran 10 times for 73 yards.

West Virginia (2-0) sacked Patrick Pinkney four times and held East Carolina (1-1) scoreless in the second half. The Mountaineers used last year’s 24-3 loss at East Carolina as motivation and improved to 13-0 all time at home against the Pirates.

East Carolina is still looking for Pinkney to return to last year’s form that saw him lead the Pirates to a nine-win season that included victories over ranked teams Virginia Tech and West Virginia.

Pinkney followed up a poor performance against Appalachian State by going 16 of 39 for 175 yards with one TD toss and an interception. East Carolina was limited to 237 yards of offense.

Brown capped his day by hitting freshman Tavon Austin with a 58-yard TD toss early in the third quarter to put West Virginia ahead 28-20. East Carolina had a chance to close the gap in the fourth but turned the ball over on downs at the West Virginia 25.

Noel Devine led West Virginia with 80 yards rushing, including a 4-yard TD run midway through the fourth that capped the scoring. Jock Sanders had nine catches for 99 yards.

All of East Carolina’s points came with help from West Virginia mistakes. The Mountaineers committed five penalties on their first two possessions, giving the Pirates great field position early, and Sanders and teammate Brandon Hogan mishandled second-quarter punts.

East Carolina’s first-half scoring drives: 31, 26, 0 and 18 yards.

Without the help, East Carolina struggled. Pinkney threw passes behind his receivers and took little advantage of a West Virginia defense that lost linemen Julian Miller and Scooter Berry and linebacker Reed Williams with first-half injuries.

Pinkney threw six straight incompletions at one point, while Brown was sharp. Alric Arnett caught first-half scoring tosses of 46 and 11 yards from Brown and the Mountaineers led 21-20 at halftime.

Brown wasn’t flawless, but his mistakes weren’t costly. He threw a third-quarter interception deep in East Carolina territory and he fumbled the ball away at the ECU 19 early in the fourth.

Updated Sep 12, 7:54 pm EDT
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Head to Head - Week 2

Team Total Yds Pass Yds Rush Yds First Downs 3rdD% Pen./Yds Turnovers Time of Poss.
East Carolina 237 175 62 13 35.3% 8/64 1 27:10
West Virginia 509 334 175 25 53.8% 11/104 4 32:50
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  1. <i>wvhillbilly999</i>
    18. Posted by wvhillbilly999 Sun Sep 13 8:23pm EDT

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    The defense played much better in the 2nd half than the first. Miller, Berry, and Reed may have to step up their game to get their jobs back.
  2. <i>williamkelly_2008</i>
    17. Posted by williamkelly_2008 Sun Sep 13 6:13pm EDT

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    I think the Mountaineers will have a great season this year and everyone is going to @#$% themselves when we kick ass especially Pitt when we beat them at the backyard brawl, their coming to our turf and we aint going to give it away this year.
  3. <i>williamkelly_2008</i>
    16. Posted by williamkelly_2008 Sun Sep 13 6:10pm EDT

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    I think the Mountaineers will have a great season this year and everyone is going to @#$% themselves when we kick ass especially Pitt when we beat them at the backyard brawl, their coming to our turf and we aint going to give it away this year.
  4. mike
    15. Posted by mike Sun Sep 13 4:33pm EDT

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    Didn't get to see it, but Miller, Berry, and Reed all out with injuries. Long term? If all three gone, Auburn may put up 50. Let's pray they're all ready to go and put it on the Tigers.
  5. <i>wvhillbilly999</i>
    14. Posted by wvhillbilly999 Sun Sep 13 3:58pm EDT

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    Theme of this week should be "WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER".

    Without the mental mistakes they would have been ahead by 50 points at the start of quarter 4 and could have gotten more players some game time. (3 fumbles, interception, drive- stopping 15 yarders and 10 yarders)-
  6. DR.Satan and Baby
    13. Posted by DR.Satan and Baby Sun Sep 13 12:45pm EDT

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    its another season of where the mountaineers gets no respect,as a whole the big east has lost less games than 95% of the other conferences and Im sick of hearing about the Irish,the Big East needs to get the balls to tell them either bring ya football program in or take the rest of ya sports and find a new conference,The EERS are a lot better team than ppl give them credit for
  7. BILLG
    12. Posted by BILLG Sun Sep 13 12:40pm EDT

