MORGANTOWN -- It was around 60-70 degrees on Tuesday ahead of West Virginia’s weekly press conferences. When you get into the team room, the temperature drops. The first two players, Hammond Russell and Darrian Lewis, had hoodies on, and so did defensive coordinator Zac Alley, but running ...
MORGANTOWN -- If you look at West Virginia defensive lineman Hammond Russell IV, it’s hard to picture him at any other position other than lineman. He’s 6-foot-3 and 312 pounds. He actually started his football career as a quarterback in high school. Russell was 185 pounds in his ...
MORGANTOWN -- After the clock hit zero against Robert Morris, Rich Rodriguez took in the win for a couple of minutes, but quickly it’s on to the next week and preparing again. On his radio show, Rodriguez talked about how quickly you go from the win, then to the correction, and then onto ...
MORGANTOWN -- After four seasons at Akron, safety Darrian Lewis had enough. Lewis won 10 games in four years, and won only two games in three-straight years. Lewis wanted to feel what it was like to win and needed a new change of scenery. But Lewis grew up in Akron, Ohio, so his ...
MORGANTOWN -- In 2023, Rich Rodriguez signed Cam Vaughn to Jacksonville State as a quarterback. He didn’t have any stars out of Temple High School in Georgia, but he thought quarterback was where he’d see action. Rodriguez saw something in him and took a chance. “We thought we ...
MORGANTOWN -- The focus of the season opener against Robert Morris was on Rich Rodriguez’s return and who the starting quarterback was going to be, but it was Zac Alley’s defense that went under the radar and completely dominated, aside from a few plays. Although Robert Morris is an ...
