Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

Before moving onto another chapter, we close the books on the win over Kansas. Mike and Chris answer the questions that subscribers have had on their minds since the 38-17 win.

The outcome was pretty much what everyone expected. The route that WVU traveled to arrive at that particular destination was now. Tonight’s episode covers the ups, downs, the stats and storylines from the win.

WVU begins a stretch of five games on five consecutive Saturdays with Saturday’s home game against Kansas. The Jayhawks haven’t had any success on the road in the past 12 years and they aren’t expected to this time, either. Today’s episode details the importance of the game, the most significant matchups and dynamics and what themes and players to watch for from start to finish.

COVID-19 reminds us it’s still a thing, and Chris and Mike take inventory of the 2020 season before closing with a bit on basketball.

Before moving onto another open weekend, we close the books on the win over Baylor. Mike and Chris answer the questions that subscribers have had on their minds since the double overtime victory.

What can you say about this one? It was neither pretty nor exciting. Neither team had a winning performance. It justifiably required two overtimes. In the end, West Virginia defeated Baylor 27-21, and tonight’s episode covers the carnage.

WVU begins what may very well be a four-game season with Saturday’s home game against Baylor. The script is somewhat similar to and somewhat unlike what the Mountaineers took into last week’s game against Oklahoma State. Today’s episode details the importance of the game, the most significant matchups and dynamics and what themes and players to watch for from start to finish.

Before moving onto Saturday’s game against Baylor, we close the books on the loss to Oklahoma State. Mike and Chris answer the subscriber questions thats ave been on their mind since the team left Stillwater.

WVU’s dropped a game and leveled the record at 1-1. The Mountaineers probably feel like they lost this one more than the Cowboys beat them.

The 2020 season resumes and Big 12 play begins Saturday as West Virginia visits No. 15 Oklahoma State. Want to know the key aspects and matchups going into the game? Chris and Mike have you covered.

No game is no excuse to avoid a podcast. It’s instead time to update the travel rosters, assess freshmen, discuss public records and welcome the Big Ten back into the sport.

The Mountaineers had answers for all the offseason questions, and now you have new questions about the Mountaineers.

Big news preceded kickoff, and then West Virginia put up some big numbers against Eastern Kentucky. Chris and Mike recap the discipline and the performance as WVU heads into an open week at full strength and in better position than some Big 12 peers.

The time has come for the offseason to yield to the regular season. WVU begins with a seemingly overmatched FCS opponent, but there are some questions about what to expect at the start. Today’s episode attempts to answer many of them and asks a few others along the way.

There’s a WVU game this week, and we know there’s a lot to talk about. Today’s episode hopes to ease everyone’s curiosity.

It’s time to hold West Virginia’s more-inviting-than-normal roster filled this year with players who will not redshirt and attempt to predict who travels with the team to road games. Only 70 Mountaineers can make the trip. It sounds easy, but the journey is complex.

With a game under our belts and the start of the WVU season just around the corner, it’s time to talk about what to expect on the field, on the roster and even in the rulebook.

SportsLine’s Allan Bell stops by to preview betting uncertainty, expected trends, Big 12 prospects and more to get you ready for the 2020 season.

The band is back together to review last week’s fair but also tricky NCAA ruling about player eligibility in 2020 and to try to piece together camp news to make an early depth chart.

From covering WVU to landing his first head coaching job in the state, new Wheeling University coach Chris Richardson has seen and done a lot in his career. He discusses his path, his mascot, his new recruiting territory, how he applied and recruited during a pandemic and what he thinks about playing the upcoming season.

One Chris is away, but another arrives. The show goes on with 247Sports national reporter Chris Hummer and discussion about past and present pandemic developments as well as who he likes and who he worries about in the Big 12.

Eastern Kentucky’s had an eventful offseason. Nathan Hutchinson of the Richmond Register offers insight of the team he’s covered for 17 years.

News arrived Friday morning about a new player, news may soon arrive about WVU’s first opponent and the news from the past few months may change how things happen in the future.

It might be temporary. It might be permanent. But the Big 12 definitely did not decided to postpone or cancel the 2020 season Tuesday. Chris and Mike unravel what’s happened and what’s at stake at WVU and in the conference.

One year after Neal Brown embarked upon his first season, Chris and Mike compare the two situations, discuss what’s better and why and identify where Brown and his program can still evolve.