... nice guys finish last, how do you explain Bill Stewart?

The West Virginia football coach offered up a few good quotes at his weekly press conference in Morgantown on Monday. His Mountaineers entertain Pittsburgh in the Backyard Brawl Friday night.

Stewart riffed on a variety of topics and shared a few brief anecdotes, including the time there was a brawl at a high school game in which he was coaching in West Virginia. He also said the recruiting game is a tough one in the region, as the area's top recruits must choose between the Panthers and Mountaineers if they want to play BCS ball close to home.

Here are some other nuggets from Stewart's weekly presser: