MORGANTOWN -- Travis Trickett just opened a bank account after accepting his first job as the inside receivers coach at Samford in 2012 and was asked a security question. What was your dream job? He answered work at West Virginia University. Fast forward over a decade later, ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia has added another key piece to the 2026 recruiting class with a pledge from Georgetown (Texas) 2026 running back Jett Walker. Walker, 6-foot-2, 212-pounds, initially received a scholarship offer from the Mountaineers at the beginning of January and that ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia’s Gold-Blue game is just a couple of days away on April 5 at 1 p.m., which will be the first look at Rich Rodriguez’s second tenure in Morgantown. However, it’s no longer a game and instead, what Rodriguez calls a “showcase.” There won’t be a blue ...
There’s been a shift in how offenses are run in college football. Most of them are high-tempo and feature a no-huddle, and Rich Rodriguez’s second term West Virginia offense will be one of them. The high-tempo offense changed certain positions and turned the tight end position into a ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia’s punting will look different under Rich Rodriguez. Usually, senior punter Oliver Straw catches the ball off to the side, runs a little and gives it a boot, but that won’t be the case for his senior season. Straw is transitioning to the traditional punting, ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia football is under a week away from the Blue-Gold spring showcase, marking the end of spring ball, and Rich Rodriguez hasn’t picked one of his seven quarterbacks as the starter. Rodriguez might not name a starter until the summer because they are all still ...