"We’ve got Garrett Greene and they don’t."WVU coach Neal Brown on key to KU win.
“We’ve got Garrett Greene and they don’t,” WVU coach Neal Brown told reporters after a 32-28 win against Kansas on Saturday.
The off-handed quip was in response to an ESPN reporter asking about the key to the team's come-from-behindwinover the Jayhawks. Though it wasn’t Greene’s best performance according to the box score, it may have been his grittiest.
Garrett Greene vs Kansas
Passing: 15-of-30, 295 yards, 2 touchdowns, 2 INT
Rushing: 17 carries, 87 yards, 1 TD
The Mountaineers trailed by 11 points with under 6 minutes to play after a Kansas touchdown gave the Jayhawks their largest lead of the contest.Garrett Greenewent on to engineer two touchdown drives, the second one capped off by Greene connecting withRodney Gallagher IIIfor a 15-yard touchdown. Gallagher’s first career touchdown could not have come at a better time, putting the Mountaineers up by 4 points with 26 seconds remaining in the game.
Neal Brown also made this statement in the postgame: “Nobody is better in the two-minute offense than we have been the last two seasons.”
There might be some truth to that statement, and a lot of that is thanks to Greene. During his time as starting quarterback, he has been very good in the 2-minute offense. Today was certainly no exception to that.
Trailing by 11 points, Greene led a 9-play, 75-yard drive spanning 2:12. Greene completed 4 passes, including a touchdown pass to Kole Taylor. Greene also picked up a few yards with his legs, running twice on the drive.
Trailing by 3 points a few minutes later, Greene led a 7-play, 67-yard drive spanning 1:56. Greene completed 2 passes on this drive, including the 15-yard touchdown to Gallagher. Greene ran the ball 3 times on this drive, including a massive 13-yard scramble to keep the drive alive on a 3rd & 6 at the Kansas 42-yard line.
There’s no doubt that WVU still has work to do and a lot to clean up if they want to compete in upcoming conference matchups. However, if they get this gritty version of Garrett Greene in the weeks to come, they’ll have a chance to win some ball games. Greene has the “it” factor that you cannot teach. Interestingly enough, Greene now has 4 interceptions on the season after throwing two against Kansas. 4 interceptions match his total from a season ago, an aspect of his game that he will need to clean up moving forward.
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