Neal Brown addresses if he's using end of last year's game as motivation vs. Penn State

Penn State tacked on a late touchdown last season against West Virginia, scoring with six seconds remaining in the game in its 38-15 win. West Virginia head coach coach Neal Brown hasn’t forgotten about the Nittany Lions late score, but he also isn’t necessarily using it as motivation.

Brown was asked at his press conference on Monday if he bas brought up the late touchdown in an effort to motivate his team.

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“It just is what it is, you know,” Neal Brown said. “Like, I’m really not using it. It just kind of is what it is, you know. Like, they scored late. I don’t really have necessarily a problem with it. … But it is what it is.”

Brown added that if his West Virginia team needs a late touchdown from a season ago to get motivated against its rival, the Mountaineers have some other issues to sort out.

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“Here’s the thing, like, if our guys need something like that to motivate them, then eh,” Brown said. “But I will say this, the score of the game’s the score of the game. And we didn’t play very well.”

Penn State led only 14-7 at the half of last year’s game, before bulling away over the final 30 minutes. The Nittany Lions led 31-7 at one point, before West Virginia scored and cut the lead to 31-15 with 3:34 remaining.

Penn State then drove back down the field and scored with less than 10 seconds left for the final 38-15 margin.

“We had a chance to win the game in the third quarter when winning plays were required and we didn’t make those winning plays and they did,” Brown said. “And so, you know, they beat us.”

While last year’s rivalry game was played in Happy Valley, this year’s will be played in Morgantown. Neal Brown is thankful for the opportunity to play the Nittany Lions at home and is hoping for a better showing.

“Now we’ve got an opportunity to play them at home. And this is going to be the last time that West Virginia and Penn State are on the field together, especially here in Morgantown, for the foreseeable future,” Brown said. “I guess we could always play in the playoff or a bowl game or something like that, but this is the last time for the foreseeable future.”