Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

To the surprise of no one, the chatter between a win against Duquesne and a game against Pitt is about receivers and defensive backs. What does WVU have on its hands?

West Virginia improved to 1-1 with an uneven performance but a one-sided score. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder here.

West Virginia will improve to 1-1 with a win over Duquesne Saturday, but there are some chores to do along the way. Let's preview the matchup and who and what the Mountaineers need to incorporate for the rest of the season.

This is not the week to look ahead to the next opponent. Let's take this occasion to talk more about WVU's performance Saturday night against Penn State.

For the third straight season, WVU is off to an 0-1 start. That hasn't happened in a long time. Will this be another long season for the Mountaineers? Or are there reasons to be encouraged?

Penn State has dominated the series against West Virginia, especially at home, but the two haven't played in many years. Discard the past and pay close attention as we preview the first game of the 2023 season.

West Virginia hopes a lot has changed between the end of last season and the start of a new season. The Mountaineers hope to change the mind of the skeptics Saturday night in Happy Valley.

WVU opens the season on the road, which means it has to create a travel roster. For non-conference games, there's no limit to the number of players who can make the trip. For conference games, the Mountaineers can travel with 70 players. Chris and Mike create their 70-player rosters as the preseason ends and the regular season begins.

We've reached a point in the preseason where players and coaches are combining to figure out who goes where.

The camp portion of preseason practice is over for West Virginia football, so let's take a knee and answer subscriber questions to review what's happened so far and preview what happens now.

Neal Brown had some free time before a critical week of the preseason. What he learned and what happens now will determine how the Mountaineers punctuate this part of the preseason.

West Virginia football practice was open briefly to reporters Friday. Here's a brief explanation of why tomorrow's scrimmage must go better.

WVU began the second week of preseason practice with the second straight day of tackling in full pads. How the Mountaineers are responding might indicate how the perform this season.

Tuesday ends the first week of the preseason for WVU football. We discuss what's been discussed and predict what's going to be discussed a week from now.

Neal Brown is patient about possibilities, persistent about performance and pretty sure there were some adversaries in attendance Saturday.

Let's take just a brief amount of time to talk about West Virginia football, a notable player on offense, a few veterans who need to matter and an expectation for the next few days of practice.

Wedebut a new feature at EerSports with a quick podcast about the latest news at WVU.

The Mountaineers are back on the field Wednesday. There are reasons to be excited, causes for concern and plenty to track before the start of the season.

It's been a busy summer around WVU, so let's take a moment to puck up where we left off about football, basketball and more.

West Virginia baseball is undergoing a change, and one of the constants has plenty of insight about what the program is, was and has been and why this is the right move for Randy Mazey.

Manager Randy Mazey will coach one more season and then hand the ball to associate head coach Steve Sabins. Mazey's legacy is secure. What will we think of the transition years from now?

As we continue to figure out what Bob Huggins is thinking and why he's chosen this course of action, let's take a look at how money might be involved and what kind of money is at stake,

Bob Huggins is threatening to sue West Virginia University if he is not reinstated as head coach of the men's basketball program. It was a wild Saturday night, and there are five things to take from the legal correspondence sent back and forth between the two parties.

The Big 12's preseason poll is out, and West Virginia is in last place. Why is that accurate? Why is that a mistake? Plus ... Chris is back from Italy with refreshed thoughts on basketball.