Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

If we're heading toward a new era of college football with a split in the FBS and a split from the NCAA, then there might be some exclusivity in who makes the cut ... and there might be some surprises about who doesn't want to participate. How do the decision-makers build the new leagues?

The Big 12 leads off college football's media days with its festivities Wednesday and Thursday. We'll learn more about the present and the future in Dallas, but we already know a little after the all-conference team and preseason poll.

WVU basketball has been applauded for its offseason acquisition through the transfer portal, and if nothing else, the Mountaineers had a plan and carried it out. Yet the most recent 247Sports Big 12 power rankings put the new-look team near the bottom of the standings.

USC and UCLA are leaving the Pac-12 for the Big 12, and everyone and everything else in what we now call the Power 5 feels more wobbly than ever before.

After Chris was unable to win his Little League World Series, Mike was unable to avenge the setback in the TBA Classic. The two review his muay thai debut, his fighting style, his future plans and their inevitable feud.

WVU's 2023 recruiting class is growing with quality players and familiar names. A worthy part of the class is the batch of legacy recruits who have followed in the footsteps of their fathers and committed to the Mountaineers. It sounds like easy for assistant coaches, but they're particular about the process.

A handful of commitments for not one recruiting class but two recruiting classes served as the punctuation mark of a very promising June at WVU.

As the summer recruiting season winds down, it's time to take a look at one aspect of WVU's 2023 class: The defensive line has come together quickly and impressively, and though the work may not be done, the Mountaineers know who and what they want.

The Backyard Brawl is back and back in style. WVU unveiled special uniforms for the season-opener on the road against Pitt, and it's hard to to like what we see.

West Virginia will have eight first=year players and just five incumbents on the 2022-23 roster, so the chances are the starting lineup will feature a fresh flavor. It's hard to predict what direction Bob Huggins will choose, though there are many reasons. We try to make sense of the situation.