Let's welcome on and say hello to Brandon Lowe.

He hosts the Brandon Lowe show on the Jock in Charleston, West Virginia,

joining us on Heartland College Sports Weekly, part of heartlandcollege sports.com.

I'm Pete Mundo.

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your way. Brandon, let's dive into these mountaineers. It's early in the season. We haven't seen a lot,

but should Big 12 fans be looking at West Virginia and saying this team is for real?

They can upset some teams this season, or is it going to fade?

I think it all depends on that their offense improves. Obviously, running games improved last

year, and that's an understatement, Pete. You know, they didn't have a 100-yard rush of the

entire season last year. The average less than three yards per carry was almost dead last in

college football. So the emphasis for offense for Neil Brown going into this year was obviously improved the run game.

You saw Jared Diggie come in last season through the four games,

so they didn't have to burn a red shirt and really get some experience down the stretch.

They won a couple of football games that maybe a lot of people

didn't think they were going to win,

especially ones on the road like at Kansas State.

So I think this team, if they want to upset some folks

and they want to make a little noise,

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