Noel Devine News

The WVU Football team will step onto the field for its first practice in 30 days.

On Tuesday, West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart welcomed a couple of former Mountaineer players - John Thornton and Charles Fisher - to Touchdown City.

All things considered, Jock Sanders probably needs West Virginia's football team more than it needs him.

West Virginia University football coach Bill Stewart has cleared junior Jock Sanders to return to working out with the team but says he has not yet lifted his suspension of the talented but sometimes troubled slot receiver.

To say Alric Arnett burst onto the scene at West Virginia might by hyperbole. But his two-touchdown, 70-yard afternoon in the 2008 season opener against Villanova certainly served notice.

While expectations run high in the Spring and escalate even higher through the Summer, it's all about what happens in the Fall... by Mitch at sportschatplace.com 1 35 reads June 09, 2009 While expectations run high in the Spring and escalate even higher through the Summer, it's all about what happens in the Fall.

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Perhaps the most overlooked aspect of this year's spring football at West Virginia University was a statement quarterback Jarrett Brown made after the spring game.

"All I want is a chance." - West Virginia University offensive tackle Ryan Stanchek.

Surely, sometime in the past, Jarrett Brown allowed himself to look into the future and wonder what his time as the starting quarterback might be like.

If there were any lingering doubts about his ability to run the West Virginia University football team, quarterback Jarrett Brown squelched them on an April afternoon so beautiful that you understood why they call it West by-God Virginia.

The annual spring Gold-Blue football game at West Virginia University took on a different format than it has in recent years.

Bill Stewart will close his second spring camp Saturday afternoon with the annual gold blue game.

It's hard to miss 6-foot-8 Wes Lyons when he walks into a room. He's been more difficult to find on the football field.

He'll look to improve on a sophomore season of 1,500+ yards and 16 touchdowns and enters the season as a favorite for the Doak Walker Award... CFB: Top 10 "Under The Radar" Players to Watch For 2009 by Scott Rieger 10 19 reads Rankings/List 1. Kendall Hunter, Oklahoma State Talented back on one of the NCAA's best offenses.

IF YOU'D take in a West Virginia spring football practice, you'd see that Mountaineer Field is littered.

As the Mountaineers battle toward the end of Spring Practice, who's name do you expect to hear more than any other? Jarrett Brown, Noel Devine, Reed Williams or Wes Lyons? Well Brown is replacing a legend... by L.D. Skarzinski As the Mountaineers battle toward the end of Spring Practice, who's name do you expect to hear more than any other? Jarrett ...

Heading into the final week of spring drills, it is obvious West Virginia's defense is ahead of the offense.

WVU coach Bill Stewart came off the practice field in a snit on Wednesday. He told Mike Montoro, the school's football sports information director, there would be no interviews conducted with his team's defensive players.

As West Virginia's offense continues to struggle to put things together this spring, offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen has a pretty good idea of where to place the blame.