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Mountaineers beginning Coastal Carolina prep

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football is under two weeks away from its first game against Coastal Carolina on Sept. 5. Summer camp is over, and now it’s turned to normal practices and Week 1 game preparation. Rich Rodriguez said the team started focusing on Coastal Carolina a little over two weeks before kickoff. It’s hard to prepare for the Chanticleers. Coastal Carolina fired coach Tim Beck after a 6-6 season and brought in young Missouri State head coach Ryan Beard. Beard has a new staff, new coordinators and new players. It’s a complete rebuild. There are a lot of unknowns ...

Frazier reflects on early NFL career, talks WVU season outlook

MORGANTOWN — Zach Frazier patiently waited for his phone to ring as the picks went by in the 2024 NFL Draft. Frazier was one of the top center prospects in the class out of West Virginia University. He was a three-time All-Big 12 offensive lineman and a freshman All-American during his ...

Rich Rod's hiring of Boulware and Trickett made sense

MORGANTOWN — Back on Dec. 29, 2025, West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez hired veteran running back coach Jay Boulware. The next day Rodriguez hired the even more veteran offensive line coach Rick Trickett to serve his third term with the Mountaineers. You didn't need a ...

Traugh working hard to carve out role in WVU football's offense

MORGANTOWN — Rich Rodriguez and the position coaches have floated a couple of names around the first two weeks of camp of some of the players who have really impressed them. It’s hard to get Rodriguez, specifically, to single out a player, because he said, “It’s like picking a favorite kid.” So when he does mention someone, they must be really flashing. One of them is Parkersburg, West Virginia, native, wide receiver Cyrus Traugh. “Cyrus has been balling,” inside receivers coach Logan Bradley said. “Love, love, love Cyrus.” Traugh’s path to WVU was an uphill battle. ...

Elkins High School Tigers Battle South Harrison in Scrimmage

Weather has been too nice for Rodriguez

MORGANTOWN — As if West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez didn't have enough to worry about as he completely recasts his team from last season's outmoded 4-8 model into a sleek new representative to send off into deep waters of Big 12 football, he finds himself caught up worrying about things ...