3 Guys Before The Game

The tenure of Dana Holgorsen is complete at West Virginia University. After eight seasons, Holgorsen will head to Houston for a reported 20 million dollars over five years. How should Holgorsen's reign with the Mountaineers be remembered? Who will WVU now pursue to fill the vacancy, and what qualities should the new coach bring to the job? Brad Howe, Hoppy Kercheval and Tony Caridi provide their i...

The University of Houston has requested and received permission to speak with Dana Holgorsen about its coaching vacancy. What began as a perceived leverage play for a longer contract extension may become Holgorsen's departure after eight seasons in Morgantown. The fellas Brad Howe, Hoppy Kercheval, and Tony Caridi discuss the possible scenarios that will play out very quickly in both Houston and M...

This is one of the most intriguing Mountaineer bowl games in a long time. What in the world is going to happen? WVU will be playing without record setting quarterback Will Grier, receiver Gary Jennings, and starting tackle Yodny Cajuste. With Dana Holgorsen returning to call plays and two new quarterbacks ready to take their shot, exactly what what WVU will look like remains a mystery. Hoppy Kerch...

Wishing all of our listeners a very Merry Christmas and happy holiday season. We'll be back on Thursday with a complete preview of Friday's Camping World Bowl. Enjoy the holiday, we'll be back later this week.

The Sagaba Saga. On this edition of Three Guys, the fellas (Hoppy, Nate and Brad) dive into what is going on with West Virginia's talented big man.

For just the second time in Three Guys history, a fourth guy joins the gang. WVU great Kevin Jones provides his thoughts on this season's Mountaineer team, the latest on his professional career, and a wonderful look back at WVU's Final Four season. Kevin and Nathan define what playing hard means when Bob Huggins is your coach. How much can this season's team improve? What are the necessary ingredi...

One Mountaineer departs another is found that's the quick take of the last 48 hours for WVU football and basketball. Nathan Adrian joins Brad Howe and Tony Caridi to offer their take on Will Grier's decision to skip the bowl and the reemergence of Sagaba Konate. Does Grier's decision become the precedent for all draftable quarterbacks in bowl games? Will bowl games need to reinvent themselves to d...

And then there were four. For the first time in Three Guys history, a fourth "guy" joins the team. Nathan Adrian returns from hiatus to to discuss two main topics. The fellas battle on bowl participation. How many Mountaineers will skip the bowl? If Will Grier doesn't play will it impact his legacy at WVU? Next up, the status of Mountaineer basketball following Tuesday's Garden Gators debacle. Is...

The Mountaineer football team will spend its bowl season camping. WVU and Syracuse will tangle at the Camping World Bowl in Orlando on December 28. As you might imagine, there are varied opinions on the game, the bowl, and a regular season that came within a play of sending the Mountaineers into a major bowl date. The fellas (Brad Howe, Hoppy Kercheval, Tony Caridi) offer their take on how and why...

The football regular season may be over, but the questions about the Mountaineer football team are growing at a frenetic pace. Where will WVU go bowling? What's the fallout from Jake Spavital's departure? Are the Dana Holgorsen departure rumors officially over? An, oh yeah, will the Mountaineer basketball team ever play a game with a complete roster. Those questions are just a sample of what's com...

The disappointment from Friday's loss to Oklahoma will linger within Mountaineer Nation for a long time. Could it have been avoided? Now what? The questions are plentiful as the Mountaineers turn their attention toward an upcoming bowl date. The fellas (Brad Howe, Hoppy Kercheval, Tony Caridi) discuss the major storylines from Friday's game and look ahead to a series of topics ranging from Dana Ho...

Can Black Friday produce one of the brightest days in Mountaineer football history? The scene is set for what could be an all-time classic encounter between the Mountaineers and Sooners of Oklahoma. Heisman contenders, Kyler Murray and Will Grier, lead a pair of offenses ranked in the top-10 nationally. The Sooners average just under 50 points per game, the Mountaineers average 41. The fellas (Bra...

Why did the Mountaineers lose to Oklahoma State? Obviously, there are a number of reasons why Saturday's visit to Stillwater ended with massive disappointment. The fellas breakdown why a 17 point halftime lead wasn't enough and wonder if WVU can mentally regroup before Friday's date with Oklahoma. Football and a little Mountaineer hoop talk come your way on episode 68 of Three Guys Before The Game...

