Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

Texas Tech has the better record. WVU has the better momentum. Two teams coming off a loss sure seem headed in different directions, and that has to matter when the Red Raiders visit the Mountaineers in Saturday's 3:30 p.m. game on ESPN2.

The Mountaineers are back to business following Saturday night's loss to Oklahoma. How good can they be? How does this compare to prior defeats? What changes can be made? What other questions do subscribers have up their sleeve?

No. 4 Oklahoma made it nine wins in a row over visiting West Virginia and 12 straight wins overall in Saturday night's home game on ABC.

The Mountaineers are back on the road again and looking to snap a five-game losing streak away from home and an eight-game losing streak in the series when they play No. 4 Oklahoma. How does WVU give itself a chance? Where are the Sooners vulnerable on offense and defense? How do the Mountaineers affect Spencer Rattler? What are the indicators of a WVU win or loss?

The offense, the game plan and the quarterbacks remain on the front of everyone's minds two days after West Virginia took back the Black Diamond Trophy and defeated No. 15 Virginia Tech.

Sometimes you get lucky and get a reminder about how cool college football can be. Saturday was one of those days. It wasn't fun or easy for WVU fans to get to that destination, but end the end, the destination was all that mattered.

A detailed look at Saturday's matchup shows what WVU can expect from the Virginia Tech offense, defense and special teams. What are the keys to victory? What are the matchups to exploit? What are the areas to avoid? Who are we talking about after the game?

It's not a surprise, but listeners want to know about the Jarret Doege/Garrett Greene dynamic, the new Big 12, changes to the depth chart, game planning the WVU offense and more.

An unusual opponent is in what's actually the most common spot on the schedule for WVU's annual FCS opponent, but LIU doesn't have much going in its third season transitioning from Division II to the FCS. The Mountaineers ought to have their way on Saturday.