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WVU hits first snag in quarterback competition

MORGANTOWN — WVU football’s starting quarterback battle hit its first snag on Tuesday as both signal-callers really struggled for the first time this spring. “Probably our worst day at quarterback (Tuesday),” quarterbacks coach Sean Regean said after practice. “But up until ...

Brown still undecided on format for Saturday’s Gold-Blue spring game

MORGANTOWN — If you have any ideas about how to format a spring football game, WVU coach Neal Brown may want to hear from you. The fifth-year head coach of the Mountaineers said during a post-practice press conference on Saturday that he had not yet decided what the format will be for ...

Life after the Stills brothers, WVU looking for impact at defensive tackle

MORGANTOWN — For the first time in five years, the WVU football team will not have a Stills brother anchoring the middle of its defense in 2023. For years the Stills brothers, Darius and Dante, were the lynchpins to what the Mountaineers did in their front seven. With both now graduating ...

Running backs all-in on WVU’s scheme change for 2023

MORGANTOWN — In 2022, WVU football had four running backs rush for over 250 yards, three of them eclipsed 400 yards and all four averaged more than four yards per carry. And best of all, the entire quartet is back for the 2023 season. With that kind of production, it is unsurprising that ...

Basketball center Jimmy Bell Jr. on a ‘trial run’ with WVU football

MORGANTOWN — The WVU football team is trying something out this spring by having a center practicing at offensive tackle. No, it’s not Zach Frazier. It’s not even a football center at all — it is men’s basketball starting center Jimmy Bell Jr. WVU head coach Neal Brown confirmed ...

Edward Vesterinen has brought Finnish sisu to WVU football

MORGANTOWN — In America, if someone is brave, we say that they have guts. If they are strong in the face of adversity, they have grit.  Finland has its own word for such qualities in a person: sisu. WVU defensive line coach Andrew Jackson learned about the word and asked the ...