Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

The time has come for the offseason to yield to the regular season. WVU begins with a seemingly overmatched FCS opponent, but there are some questions about what to expect at the start. Today’s episode attempts to answer many of them and asks a few others along the way.

There’s a WVU game this week, and we know there’s a lot to talk about. Today’s episode hopes to ease everyone’s curiosity.

It’s time to hold West Virginia’s more-inviting-than-normal roster filled this year with players who will not redshirt and attempt to predict who travels with the team to road games. Only 70 Mountaineers can make the trip. It sounds easy, but the journey is complex.

With a game under our belts and the start of the WVU season just around the corner, it’s time to talk about what to expect on the field, on the roster and even in the rulebook.

SportsLine’s Allan Bell stops by to preview betting uncertainty, expected trends, Big 12 prospects and more to get you ready for the 2020 season.

The band is back together to review last week’s fair but also tricky NCAA ruling about player eligibility in 2020 and to try to piece together camp news to make an early depth chart.

From covering WVU to landing his first head coaching job in the state, new Wheeling University coach Chris Richardson has seen and done a lot in his career. He discusses his path, his mascot, his new recruiting territory, how he applied and recruited during a pandemic and what he thinks about playing the upcoming season.

One Chris is away, but another arrives. The show goes on with 247Sports national reporter Chris Hummer and discussion about past and present pandemic developments as well as who he likes and who he worries about in the Big 12.

Eastern Kentucky’s had an eventful offseason. Nathan Hutchinson of the Richmond Register offers insight of the team he’s covered for 17 years.

News arrived Friday morning about a new player, news may soon arrive about WVU’s first opponent and the news from the past few months may change how things happen in the future.