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    would have liked to have seen on tv. no where to be found.
  8. Don E
    11. Posted by Don E Sun Sep 13 5:15am EDT

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    froggy logic - Great point re: the offense and how it was too one-dimensional. Once the run was shut down, the offense was done (not blaming Pat White, of course). I am not a big fan of Bill Stewart, but one thing he has changed has been opening up the offense more. The big addition that Rodriguez seemed to make in '07 was the bubble screen. I didn't get to see the game but it's great to read that Jarrett was throwing the ball down the field.
    Overall seems like a much-improved effort over last week. Still have to clean up the unforced errors that put the defense on it's heels.....can't be doing that going into Auburn. Should be a tough but winnable game next week.
  9. Don E
    10. Posted by Don E Sun Sep 13 4:36am EDT

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    Airborn - This is just to say thank you for your service. Be safe.
  10. froggy logic
    9. Posted by froggy logic Sun Sep 13 3:33am EDT

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    i think mullen started implementing his formations and philosophies last year to have the foundation laid with jarrett brown in mind this season. he did want to have brown learning a whole new offense in his only season as starting qb. even though he wasnt starting last year brown was running the offense in practice

    mullen's offense has a few more options than rich rod only had the 2 playmakers white and slaton.

    devine, sanders, starks, arnett, brown, austin, out of the whole bunch none are as good as either white or slaton but with the sum of their parts if you shut one or 2 down mullen wont have his hands tied like rich rod did vs usf and pitt
  11. froggy logic
    8. Posted by froggy logic Sun Sep 13 3:20am EDT

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    Great win!! but WVU still needs to do a lot of work on special teams. without the 2 muffed punts WVU wins 35-10 and the mountaineers were still giving up great field position on kick-offs.

    great start for jarrett brown i only hope he gets the press he deserves. seems like wvu has fallen off the national radar not even getting this game on espnu or cbs college hurts
  12. TOM
    7. Posted by TOM Sun Sep 13 1:19am EDT

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    Didn't matter airborn_destiny7435 not many folks at home got to watch the game as it was only broadcast on ESPN 360. I had to hook my computer up to a projector and pay 40 bucks just so me and my friends could watch this game. By the way the lag watching over the internet was certainly not worth the money to watch.
  13. Greg
    6. Posted by Greg Sat Sep 12 11:29pm EDT

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    Yeah, I thought the change in emphasis last year to the pass was a bad move given how the offense had been assembled and groomed. Seems to be working this year though!
  14. Oneeyedpete
    5. Posted by Oneeyedpete Sat Sep 12 10:13pm EDT

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    Last season the thought of loosing Pat was stomach turning, after these first two games it seems like we have another legendary QB on our team. I don't wanna jynx anything, but I predict a fantastic season. Agreed?
  15. Jack
    4. Posted by Jack Sat Sep 12 9:21pm EDT

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    wish i could watch a game cant though in the big sand box searivg this country
  16. justin
    3. Posted by justin Sat Sep 12 8:08pm EDT

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    ^ totally agree Jamie, though its hard to argue the success Pat/Slaton/RichRod brought our school over a 3 year span.

    Its a new day, and this offense is almost as much fun to watch! Keep it rolling JB!
  17. Jamie
    1. Posted by Jamie Sat Sep 12 7:40pm EDT

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    Last year WVU's new OC put in a more passing-based offense and Pat White was a little uncomfortable in it. It took him until midway through the season to really get into the groove, and all the way until the bowl game for him to really get into it. It's hardly his fault, since under DickRod he was never taught to go through his progressions, but to just look for the #1 receiver and if he wasn't open to tuck it and run.

    Fast forward to this season and 6'2" 225 Jarrett Brown. Brown has always been known as a pass-first guy, though he runs a 4.5 40 and is strong. Coach Mullen has finally implemented his full vision of his offense and Jarrett is loving it. In his first two games he's thrown for 578 yards and four TDs and rushed for 142 yards and one TD.

    I could almost make the argument that if DickRod had had Mullen's offensive philosophy, Jarrett would have been the starter because of his better pure passing ability. Nice to see Jarrett getting his chance to shine.

    Two games, two wins, and off to Auburn next week. Should be a good matchup.
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 East Carolina
D. Lindsay D. Lindsay, RB
8 Rush, 28 yds
1 TD
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J. Brown J. Brown, QB
24-31, 334 yds
4 TDs, 1 INT

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