MORGANTOWN — In the extended runup to a college football season opener, the media tends to open and re-open a bushel of storylines. One that has become ripe for overanalysis? […]
Author: Allan Taylor, The Dominion Post
West Virginia receiver Simms continues maturation process
Marcus Simms sat out West Virginia’s 2017 season opener serving a one-game suspension imposed after separate DUI charges spanning two states. A year later, life appears to have stabilized for […]
Benton breaks through at Sam linebacker for West Virginia
MORGANTOWN — If not for bad luck and a bad knee befalling Quondarius Qualls, this week and this perhaps this season might have signaled an easing-in for West Virginia linebacker […]
Mr. Chatterbox: Sills helps others while he continues to learn
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s roster features 13 scholarship receivers, and during some practices you’d swear one of them doubles as player/coach. All-American David Sills, whose first full season playing receiver […]
WVU works to improve discipline to cut down on penalties
MORGANTOWN — Curiously inserted into his recent summation of a good-on-good scrimmage was coach Dana Holgorsen’s emphasis on flags. Or rather, the lack of them. Among the most-penalized teams in […]
WVU Football Notebook: Mountaineers add JUCO receiver Esdale
MORGANTOWN — Junior college receiver Isaiah Esdale joined West Virginia on Tuesday, a late scholarship addition. “A pretty thick three-for-three guy,” Holgorsen said. “He’s on board, and he’s in school […]
Gibson tabs Norwood, Pitts, Bailey as starters at cornerback
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia dubs this a “mock week,” as in the week before the game week, whereby coaches simulate in-season logistics as sort of a dress-rehearsal. Only the starting […]
Preseason predictions have WVU all over the place
The college football picks are in, the votes tabulated, and the projections locked down. They’re all fighting for your attention on websites and glossy pages, archived for posterity, and come […]
Gibson: West Virginia defense has good chemistry
MORGANTOWN — The optimistic side of Tony Gibson reels off the talking points behind why his defense, disregarded by many, might actually be good enough to make West Virginia a […]
Stewart’s small size didn’t stop Gibson from believing in the WVU safety
MORGANTOWN — Two years into his West Virginia career, safety Jovanni Stewart hasn’t forgotten the string of letdowns that led him here. Being a high-impact player on one of the […]
