MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia corner Michael Coats Jr. played running back in Pop Warner, and he was pretty good at it, too. Everyone around Louisville, Mississippi, knew the little back. He had a bright future in football. When Coats was in ninth grade, he stopped playing football and ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia coaches and players have a lot to do during the week. They have to correct the past and then quickly prepare for the future. There are only a couple of days to do so. This is similar for journalists. Sunday and Monday are for looking at what happened in the past, ...
MORGANTOWN -- Utah, under head coach Kyle Whittingham, is known for its ground-and-pound offense. Big offensive lineman pushing guys into the second level. Whittingham’s been successful doing so as well. The Utes have been ranked in the AP Top 25 at least once in the last 12 ...
MORGANTOWN -- Wide receiver Jeff Weimer transferred to West Virginia on January 24, in an effort to try and get ahead and learn Rich Rodriguez’s offense. At least that’s what he thought. Weimer’s been around the block in his career. He started off at a junior college in California, ...
MORGANTOWN -- Rich Rodriguez usually starts off his press conference with an opening statement by going over the last game, what West Virginia needs to work on, and then getting prepared for next week. Over the past couple of weeks, the opening statement has included injuries sprinkled in. ...
MORGANTOWN -- On Sunday, Nicco Marchiol came to Rich Rodriguez's office. Marchiol told Rodriguez his foot had some mid-foot pain that was bothering him for a while now. Rodriguez wanted him to take care of it, so Marchiol went to his specialist in Colorado, who he saw on ...