Jeff Koonz felt everything went smoothly in his first came calling the defense for the West Virginia University football team. Mountaineer defenders agreed, saying they felt both […]
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COLUMN: Defense keys crucial WVU win
MORGANTOWN — Here’s a statement no one has been able to say about West Virginia University’s football team for a while. Saturday’s win was thanks to the […]
Special teams shining for WVU
While living through the ups and downs on both offense and defense this season, the West Virginia University football team has one aspect of its game that […]
WVU Football Position Preview: Mountaineers believe in the upside of their young linebackers
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia very nearly lost the war of attrition at inside linebacker last season. It got to the point near the end of the year […]
Josiah Trotter and Trey Lathan are healthy and ready to lead WVU’s linebackers
MORGANTOWN — There were points throughout last season that if West Virginia needed to put in a new linebacker, they might have started scouring the stands for […]
Notebook: 1st scrimmage a milestone as WVU assistants begin to sort out position battles
MORGANTOWN — WVU football will hold its first scrimmage of fall camp Saturday evening inside Milan Puskar Stadium. Although the scrimmage will be closed to the media […]
WVU football position preview: Straw, Brinkman among the best specialists in the nation
MORGANTOWN — Special teams have been a strength during Neal Brown’s time at WVU and 2023 has the potential to be its best season yet. Among the […]
WVU football position preview: Unproved linebackers back up defensive leader Lee Kpogba
MORGANTOWN — There might not be a more top-heavy position on West Virginia’s roster entering 2023 than inside linebacker. Leading tackler Lee Kpogba returns to lead the […]
WVU will have plenty of new faces on special teams in 2023
MORGANTOWN — The often-overlooked third phase of football, special teams, will look a lot different this year as WVU tries to replace several key contributors from last […]
