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The Shotgun/Throwdown: Sam James has become West Virginia’s best playmaker after some hard coaching

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Neal Brown has made something clear in his first year at West Virginia: he is willing to coach players hard. That has been the case this season with redshirt freshman wide receiver Sam James.

It’s homecoming week for a pair of Kansas State alums on West Virginia’s coaching staff. The Mountaineers’ defensive coordinator Vic Koenning was a senior defensive end on the Wildcats’ first bowl team in 1982.