One of the most unusual weeks for WVU in recent memory nears its conclusion. Little did we know, though, that it began in appropriate and unusual fashion.

Former WVU football player Michael Villagrana is facing felony charges for allegedly stealling a car while drunk. Morgantown police arrested the 24-year-old Villagrana Saturday morning on Charles Avenue while driving the car that was stolen minutes earlier from the Willey Street Dairy Mart. Police say two girls left the car running when they went in the store and when they came outside it was gone. Villagrana was arraigned in Monongalia County Magistrate Court and faces charges of grand larceny auto and DUI. 

This is disappointing, too. Tough and underrated player and a nice guy from a rough situation in Youngstown, Ohio, who, it always seemed, was doing all right. Yet if you’re counting at home: Villagrana Saturday night, Mazzulla and Thoroughman Monday night, Pat White speaks Tuesday and Wednesday it’s learned former receiver Kendall Washington is accused of robbing and shooting someone.

Considering it’s Thursday in Morgantown and — I must put this properly — the last hurrah before preseason football starts Saturday, let’s hope the list doesn’t grow any longer. When Saturday arrives, you can bet something is going to go wrong with incoming football players. Someone is going to stay home, someone won’t qualify, someone will be flagged by the NCAA’s eligibility center. It happens every year.