Pat McAfee reacts to Neal Brown’s weird message to WVU fans

You had to know this was coming, right? Not even 24 hours after West Virginia head coach Neal Brown gave fans a very strange message about going out for this week’s home game against Kansas State, the quotes hit the Pat McAfee Show on ESPN.

In short, Brown began his “message” by asking the fans if they had a good time and enjoyed themselves tailgating despite the outcome of the game. No, Neal. They didn’t. West Virginia is one of the most expensive game experiences in all of college football, so they won’t be coming to a tailgating party. They are there to see the Highlanders win.

McAfee and his crew were talking about Eagles head coach Nick Sirriani, but some members of their panel began to turn the conversation to Neal Brown’s message, which McAfee talked about for about three minutes.

“I don’t like what this conversation has turned into. This was supposed to be a compliment to coach (Nick) Sirriani and how it works, but you guys want to take it to West Virginia. I don’t like that at all .There’s no way that’s really his message to the fans. I think he was asked, why the hell should the fans come to this Kansas State game in Morgantown a week away from what just happened against Iowa State .

“There’s a lot of people that aren’t happy about anything. I tell you what, I’ve heard of hot seats…that’s on top of a couch that used to burn over there in Morgantown. Now, I’m not saying that’s what it feels like the university.I’m just saying that the humans I talk to and interact with are from West Virginia, whether they’re former players, alumni, or donors…no one is excited.

“All these stats coming out about the current era … just none of them are like this is a top-tier program. I think if you look at the rest of the football world at West Virginia — sick uniforms, good Nike deal, we got money with the collective, the fans, look what they did for our program. We have a first class fan base that fills the stadium and they travel from all over this state to go to to look

“Everything around football on the field … the brand, the logo, the tradition, it’s all there. It’s like, we’ve got it all here, so there’s no real reason. And we’re in the Big 12, which is apparently a good Conference to make the 12-team playoff So whenever we lose all the games that are big repeatedly one after the other, it’s hard to keep hope for football because everything around it is fantastic

“Everything you need to sell a team and to sell a school, we’ve got it except for those massive wins. But that’s going to change this weekend with Kansas State. It’s going to be a lot more fun than last week, Neal. You’re going to win a The game is more funny Neal, you have to remember that when you talk to the media.

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