Country Roads Confidential: A WVU Mountaineers podcast

Thanks to the defense, the Mountaineers take a two-game winning streak into the open week.

What nearly slipped through the cracks gets examined today. How about the Big 12's preseason poll and WVU's place in the middle?

WVU and TCU have their obvious strengths and weaknesses. Who exploits and protects them the best?

Mike Hawkins has people talking. Does an exhibition loss have you worried?

The Mountaineers were not themselves. They passed like crazy. They got a stop. They won the game.

The Mountaineers will try again to fix the defense and win a game. The Bearcats need to bag a winnable one.

Chris and Andrew tackle mailbag topics on the rapidly approaching basketball season.

New week, similar story. Fans want answers to pointed questions.

This is not a rerun. You did not click last week's episode. WVU's defense was at it again in another lopsided loss.

Arizona makes a rare trip to the east to take on WVU's downtrodden defense. Let's set the table for Saturday's game in Morgantown between the Wildcats and the Mountaineers.

Not surprisingly, subscribers want to know about how to make changes on defense.

WVU's men's basketball coach is here to talk about everything that's been going on before the new season begins.

Let's start with the obvious!

Can WVU end a three-game losing streak at Iowa State? Do the Cyclones keep the first-year coaching trend rolling?

WVU sports adds four difference makers. How did we get here? What happens next?

The former WVU catcher is living the dream in pro baseball.

Fans have questions after Saturday's loss. Guess who they're aimed at.

The Mountaineers had an opportunity but they couldn't stop surging Oklahoma State.

Who gets off to a 1-0 start in Big 12 play? Who's Bach to the drawing board?

Ross Hodge welcomed the media to Monday's men's basketball practice at WVU. Let's see what our reporters saw and how much it differs!

The Mountaineers have changed the perceptions, but the reality is you still have a lot of questions about the win, the team and what's next.

That's more like it, right?

The Mountaineers have the opportunity they've been waiting for, but it's been even longer since they won a game like this.

The man in charge of WVU sports dishes on facilities, fundraising, flight tracking and much more.

WVU's defense is raising panic levels ahead of Saturday's game against Virginia.

Quick thought and critiques after the Mountaineers move to 2-0.

There isn't much concern about who will win on Saturday, but how the Mountaineers look is another matter. And elswehere, what's the latest with the men's basketball program?

Saturday's performance wasn't satisfying. The response was predictable. Let's dig into the mailbag and answer questions about what happened and why.

The WVU pitching coach has the lates on what the baseball programis doing after a MCWS appearance and before a new season.

WVU won. Responses will vary!

We don't know much about Coastal Carolina, and we'll learn a lot about West Virginia.

Why wait until the game to answer questions about the team? Let's discuss what to expect but only after we discuss basketball.

What are they saying and what are we thinking as WVU arrives for the firs game week of the season?

Who gets a helmet for the first Big 12 road game and who gets to watch from Morgantown?

How does the football feel about the depth chart, and what's next with the courts and eligibility matters?

Two podcasters. One epidode. Will it work?

The media was allowed to observe part of Friday's practice. We have insight. Listeners have takes.

The Mountaineers haven't done too much yet, but we've read between the lines to learn a thing or two.

WVU basketball players are going to court, and a new jersey patch appears.

We look ahead again to the start of football practice and look back to an old recruiting class.