Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

One player is on. One is out. One is a secret! What's to say about WVU's recent results in the 2023 recruiting class?

A kickoff event, an exclusive cookout and some very optimistic reviews continued WVU's momentum into one of the most important months on the calendar.

WVU football added one of the top 10 recruits of all-time Wednesday. That followed three defensive back additions for the 2022 roster. How are the Mountaineers doing it? What are they looking for? How have the new rules changed the way they do business?

With the roster set -- or just about set -- it's time to figure out how WVU basketball will act next season, WIth Bob Huggins in charge, that starts on defense.

The NCAA agreed to grant two years of roster relief by way of recruiting by doing away with the annual cap of 25 players in a class. Is this going to be permanent? How will teams respond? Is it good of bad for West Virginia?

WVU has experienced some major shifts in the recent past and had some brushes with a few others. What has changed and what might have been?

Former UMass and Texas big Tre Mitchell will transfer to West Virginia. The addition adds to the frontcourt and created some options on the perimeter. It also created a math problem the Mountaineers have to solve. What happens now for Mitchell, the offense and someone who will now be displaced?

247Sports National Analyst Brian Dohn joins the show to discuss WVU Football recruiting. Dohn, who specializes in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, discusses two of WVU's current commitments, as well as the Mountaineers' chances of adding a couple other top targets from the area.

Two-deeps are fun. Depth charts show you where a team is strong and in need of help. Let's put a spin on that with a draft to assemble starting lineups for the offense and defense.

Better late than never! Following the lead of WVU athletic director Shane Lyons, the NCAA will enforce active rules that are being ignored and seek to maintain the separation between boosters and recruits. It's a start that college sports needs.