West Virginia Mountaineers News

Rich Rod Pounds the Table to Bring Back Regional Conferences West Virginia in the Big 12 has never been an ideal fit in the geographical sense. Even with the recent additions of Cincinnati and UCF, the...

11 HOURS AGO • SI.COM

Rich Rod Thinks WVU Has a Future Star on the Offensive Line Coming into the 2025 season, West Virginia offensive lineman Nick Krahe had logged a grand total of 30 in-game snaps. He wasn't necessarily...

11 HOURS AGO • SI.COM

Rich Rod Thinks WVU Will Be 'Better Than People Predict' in 2026 – Here's Why Before Big 12 Media Days got underway, one of the things I said I'd be closely watching from Rich Rodriguez was his confidence in this team'...

12 HOURS AGO • SI.COM

Rich Rodriguez Identified the WVU Position Group That Could Show the Most Improvement Much of West Virginia's 2026 roster is new, but when it comes to the wide receiving corps, it's full of new faces. Oftentimes, when you have...

13 HOURS AGO • SI.COM

Everything WVU Head Coach Rich Rodriguez Said at Big 12 Media Day West Virginia head football coach Rich Rodriguez was the final coach to take the stage at Big 12 Media Days and was asked a variety of quest...

1 DAY AGO • SI.COM

Scotty Fox Jr. - Battling Hawkins for QB1 Fox is competing with Michael Hawkins for the Mountaineers' QB1 gig, per Spencer Ripchik of The Dominion Post.

Impact Fox had a solid season last fall in Morgantown, tossing for 1,276 yards, seven touchdowns and six interceptions while adding 201 yards and three scores on the ground. However, the Mountaineers also brought in Oklahoma transfer Michael Hawkins, and the two are reportedly locked in a legitimate quarterback battle that looks set to unfold during fall camp.

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Michael Hawkins Jr. - Competing for starting gig Hawkins is competing for the QB1 gig in Morgantown with Scotty Fox, per Spencer Ripchik of The Dominion Post.

Impact Hawkins transferred to West Virginia after spending two seasons at Oklahoma, totaling 950 passing yards, six touchdowns and two interceptions in addition to 262 rushing yards and two scores on the ground. Now, he's firmly in a battle with the returnee Scotty Fox, who got plenty of experience last year with the Mountaineers tossing for 1,276 yards, seven touchdowns and six interceptions while completing 59.4 percent of his passes.

1 DAY AGO • ROTOWIRE

Where Does WVU Finish? Predicting the 2026 Big 12 Football Standings Rich Rodriguez is set to enter year two of his second stint as the head coach at West Virginia, and after a disappointing campaign in 2025,...

2 DAYS AGO • SI.COM

What Rich Rodriguez Might Reveal at Big 12 Media Day About WVU's 2026 Season This week, Rich Rodriguez and a few Mountaineers will be headed to Frisco, Texas to participate in Big 12 Media Days. The event will begin t...

3 DAYS AGO • SI.COM

Paul Finebaum Isn't Sold on WVU QB Mike Hawkins Jr. After SEC Tape The West Virginia Mountaineers are about to turn the corner, whether folks believe it or not. Rich Rodriguez did a wonderful job on the recr...

3 DAYS AGO • SI.COM

WVU Football Unveils Change to One of Its Helmet Options The 2026 college football season is just around the corner, and once again, the West Virginia Mountaineers have made a slight change to thei...

JULY 1 • SI.COM

WVU Athletics Announces New Flagship Radio Affiliates We are in the dog days of summer and counting down the days until Rich Rodriguez and his team take the field for the start of an important s...

JULY 1 • SI.COM

The Five Ex-Mountaineers WVU Will See on the 2026 Schedule When players depart the West Virginia program, they rarely ever end up somewhere within the Big 12 Conference or on a team that the Mountain...

JUNE 29 • SI.COM

Pat McAfee Believes Rich Rodriguez Has "His Guys" Again at WVU Rich Rodriguez did everything he could to make year one in his return to West Virginia successful. Obviously, things didn’t work out as the...

JUNE 28 • SI.COM

How WVU Can Finally End Its Seven-Year Rankings Drought It's been a minute since West Virginia was nationally relevant in football, and that's part of the reason Rich Rodriguez came back for a sec...

JUNE 25 • SI.COM

Predicting Two Position Changes We Will See Ahead of WVU's 2026 Season Just 75 days. That's all that stands between the present moment and when the West Virginia Mountaineers kick off the 2026 season against the...

JUNE 22 • SI.COM

Odds Released for WVU to Win the Big 12 in 2026 Year two of the Rich Rodriguez era is just a little over two months away from getting underway, and although expectations are fairly low loc...

JUNE 20 • SI.COM

West Virginia cools off Troy's hot bats to keep its College World Series run going with a 12-0 win

Dawson Montesa held Troy to two hits while pitching into the sixth inning, West Virginia’s bullpen worked out of two bases-loaded situations and Gavin Kelly hit a three-run homer a...

JUNE 16 • Associated Press

North Carolina gains inside track to College World Series finals with 5-2 win over West Virginia

Gavin Gallaher’s two-run triple gave North Carolina the lead in the seventh inning to help send the Tar Heels to a 5-2 win over West Virginia in the College World Series

JUNE 15 • Associated Press

George Darlington, longest-serving Nebraska football assistant under Osborne and Solich, dies at 87

George Darlington, the longest-serving assistant coach in Nebraska football history and on the staff of three national championship teams under Tom Osborne, has died at the age of...

JUNE 14 • Associated Press

West Virginia beats Troy 7-5 in meeting of teams making their first College World Series appearances

Tyrus Hall hit the tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, Ian Korn held Troy to one run in his longest relief appearance of the season and West Virginia beat the Trojans 7-5 in a...

JUNE 12 • Associated Press

5 West Virginia Players Oklahoma State Fans Need to Know for 2026 Season The West Virginia Mountaineers are entering year two under head coach Rich Rodriguez for the second time in program history.

JUNE 12 • SI.COM

Breaking Down West Virginia's Strengths, Weaknesses, & 1 Thing That Could Beat Oklahoma State Rich Rodriguez coaches exciting football teams, especially on the offensive end. That's just one reason why the West Virginia Mountaineers w...

JUNE 9 • SI.COM

America's Team? WVU's Tradition of Singing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" Goes Viral Singing John Denver's "Country Roads, Take Me Home" after a win became a tradition for West Virginia during Rich Rodriguez's first stint in...

JUNE 2 • SI.COM

Offensive mastermind Mike Leach, who died in 2022, heads ballot for College Football Hall of Fame

Offensive mastermind Mike Leach is among the nominees for the 2027 College Football Hall of Fame class

JUNE 1 • Associated Press

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West Virginia cools off Troy's hot bats to keep its College World Series run going with a 12-0 win

North Carolina gains inside track to College World Series finals with 5-2 win over West Virginia

George Darlington, longest-serving Nebraska football assistant under Osborne and Solich, dies at 87

West Virginia beats Troy 7-5 in meeting of teams making their first College World Series appearances

Offensive mastermind Mike Leach, who died in 2022, heads ballot for College Football Hall of Fame