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Article: Don't scratch Goins from the tailback derby: He has one thing Rego, Cobourne lack - experience
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- Charleston Daily Mail
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- July 26, 1999
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MORGANTOWN - Goins, Goins, yet not gone.
Brannon Goins is seemingly the forgotten man when there is
discussion about the West Virginia University tailback spot.
Yet, as Goins attests to, he is the one with the experience. Not
speedy Notre Dame transfer Cooper Rego. Not the darling of spring
drills, Avon Cobourne.
"We're all about the same," Goins said. "I think I cut a little
more than anyone else does."
And he has cut against other I-A competition. Goins lost the
usual redshirt season in his first in Morgantown when since-departed
Amos Zereoue could not play last October at Temple.
The 5-foot-6, 185-pounder eventually performed in three games,
carrying a combined 15 times for 67 yards. ...