Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

On August 31st, West Virginia will kick off their season with well over 100 football players standing on the sideline. Only about 80 of those will be on scholarship. And, of that group, only 70 can travel with the team when the Mountaineers travel to Missouri the following week. Chris and Mike take a stab at building their 70-man travel rosters and it's a lot more difficult than one might think. 

Surprise! Quarterback Jarret Doege has been cleared to play for West Virginia this season. Mike and Chris detail what that means for WVU, make picks for who will start Game 1 (and Game 10), and how/when this whole thing went down. 

Chris surprises Mike with a few questions about the WVU football beat, including how he manages to be the center of attention during press conferences and how he goes about cultivating the numerous sources that he has to get the scoop on the big stories. 

West Virginia's coaching staff is about to have some significant discussions about who gets to play in 2019. Friday night's second scrimmage goes a long way toward helping them make those decisions. Who has to have a big day and why?

Following WVU's 10-day, three-game trip to Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona, Chris and Mike wonder what the Mountaineers got out of the experience, what changes they'd make to future expeditions and what to make of this team moving forward

Chris and Mike field questions from EerSports' members, including differences between the new coaching staff and old, the meaning of some of these position changes, and who would win in a wrestling match. 

After a few solo shows, the hosts are back together, and there's plenty to talk about. WVU's entering the final week of camp and is beginning to move some pieces. The visitor is only a slight underdog for the season-opener. The walk-on rankings get an update. And while the football program has been able to stay out of trouble, one player has not.

247Sports Director of Scouting Steve Wiltfong explains his pro-WVU Crystal Ball picks and who he likes from West Virginia's Class of 2020, while Chris Anderson explains the importance of summer recruiting camps. 

Chris is still away, but Mike is back after a brief break. There's basketball news to discuss, and we examine what happened with Oscar Tshiebwe and what it means before we hit some quick pointers about the first three days of WVU football. Oh, and WVU is just like an upstart professional wrestling organization.  It makes sense, trust us. 

West Virginia's first football practice was Friday morning, but the news started the day before? What happened and what happens next? Neal Brown was in a good mood and may have created a new T-shirt. Plus a quick Q&A to end the day.