Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

West Virginia won for just the second time in the history of the Big 12/SEC Challenge and capped a compelling week with a second one-sided victory. The Mountaineers handled Missouri early, pushed back a charge in the middle of the game and imposed their will five days after clobbering Texas at home. What’s happened in the past week and what happens now? Chris and Mike have the answers.

With one of the most emphatic performances in quite some time, West Virginia defeated Texas and obliterated any side-effects on Saturday’s loss to Kansas State. The Mountaineers dominated every category and submitted a number of individual performances and highlights to make everyone feel much better.

West Virginia left a lot on the table with a performance that left a lot to be desired. Bob Huggins was dejected in defeat and watched his team and his opponent both play out of character. It's just one game, but was this one game that different from many others? Mike has thoughts on Saturday and beyond.

WVU had one of its familiar defensive performances and one of its best offensive performances in years in an 81-49 victory against visiting TCU. It didn't happen right away, but the Mountaineers eventually did what they wanted against what was one of the two unbeaten teams in Big 12 play. Mike discusses the good signs in the game and moving forward.

West Virginia returned home after a lengthy time away from the Coliseum and treated a sellout crowd to a Big 12 win against the team that nearly won the national title a season ago. Bob Huggins wasn’t happy, and we attempt to figure out why and explain his frustrations.

Gerad Parker and Jeff Koonz are the newest additions to West Virginia's coaching staff as a busy week reaches a sudden conclusion. How'd the Mountaineers do and what do the salaries tell us about the present and the future? Mike has the answers.

After road teams went 0-5 Saturday to start Big 12 play, West Virginia used its second conference road game of the season to even its Big 12 record. There were some familiar frustrations but some pleasing performances, too. Mike reviews the late game in Stillwater and what went right at the end of the road trip.

West Virginia had a 10-point lead but couldn't hang on and lost for the eighth time in as many trips to Kansas and Phog Allen Fieldhouse. There was plenty to discuss on a long list of likes and dislikes in our first basketball postgame podcast. It begins with what to think of officiating and Oscar Tshiebwe and then tries to figure out what to make of pretty much everyone and everything else after the Big 12 opener.

Following a run of podcasts to end 2019, the hosts are back for a new year and a new look at the basketball team. What's new following the win against Ohio State, who needs to pick it up, how will things go against Kansas? But there's also room for football with an updated look at recruiting and Neal Brown's coaching staff.

With strict parameters in place, Chris and Mike close the decade by looking back on WVU basketball through the years. Today's episode picks and, of course, debates the top players at each position.