Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

College football has an attendance problem, but programs have a time frame to fix it. Chris and Mike talk about the problem, the silver lining and the solutions and then turn their attention to moves to help student-athletes market themselves and moves to bring recruits into the fold.

The finish line is gradually getting closer, and schools have to have plans in place. West Virginia is progressing and should be ready when it happens. Chris and Mike discuss some of those events and when and how they can occur before using a magazine preview to talk about the 2020 season.

Bob Huggins, Neal Brown and Kenny Robinson have each given us a topic to explore and attempt to explain. Who’s tempting Oscar Tshiebwe? How could football have an extra scholarship? Why was an academic counselor targeted on Twitter?

It’s been a strange offseason, but it’s also been a good offseason for WVU sports. And now, there are encouraging signs for fall sports, for players returning to campus and for student-athletes to make some money.

Sports are back, and some WVU players and players with WVU affiliations will be picked before the draft is over. Chris and Mike discuss two candidates before reviewing Mike’s list of players who will be taken in the next few drafts.

The 2010 Gator Bowl was an oddly arranged celebration of Bobby Bowden’s career, and West Virginia was the invited guest for the Florida State legend’s final game. We look back at the stories from before, during and after the game and where the occasion rests in Mountaineer history.

Test your football knowledge and your math skills all at once as you try to assemble the best WVU roster with $24 to spend on eight players.

WVU basketball can use or stash an open scholarship, but Bob Huggins won’t steal from a colleague. WVU football is adding to an impressive recruiting class, but his colleagues will try to steal from his collection of talent. What’s the difference and how to the coaches navigate it?

Test your football knowledge and your math skills all at once as you try to assemble the best WVU roster with $66 to spend on 22 players. Chris and Mike conclude with 11 players and $33 on defense and explain their picks and the path they took to their rosters.

Test your football knowledge and your math skills all at once as you try to assemble the best WVU roster with $66 to spend on 22 players. Chris and Mike begin with 11 players and $33 on offense and explain their picks and the path they took to their rosters.