Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

Coming off a one-sided loss and a long week of practice WVU made three changes to the starting lineups on offense and defense and had by far its best performances on offense, defense and special teams this season to thump N.C. State 44-27. We review the new starters, the new faces, the new results and Neal Brown's strange but telling coaching decision late in the win. 

PackPride editor Cory Smith joins Chris Anderson to preview the West Virginia - N.C. State game. The two discuss the Wolfpack's first two games of the season, weaknesses and strengths for the team, the impact of recruiting, and the effect some guy named Tony Gibson has had on the team. 

WVU's first loss of the season produced two depth charts, some revealing explanations from the head coach and his coordinators and some ideas about how the Mountaineers will pick up the pieces. This episode covers all of that and revisits the bad matchups against Missouri to see how North Carolina State compares and where the Wolfpack might attack WVU Saturday.

West Virginia fell to 1-1 Saturday with a 38-7 loss on the road against Missouri. The record may not be surprising. The performances probably have been unexpected. Chris and Mike meet up to figure out what to make of the Mountaineers so far and attempt to diagnose some problems and offer up some solutions before WVU wraps up non-conference play with next week's game at home against N.C. State. 

Eric Blum of the Columbia Tribune joins Chris on the Country Roads Confidential podcast to help preview the West Virginia-Missouri game. The two discuss both teams' struggles in Week One, what each team has to do to win in Week Two, and make predictions for the game. 

It wasn't long ago when the outlook was much different, but basketball recruiting has heated up. Three players have committed in the past few days, and one addition Monday was significant and doubly unexpected. As for football, the Mountaineers have plenty to do if they want to be 2-0, but Missouri has just as much work to do to avoid an 0-2 start. 

247Sports national analyst Brian Snow joins the show to discuss the commitment of four-star forward Jalen Bridges, how he fits with fellow 2020 commit Isaiah Cottrell, and how Bob Huggins is on a recruiting hot streak. 

The Mountaineers started the season with a 20-13 win that may have surprised you or solidified what you thought about the team. Chris and Mike sort through a little of each and pick out their top performers, where they're concerned, what changes may be made and how WVU moves on before visiting SEC country next week.

We're two days away from the start of the Neal Brown Era and the 2019 season, and there's no better guest than the one we have for today. Jed Drenning knows his way around the Xs and Ox better than most, and he's bene roving the sidelined at WVU games for years. But what's about to happen will be new to him, so he's been hard at work figuring out what to expect. He shares his discoveries on today's episode.

Chris rides solo as he reacts to the WVU football depth chart that was released on Monday afternoon. He takes a look at some of the key surprises, plus what he was hearing from Saturday's walkthrough - much of which lined up with what the depth chart eventually showed.