This time last year, West Virginia football coach Neal Brown sat on the stage at Big 12 media days in Dallas and told the members of the press how wrong they were for picking his Mountaineers to finish dead last in the conference. “I stood up here a year ago, and we were picked 14th and ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s quarterback room was in an unfamiliar spot heading into last season. For the first time in Neal Brown’s then five-year tenure — and the first time since 2013 — the Mountaineers were going into the season without a transfer quarterback. Brown was ...
MORGANTOWN — You already know the story of the 2023 West Virginia football team. Picked to finish last in the Big 12 preseason poll, the Mountaineers rallied around that underdog status to win nine games in the program’s best season since 2016. It also took sixth-year head coach ...
MORGANTOWN — For someone who’s only started one game and hasn’t even thrown 70 passes in college, WVU backup quarterback Nicco Marchiol has his fair share of memorable moments already. Marchiol has won three games for the Mountaineers as an injury replacement — at Oklahoma State in ...
MORGANTOWN — In the NFL, a contract year is make-or-break time for professional football players. How a player performs in the final year of their contract largely dictates the size of the next contract they sign, or if they get another contract at all. WVU senior safety Aubrey Burks is ...
MORGANTOWN — Through injuries and absences, WVU’s skill positions were filled with youth and inexperience when the Mountaineers opened Spring practice Monday morning. Other than the offensive line, WVU’s entire offense skews younger this season. In addition, the Mountaineers are ...