Jeff Koonz felt everything went smoothly in his first came calling the defense for the West Virginia University football team. Mountaineer defenders agreed, saying they felt both comfortable and confident getting the plays from Koonz during last Saturday’s game against Cincinnati. Those ...
MORGANTOWN -- Here’s a statement no one has been able to say about West Virginia University’s football team for a while. Saturday’s win was thanks to the defense. As maligned as the Mountaineer defense has been this season – and deservedly so – that unit was the reason WVU ...
While living through the ups and downs on both offense and defense this season, the West Virginia University football team has one aspect of its game that has enjoyed more ups than downs – its special teams unit. The Mountaineers have been able to rely on special teams for most of the ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia very nearly lost the war of attrition at inside linebacker last season. It got to the point near the end of the year where senior Lee Kpogba and freshman Ben Cutter had to play almost every snap of every game because the Mountaineers simply didn’t have anyone ...
MORGANTOWN — There were points throughout last season that if West Virginia needed to put in a new linebacker, they might have started scouring the stands for any able-bodied individuals that would fit in a uniform. Okay, things never got quite that bad, but it was ...
MORGANTOWN — WVU football will hold its first scrimmage of fall camp Saturday evening inside Milan Puskar Stadium. Although the scrimmage will be closed to the media with no press conferences afterward, assistant coaches described Friday what they’ll be looking for. “It’s playing ...