Is Saturday's game the biggest of Dana Holgorsen's career? A victory by the Mountaineers and Iowa State loss at Texas clinches a spot in the Big 12 Championship for the Mountaineers. The game's significance is just one of many topics discussed by the fellas (Brad Howe, Hoppy Kercheval, Tony Caridi) in advance of Saturday's game. With just two regular season games remaining, the Cowboys remain a my...

Playing a complete game is hard to do. Yet, the Mountaineer football team has come very close in each of its last three outings. Dana Holgorsen said quarterback Will Grier's performance in Saturday's victory over TCU was his best of the season. The fellas (Brad Howe, Hoppy Kercheval, Tony Caridi) agree and have much more to say about WVU's frolic over the Frogs. What does the emergence of the tigh...

Is Saturday's Mountaineer game against TCU more of a mental than physical challenge for Dana Holgorsen's team? That's just one of many topics discussed by (Brad Howe, Hoppy Kercheval, and Tony Caridi) on this TCU preview edition of Three Guys Before The Game. Does WVU need style points to wow the College Football Playoff committee? Brad and Hoppy engage in a very spirited debate. Can the Mountaine...

Saturday's victory by West Virginia over Texas in Austin ranks among the school's all-time best. But, exactly where does it fall on the list when it comes to drama and significance? The fellas (Brad Howe, Hoppy Kercheval, Tony Caridi) have their opinion plus much more on episode 64 of Three Guys Before The Game. Will Grier's heroics have reenergized his Heisman campaign and the Mountaineers have p...

There's a recipe to beat Texas under second year coach Tom Herman. On this episode, the fellas (Hoppy Kercheval, Brad Howe, Tony Caridi) present in exacting detail what the eight teams that have beaten Herman's Longhorns have done. Texas is among the nation's best in a few statistical categories but near the bottom in several others. Can the Mountaineers exploit those weaknesses? These stories, pl...

The final days of October are quickly peeling off the calendar. The Mountaineers will open their much anticipated November schedule against a Texas team that suffered surprise Saturday in Stillwater. On this episode, the fellas (Brad Howe, Hoppy Kercheval, Tony Caridi) provide an overview and undercarriage inspection of the Mountaineers. They reveal some surprising statistics that no one would hav...

How do you rebound from your worst game of the season? How about setting a record for total yardage in the first half on your way to a 58-14 victory. That recipe worked to perfection as West Virginia moved back into contention for the Big 12 Conference championship with dominating win over the Baylor Bears. It was a game with multiple stars and a WVU defense that throttled Baylor into four turnove...

Game day comes early for the Mountaineers. WVU hosts Baylor Thursday night in a massively important Big 12 showdown. Massively important? Yes, that's how the fellas view it for several reasons. They explain in detail how the shock syndrome created from the Iowa State loss could linger in Thursday's game. You'll also hear the guys play out the scenarios of a West Virginia win and a West Virginia lo...

The Mountaineers may have the weekend off, but the fellas are still in game mode as they look ahead to next week's tilt with Baylor and try to figure out exactly what happened in Ames. Dana Hologrsen says there's no need to panic. Obviously, Hoppy Kercheval, a chronically nervous guy, is having a hard time not panicking. Brad and Tony are content with waiting to see what happens with Baylor, but n...

The bubble has burst, the rainbow has faded, and now the question becomes will the Mountaineer football team be able to regroup after Saturday's meltdown against Iowa State? The WVU loss was statistically historic and not in a good way. The fellas break down the Mountaineer defeat and try to shed light on exactly why it happened. Can it be corrected? Special host, Nathan Adrian, joins the group fo...

The weather is changing, the leaves are changing, everything is changing for the Mountaineer football team. Saturday night's visit to Iowa State has become much more significant after the Cyclones stunned Oklahoma State in Stillwater last weekend. The emergence of true freshman quarterback Brock Purdy has created a showdown between the precocious newcomer and West Virginia Heisman candidate Will G...

The Mountaineers have taken the keys and are now sitting in the driver's seat of the Big 12 Conference race. Saturday's loss by Oklahoma to Texas leaves WVU as the only remaining undefeated team in the league. The Mountaineers assume the position despite a turnover marred effort in the 38-22 victory over Kansas. The fellas break down WVU's conquest over the Jayhawks and try to figure out if the of...