Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

As kickoff approaches, we dig in once more before Minnesota and West Virginia clash in Tuesday's Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix.

West Virginia and Minnesota have never played a football game, but that doesn't mean you should be unfamiliar with the team the Mountaineers play in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. Ryan Burns from Gopher Illustrated is here to help.

Say hello to the 247Sports national college football writer for insight on the biggest from the 2021 season as well as the ones that will affect the many seasons still to come.

We open the mailbag in the closing stretch of football recruiting and basketball's non-conference schedule to cover everything asked about WVU.

WVU football hits the home stretch of a likely eventful December signing period. The basketball team has its first signature win. Neal Brown's transfer dilemma requires thoughtful discourse. All three find their way into this episode.

West Virginia has a bowl assignment, an opponent and some intrigue as an analyst crosses enemy lines. Basketball has a significant opportunity on Wednesday in a string of valuable upcoming games. Let's figure it out.

Subscribers are curious about Lincoln Riley and Oklahoma, schools outspending themselves, basketball lineups and more.

WVU is bowl eligible, Neal Brown is a .500 coach and everyone gets a chance to keep this brief surge rolling a little longer in a bowl game. What's working now, what worked Saturday night and what do we think about these Mountaineers?

Eleven down, one to go. The stakes are oddly high, but the stats sure seem to be on WVU's side entering Saturday night's game at Kansas.

Basketball bounces back. Football eyes a bowl. One season kicks into gear. One nears the conclusion. What questions remain?