The Mountaineer Report

To put a final bow on WVU baseball's magical season, Mike Asti brought Griffin Floyd back on for another edition of Mountaineer Report. Griffin, who has led WV Sports Now's baseball coverage for four seasons now, helped discuss what getting to Omaha means, how this program got to this point and what the realistic standard of Mountaineer baseball should be moving forward. Learn more about your ad c...

On a special edition of Mountaineer Report, Mike Asti and Griffin Floyd welcome West Virginia governor Patrick Morrisey on the show to discuss the impact of WVU baseball's postseason run and what to expect in the College World Series. Morrisey even answers if he's circling North Carolina as a potential opponent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a first coming up and another first-ever scenario on the board, Mike Asti is joined by Griffin Floyd to preview WVU baseball hosting a Super Regional against Cal Poly and the path to Omaha for the College World Series. What are the keys to beating Cal Poly? Are the Mountaineers vulnerable for the upset? What will Omaha look like if West Virginia gets there? Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Ahead of WVU baseball hosting the Morgantown Regional, Mike Asti and Luke Blain preview West Virginia ahead of the tournament, discuss what it means to the program and the pressure on the Mountaineers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a mid May check in, Mike Asti and Luke Blain discuss the national doubt about WVU football, the national hype for WVU basketball and WVU baseball getting hot at the right time on a new episode of Mountaineer Report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Asti and Luke Blain open and close the latest episode of Mountaineer Report with JJ Wetherholt's remarkable rookie season and talk a Big 12 offer and baseball's recent struggles in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A chaotic early offseason for WVU basketball headlines the latest episode of Mountaineer Report. Mike Asti and Luke Blain talk what winning the College Basketball Crown really means, what to make of DJ Thomas (and others) hitting the portal, how to digest national love and why a top recruit and West Virginia are partying ways. They then close the show discussing Rich Rodriguez's recent comments ab...

To give the WVU women's basketball team their just due, they headlined the latest edition of Mountaineer Report. Mike Asti and Luke Blain discussed their experiences and put the season in perspective before talking about JJ Wetherholt's big Opening Day, the current WVU baseball team and some interesting recent comments from Rich Rodriguez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

On the eve of the WVU women hosting in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1992, Mike Asti and Luke Blain fired up a preview edition of Mountaineer Report to discuss the matchups and the pressure on Mark Kellogg's team. They then also talked Ross Hodge and the men accepting the bid to the College Basketball Crown and what it may mean for them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

In the aftermath of WVU basketball falling right away in the Big 12 Tournament, Mike Asti and Luke Blain evaluate the full picture of year one for Ross Hodge. They then offer their respects to Mark Kellogg and the WVU women's team for winning the Big 12 championship. What's the ceiling for the women through March and how much pressure will be on them to at least get to the Sweet 16 while hosting?...

On this episode of Mountaineer Report, Mike Asti and Luke Blain discuss the start of the WVU football spring practice period and the differences of year two compared to year one for Rich Rodriguez. They then cover WVU basketball's rough loss at Kansas State and evaluate Ross Hodge to this point before wrapping the show up with the latest drama surrounding Steve Sabins and the WVU baseball program....

On this episode of Mountaineer Report, Mike Asti and Luke Blain try to make sense of WVU laying an egg against Utahand discuss if that bad loss has popped the Mountaineers' bubble. They also answer if Rich Rodriguez losing a coach he just hired to an elite program is a big deal, a little deal or no deal at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where do the Mountaineers stand in the middle of February? On this episode of Mountaineer Report, Mike Asti and Luke Blain talked about the state of WVU basketball, both the men and the women, ahead of the with the final weeks of the regular season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does what Curt Cignetti has achieved at Indiana of all places prove Rich Rodriguez can deliver a national championship to WVU? Mike Asti and Luke Blain discuss both sides to what Cignetti's national title means for West Virginia on the latest edition of Mountaineer Report. After the football talk, they then offer both the glass half full and glass half empty takes for the prospects of Ross Hodge g...

Is Rich Rodriguez's "Hard Edge" philosophy a problem for WVU football? That's the headline topic on this episode of Mountaineer Report. Mike Asti and Luke Blain discuss every aspect of what some departing Mountaineers have said about Rodriguez and the current state of the West Virginia program before getting into the up and down nature of both WVU basketball teams. Learn more about your ad choices...

For their first show of the new year, Mike Asti and Luke Blain tackle all of the transfer activity and why it's already showing signs the WVU football roster should be improved from last season. They then also discuss Jahiem White reuniting with Neal Brown and Chad Scott at North Texas and the state of the WVU basketball team with a couple Big 12 games under their belt. Learn more about your ad ch...

As weather starts to freeze, the transfer portal activity heats up. On this episode of Mountaineer Report, Mike Asti and Luke Blain discuss how the WVU football departures, most notably Jahiem White, can impact the offseason and then get into why Ross Hodge's team is in desperate need of a quality win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Asti and Luke Blain went live on Friday night to discuss how a recent coaching change will impact the Big 12 Conference, what the recruiting success for WVU football means and what's going on with both the men's and women's basketball teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coming off a crazy series of events for WVU sports, Mike Asti and Luke Blain discuss everything and anything from Kevin Brown committing to WVU football and the hot starts for both the men and women's basketball teams. They also talk the expectations for this coming offseason for Rich Rodriguez and then expectations on Ross Hodge and Mark Kellogg moving forward this season. Learn more about your a...

It's a big week for WVU sports, which means there's a lot to discuss on this episode of Mountaineer Report. Mike Asti and Luke Blain discuss Rich Rodriguez's plan to find more two-way players and his recent recruiting success before previewing Ross Hedge's first Backyard Brawl and a big game for Mark Kellogg and the women's team as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

Now that the Ross Hodge era for WVU basketball has tipped off, Mike Asti and Luke Blain discuss the pros, cons and surprises from the season opener. They then also get into why Rich Rodriguez's team is interesting in the final weeks of the season all of a sudden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the regular season days away for WVU basketball, Mike Asti and Luke Blain discuss what to expect from Ross Hodge's team and offer predictions and a hot take or two in this preview edition of Mountaineer Report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a week off, Mountaineer Report returns with Mike Asti and Luke Blain discussing the aftermath of what Rich Rodriguez hopes is rock bottom for WVU football. What excuses are valid? Why did 2025 end up being so bad? What needs to happen moving forward into next year? They answer those questions and then get into what they expect from WVU basketball in year one under Ross Hodge. Learn more abou...

Even on a WVU football bye week, Mike Asti and Luke Blain are back it offering another episode of Mountaineer Report. They talk discuss the truth behind Nicco Marchiol's injury, Jahiem White's future as a Mountaineer and then get into the ceiling for Ross Hodge's men's basketball team in yea one of his tenure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To follow up on the Nicco Marchiol news, Mike Asti and Luke Blain discuss the end of the quarterback's tenure at WVU and how he will be remembered by fans. They also then get into how Rich Rodriguez should handle the position the rest of the season and into next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices