MORGANTOWN -- During offensive lineman Xavier Bausley’s recruiting visit with Rich Rodriguez at Jacksonville State, Bausley was handed a form to fill out to allow Rodriguez to speak with him. On the form, one of the questions was, "What’s one thing that’s unique about ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia capped off its first full week of practice with an intersquad scrimmage on Saturday inside Milan Puskar Stadium. It’d been 126 days since WVU’s last scrimmage, the Gold and Blue Spring Showcase, and Saturday’s scrimmage was similar. Rich Rodriguez said he ...
MORGANTOWN -- Usually, kids don’t have a lot of worries. There’s the occasional name-calling and snack-stealing, but other than that, kids mostly have it pretty easy. Especially now that I’m just becoming an adult and learning about taxes and paying off rent, I’d love to be a kid ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia offensive line coach Jack Bicknell Jr. left his Thursday press conference using the wall to support himself to get off the raised surface and leave the meeting room. “I’m an old man,” Bicknell joked. “Come on, old man,” safeties coach Gabe Franklin ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia is seven practices in and wrapped up its second practice in full pads Thursday. Since the team was in full pads, Rich Rodriguez wanted to do more scrimmaging, but he couldn't because of his lack of running backs. "I wanted to do a little bit more scrimmaging ...
MORGANTOWN -- Rich Rodriguez is the godfather of the spread offense, meaning three-plus wide receivers lined up every play. They might not be used as much as the running back, but they’re important for downfield blocking and sometimes picking up the first down on third down and ...