COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For West Virginia’s football team, the scorekeeping began in January.
That’s when Neal Brown’s new coaching staff launched its offseason accountability competition, whereby the 100-man roster was divided into 10 teams. No longer were weightlifting and conditioning the primary metrics that mattered; now class attendance, nutrition and community service also were assigned numeric values.
Arrive 5 minutes late for a tutoring session? Points deducted. Make time to play bingo with nursing home residents? That’s a plus.
“People really cared about it,” said center Chase Behrndt. “At 6 in the morning, guys were looking at the wall seeing if their team was in first.