Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

WIth the basketball schedule paused for an open week, let's take the hint and shift the focus to football and our answers to subscriber questions.

West Virginia's basketball team is off this week. What will the team do with the time and what should look different when the Mountaineers resume?

What was reported yesterday was revealed today, and just enough time has passed to conclude the Mountaineers should who, when and where they play this coming season.

West Virginia lost two position coaches who took coordinator jobs at Troy, and Neal Brown moved quickly to hire replacements. They aren't big names. They don't satisfy bold ideas. They do fit what the head coach has been doing.

Acknowledging the surge in submitted questions for the Q&A podcast, we devote a second episode this week to address Mountaineer football.

If it's hard to keep up with the Mountaineers, who they are and what they're doing, maybe this will help.

The mood is better at WVU. Some questions remain, though fewer than normal. Let's acknowledge every submission in today's episode.

It's been too long since we emptied the mailbag, and it's no surprise a batch of quality questions were available for this edition.

The Mountaineers struggled during non-conference play, and understandably so. They can't afford too many more setbacks if they want to play in the postseason, and the Big 12 schedule offers many obstacles.

The first transfer portal window closed for the majority of college football players who seek a change of scenery. The Mountaineers lost more than they added but also did better than they have before.