Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

Chip Brown of Horns247 joins the podcast to discuss with Chris Anderson the upcoming game between West Virginia and Texas. 

Following an open week, Chris and Mike are back, and business has picked up. Today's episode covers immune systems, whether chili is a soup, former players getting stiff-armed, future players getting paid, expectations for a new performer on defense, the ... rivalry? ... against Texas. 

Change has been good for different parts of WVU's football program, and the increased investment in digital media is one of the most obvious beneficiaries. Neal Brown has been interested in that part of the program and what it needed to succeed from the very beginning, and Grant Dovey and Austin Gaines are key parts of the operation. This episode gets to know both as well as where they come from,...

The football team is off, but Chris and Mike soldier on to discuss the latest in transfer trends, what's going to happen at Kansas, how much longer Josh Sills will be part of the team and what redshirts might still play this season. 

WVU is 3-1 following an eventful 29-24 win on the road against Kansas. There was plenty to like, plenty to question and plenty to talk about as the Mountaineers head into an open week. How do Chris and Mike feel about the season so far and what's ahead? How did key coaching decision turn out? Who's the new running back with the French name? All that and more in this episode covering the latest vic...

Phog.net's Scott Chasen joins Country Roads Confidential to discuss the expectations in Lawrence, what changed for Kansas from Week Two to Week Three, and his predictions for this weekend's game against West Virginia.

The Mountaineers are playing more games than expected on ESPN+, and it's happening earlier than expected, too. This episode explains the marketing logic behind this decision and spend some time describing how this is not great new for WVU fans in a few different aspects. But there are other interesting aspects to examine that deliver other pluses and minuses this season.

WVU's season is definitely different today than it was a week ago, and a road game against suddenly interesting Kansas is the next chance to continue the improvement. But the Mountaineers have to address some personnel issues with their depth chart, travel roster and redshirts. Chris and Mike have some ideas, Chris has a question about the Jayhawks quarterback and Mike has a take about the outcome...

Coming off a one-sided loss and a long week of practice WVU made three changes to the starting lineups on offense and defense and had by far its best performances on offense, defense and special teams this season to thump N.C. State 44-27. We review the new starters, the new faces, the new results and Neal Brown's strange but telling coaching decision late in the win. 

PackPride editor Cory Smith joins Chris Anderson to preview the West Virginia - N.C. State game. The two discuss the Wolfpack's first two games of the season, weaknesses and strengths for the team, the impact of recruiting, and the effect some guy named Tony Gibson has had on the team. 

WVU's first loss of the season produced two depth charts, some revealing explanations from the head coach and his coordinators and some ideas about how the Mountaineers will pick up the pieces. This episode covers all of that and revisits the bad matchups against Missouri to see how North Carolina State compares and where the Wolfpack might attack WVU Saturday.

West Virginia fell to 1-1 Saturday with a 38-7 loss on the road against Missouri. The record may not be surprising. The performances probably have been unexpected. Chris and Mike meet up to figure out what to make of the Mountaineers so far and attempt to diagnose some problems and offer up some solutions before WVU wraps up non-conference play with next week's game at home against N.C. State. 

Eric Blum of the Columbia Tribune joins Chris on the Country Roads Confidential podcast to help preview the West Virginia-Missouri game. The two discuss both teams' struggles in Week One, what each team has to do to win in Week Two, and make predictions for the game. 

It wasn't long ago when the outlook was much different, but basketball recruiting has heated up. Three players have committed in the past few days, and one addition Monday was significant and doubly unexpected. As for football, the Mountaineers have plenty to do if they want to be 2-0, but Missouri has just as much work to do to avoid an 0-2 start. 

247Sports national analyst Brian Snow joins the show to discuss the commitment of four-star forward Jalen Bridges, how he fits with fellow 2020 commit Isaiah Cottrell, and how Bob Huggins is on a recruiting hot streak. 

The Mountaineers started the season with a 20-13 win that may have surprised you or solidified what you thought about the team. Chris and Mike sort through a little of each and pick out their top performers, where they're concerned, what changes may be made and how WVU moves on before visiting SEC country next week.

We're two days away from the start of the Neal Brown Era and the 2019 season, and there's no better guest than the one we have for today. Jed Drenning knows his way around the Xs and Ox better than most, and he's bene roving the sidelined at WVU games for years. But what's about to happen will be new to him, so he's been hard at work figuring out what to expect. He shares his discoveries on today'...

Chris rides solo as he reacts to the WVU football depth chart that was released on Monday afternoon. He takes a look at some of the key surprises, plus what he was hearing from Saturday's walkthrough - much of which lined up with what the depth chart eventually showed. 

On August 31st, West Virginia will kick off their season with well over 100 football players standing on the sideline. Only about 80 of those will be on scholarship. And, of that group, only 70 can travel with the team when the Mountaineers travel to Missouri the following week. Chris and Mike take a stab at building their 70-man travel rosters and it's a lot more difficult than one might think. 

Surprise! Quarterback Jarret Doege has been cleared to play for West Virginia this season. Mike and Chris detail what that means for WVU, make picks for who will start Game 1 (and Game 10), and how/when this whole thing went down. 

Chris surprises Mike with a few questions about the WVU football beat, including how he manages to be the center of attention during press conferences and how he goes about cultivating the numerous sources that he has to get the scoop on the big stories. 

West Virginia's coaching staff is about to have some significant discussions about who gets to play in 2019. Friday night's second scrimmage goes a long way toward helping them make those decisions. Who has to have a big day and why?

Following WVU's 10-day, three-game trip to Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona, Chris and Mike wonder what the Mountaineers got out of the experience, what changes they'd make to future expeditions and what to make of this team moving forward

Chris and Mike field questions from EerSports' members, including differences between the new coaching staff and old, the meaning of some of these position changes, and who would win in a wrestling match. 

After a few solo shows, the hosts are back together, and there's plenty to talk about. WVU's entering the final week of camp and is beginning to move some pieces. The visitor is only a slight underdog for the season-opener. The walk-on rankings get an update. And while the football program has been able to stay out of trouble, one player has not.