Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

What WVU has to accomplish in spring football seems to align with what spring football allows. The way the roster is made up combines with what the team has to do to create a potentially productive environment.

Now is about the time when spring football picks up, and West Virginia is on track to be like its peers. Developments are underway. Visitors have committed. Targets are transferring. There's plenty of proof of progress here and there.

Managing a college football roster is an increasingly critical and chaotic task. It's good to have a plan, but it had better be flexible. WVU has six scholarships to use and an idea for half, but what can happen with the other half?

The doors opened early and remained ajar longer than expected as West Virginia let reporters watch about two hours or spring football practice Thursday. What went down and what does it mean?

When spring football practice starts at WVU, the focus will be on the quarterback competition. The Mountaineers have more work to do. Here are two other storylines to follow.

Spring football begins Tuesday at West Virginia, and from the start, it's going to be about the quarterbacks.

Starters Jalen Bridges and Isaiah Cottrell have decided to transfer and women's basketball coach Mike Carey is retiring.

The NIT said no to WVU after WVU said no to the CBI, and it raises all sorts of questions before we proceed to questions and answers about football and basketball.