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Holgorsen, West Virginia Open Camp Today in Morgantown

MORGANTOWN — With the opening day of camp beginning today, West Virginia football coach Dana Holgorsen and his assistants will turn their attention to a slate of non-conference matchups which features a showdown with Southeastern Conference member Tennessee, a home encounter with Youngstown State and a road game against the Wolfpack of North Carolina State. “We’re going to play Power 5 schools,” Holgorsen said during the Big 12 Conference’s annual Media Days. “I know Commissioner Bowlsby sat up here and gave you the stats on the number of Power 5 schools that everybody ...

West Virginia’s Askew-Henry Is Ready for 2018

MORGANTOWN — Redshirt senior Dravon Askew-Henry wants to end his tenure at West Virginia University the way he began it — as one of the nation’s best defensive backs. “This year,” said Askew-Henry, “we want the total opposite of everything you saw last year.” Which includes the play of the former Aliquippa High School standout’s play. After starting his first 26 games for the Mountaineers — earning ESPN.com True Freshman All-American in 2014 — Askew-Henry was forced to sit out the 2016 campaign due to a season-ending knee injury during preseason camp. The ...

Special Teams Again On Holgorsen’s Mind

FRISCO, Texas – Numbers, in sports, can be eye-catching. Especially when they are as bad as those posted by West Virginia during a so-so 2016 campaign. “Yeah, I became very interested in special teams,” veteran coach Dana Holgorsen said during the Big 12 Conference’s annual Media Day. “I had to do something.” That something was turning the reigns to the Mountaineers’ Air Raid offense to first year offensive coordinator Jake Spavital. “So, my game day stuff — and I never once questioned anything that he was calling,” Holgorsen said. “We weren’t incredibly ...

West Virginia’s Jennings Ready for Final Season

MORGANTOWN — For a wide receiver it’s not always the catches you make that you remember most, it’s the one that got away. That is the case when it comes to West Virginia’s Gary Jennings Jr. as the senior-to-be heads into his final season. “Yea, they (the uncaught passes) haunt ...

Holgorsen Likes Expectations for West Virginia

FRISCO, TEXAS — Veteran West Virginia University football coach Dana Holgorsen has become accustomed to having difficult questions concerning his team. That might explain why the leader of the Mountaineers was all smiles when he took his turn at the podium during the Big 12 Conference’s ...

Bowlsby Bullish On the Big 12

FRISCO, Texas — Bob Bowlsby never bought into the negative perceptions some have about the Big 12, and these days the commissioner has plenty of reasons to feel bullish about his league. Even more money is coming into the Big 12, the smallest of the Power Five conferences with only 10 ...