Locked On West Virginia - Daily Podcast on West Virginia Mountaineers Football & Basketball
Sep 25, 2026 · 42 min · 12 segments
DARKHORSE CONTENDERS? Ty Hildenbrandt of The Solid Verbal is back on Locked On West Virginia for a LIVE UPDATE as the Mountaineers prepare to face Oklahoma State. When Ty joined Mountaineer Paul in…
Ty HildenbrandtGuest
After months and months on end of trying to project and come up with things to talk about with respect to the 26 season.

And yeah, we're most of the way through September at this point as we get into week four.

Certainly, as we get into October, we can actually start leaning a little bit heavier on some of the stats and some of the data that we have coming through.

West Virginia is one of those teams that I think all learning in real time a little bit more about what they've got in store.
And so on that same note, obviously West Virginia, I think, you know, a lot of people had them in that.
I would say we had some people around, a lot of people around the country predicting West Virginia, Iowa State too, who's looked better down there at the very bottom, 13, 14, 15, 16, somewhere in there.
Some people had them more closer to bowl eligibility, which is probably a fair before the season look.
And I obviously, I picked them to put nine, win nine games, but I'm a homer.
From your perspective, I think you didn't know what to expect because it was another roster turnover.
What has impressed you the most about this West Virginia start and really handily beating a Virginia team that looks so physical against NC State the first week of the year?

After months and months on end of trying to project and come up with things to talk about with respect to the 26 season.

And yeah, we're most of the way through September at this point as we get into week four.

Certainly, as we get into October, we can actually start leaning a little bit heavier on some of the stats and some of the data that we have coming through.

West Virginia is one of those teams that I think all learning in real time a little bit more about what they've got in store.
And so on that same note, obviously West Virginia, I think, you know, a lot of people had them in that.
I would say we had some people around, a lot of people around the country predicting West Virginia, Iowa State too, who's looked better down there at the very bottom, 13, 14, 15, 16, somewhere in there.
Some people had them more closer to bowl eligibility, which is probably a fair before the season look.
And I obviously, I picked them to put nine, win nine games, but I'm a homer.
From your perspective, I think you didn't know what to expect because it was another roster turnover.
What has impressed you the most about this West Virginia start and really handily beating a Virginia team that looks so physical against NC State the first week of the year?
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