West Virginia head coach Bill Stewart made one statement shortly after Friday night’s Gold/Blue intra-squad scrimmage that best described what to expect from the 2010 Mountaineer football team. Simple, yet clairvoyant, Stewart’s declaration revealed exactly how important the quarterback position is with this team, as it is with most any team.
Jeremy Curtis
Apr 28
|21:22
Coley White has certainly arrived in an unconventional situation. He joined the West Virginia Mountaineer football team as a quarterback in 2008, paired with his older brother, Patrick, who achieved legend status during his career at WVU.
White, 6-foot, 175 pounds, was redshirted his first year and made just one appearance during a home game against Marshall, in 2009. But this year, it’s a different story for the younger White. He was supposed to make the switch to slot receiver, but because starting quarterback Geno Smith has been saddled throughout spring practice with a foot injury, White has been handed the reigns of the offense at quarterback.
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If toughness is what West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Bill Stewart wants to see out of his football team, then he had to be pleased with day nine of spring practice on Wednesday afternoon. Defensive line coach Bill Kirelawich, corner backs coach David Lockwood and offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen growled out instructions to their respective units, players on both sides of the ball got into several extra-curricular scuffles during a situational scrimmage and all together, the Mountaineers looked like a team that is three-fourths of the way through spring practice.
Junior left guard Josh Jenkins summed up the indispensable importance of having a battle-tested, reliable offensive line, which could be a leading part of the 2010 West Virginia Mountaineers football team. “Everything starts up front,” Jenkins said. “If you’re not getting the job done up front, you’re not going anywhere.”
West Virginia University officials confirmed on Tuesday that NCAA investigators have recently interviewed university officials about potential rules violations involving the