MORGANTOWN — For the first time in program history, West Virginia has lost four straight season openers. The latest, Saturday’s 34-12 disappointment against Penn State, matched the pattern set by the preceding three. All four losses have come against power conference regional ...
MORGANTOWN — Position flexibility is the name of the game on the back end of West Virginia’s secondary for 2024. After dealing with injuries and limited depth at spots each of the last two seasons, the Mountaineer coaching staff is cross-training as many players as they can at all three ...
MORGANTOWN — A large reason for WVU’s four-game winning streak earlier this season was that its defense was playing much better than it had during the 2022 season. Since the Mountaineers’ bye week, however, that defense has regressed to its 2022 form, leading to two straight losses ...
MORGANTOWN -- Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon looked unstoppable on Saturday night, and with the way West Virginia was trying to defend him, he was. Gordon racked up the second-most rushing yards WVU has ever allowed to a single player, running for 282 yards and four ...
There was a lot of talk this offseason about West Virginia’s defense focusing on fundamentals and physicality. The Mountaineers’ defense may be more fundamentally sound and may be more physical than a year ago, but they haven’t played much better through the first two games of 2023, ...
MORGANTOWN — For West Virginia football to be better in 2023, the Mountaineers’ secondary undoubtedly must perform better than last season. To that end, the coaching staff brought in four transfer players with mounds of starting experience between them. And yet, it is one of WVU’s ...