Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

West Virginia's winning streak ended while a losing streak to Oklahoma State continued. Neal Brown sounded resigned to the outcome, which leads to a meaty question this deep into this third season.

WVU has a second straight home game against a ranked team and looks to change its luck against Oklahoma State. The visitor is good at what it does, and the Cowboys know it and flaunt it. How will the Mountaineers create and execute the answers needed to win?

Another week, another win and another round of questions about the state of West Virginia football, coaching, recruiting and more.

WVU has a winning streak and something close to an unrecognizable offense, and it's time to talk about what has changed and how that changes the outlook for the rest of the season.

Michael Swain of CycloneAlert joins the podcast to help preview this weekend's West Virginia game against Iowa State.

Was it something he said? Neal Brown said everything was on the table during the open week, and WVU looked similar. against TCU ... but did make some changes. What did we see? What did we think? What about the quarterback position in the past, present and future?

A powerful running game, an efficient quarterback and an aggressive defense carried West Virginia to yet another win over TCU.

WVU's poor run game meets TCU's poor run defense Saturday night in Texas. Is it as simple as that or is there more to the matchup as the Mountaineers seek to end a three-game losing streak and a seven-game slide on the road?

Basketball season is underway. Football is back from an open week. Business is about to pick up for both. What can we expect from this point forward?

Another loss, another round of questions about the past, present and future of West Virginia football and the Neal Brown tenure.

WVU gave up a touchdown on the second play from scrimmage and had to call a timeout before its first snap. It got worse from there in a 45-20 loss to Baylor.

WVU is 2-3 overall and 0-2 in the Big 12 following a discouraging loss to Texas Tech. Subscribers wonder about the future of the program, the coaching staff, the roster and more.

This is a new episode, even though it may sound like older ones. WVU once again contributed to its own demise Saturday and lost a third straight game to Texas Tech.

Texas Tech has the better record. WVU has the better momentum. Two teams coming off a loss sure seem headed in different directions, and that has to matter when the Red Raiders visit the Mountaineers in Saturday's 3:30 p.m. game on ESPN2.

The Mountaineers are back to business following Saturday night's loss to Oklahoma. How good can they be? How does this compare to prior defeats? What changes can be made? What other questions do subscribers have up their sleeve?

No. 4 Oklahoma made it nine wins in a row over visiting West Virginia and 12 straight wins overall in Saturday night's home game on ABC.

The Mountaineers are back on the road again and looking to snap a five-game losing streak away from home and an eight-game losing streak in the series when they play No. 4 Oklahoma. How does WVU give itself a chance? Where are the Sooners vulnerable on offense and defense? How do the Mountaineers affect Spencer Rattler? What are the indicators of a WVU win or loss?

The offense, the game plan and the quarterbacks remain on the front of everyone's minds two days after West Virginia took back the Black Diamond Trophy and defeated No. 15 Virginia Tech.

Sometimes you get lucky and get a reminder about how cool college football can be. Saturday was one of those days. It wasn't fun or easy for WVU fans to get to that destination, but end the end, the destination was all that mattered.

A detailed look at Saturday's matchup shows what WVU can expect from the Virginia Tech offense, defense and special teams. What are the keys to victory? What are the matchups to exploit? What are the areas to avoid? Who are we talking about after the game?

It's not a surprise, but listeners want to know about the Jarret Doege/Garrett Greene dynamic, the new Big 12, changes to the depth chart, game planning the WVU offense and more.

An unusual opponent is in what's actually the most common spot on the schedule for WVU's annual FCS opponent, but LIU doesn't have much going in its third season transitioning from Division II to the FCS. The Mountaineers ought to have their way on Saturday.

Saturday's loss asked a lot of questions about the Mountaineers.