MORGANTOWN -- Once Rich Rodriguez was announced as the new head coach of West Virginia, players on Neal Brown’s 2024 roster had a decision to make. Leave in the portal and start over, or take a chance on Rodriguez with a lot of unknowns to follow. Defensive tackle Edward Vesterinen was ...
MORGANTOWN — Saturday’s Backyard Brawl against Pitt is the most anticipated game on WVU’s football schedule this season. However, some fans might struggle to watch the game this weekend. The game, which kicks off at 3:30 p.m. in Pittsburgh, will be nationally televised on ESPN2, but ...
MORGANTOWN — There’s a distinctly different feeling to the build-up of this year’s game between West Virginia and Penn State. Last year, it felt like Mountaineers were mostly just happy to be there. It’d be great if they won, but if they lost, well they were supposed to lose ...
MORGANTOWN — Neal Brown scoffs at the idea his players need any extra motivation this week. Playing in front of a sold-out home crowd against the No. 8 team in the country should be motivation enough when West Virginia hosts Penn State on Saturday (noon, FOX). Fans certainly remember ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s defensive line was a position group defined by its consistency last season, not its star power. The Mountaineers led the Big 12 with 33 sacks, but no one player ever had five and no returning defensive lineman had more than three. But WVU defensive line ...
MORGANTOWN — You can’t win any games in the spring. No matter what happens over the next two weeks, West Virginia will open the 2024 season with a 0-0 record. Spring is all about getting better and that is what the Mountaineers have been focused on the past three weeks. On ...