Perhaps you’ve heard this, but Tajh Boyd decommitted from WVU a few weeks ago. Away with his pledge went the future of the quarterback position at WVU.

OK, not really, but he was the only committed quarterback in the recruiting class and, as Bill Stewart said, the one the staff promised would be the guy. It was asked where WVU would go from there and, honestly, it was too soon, too hard to tell.

I’m told Kevin Newsome, who plays at Hargrave Military Academy, a school with which WVU has a very good relationship, is unlikely. Of course, I’ve been lied to wrong before.

It seems as if the Mountaineers are serious with one player and that Eugene Smith’s feelings are mutual.

Smith says he’s eager to take his visit to Morgantown, W.V., to see how the Mountaineer program runs. “I want to meet with the coaches and get to know the players,” he said. “I want to talk with them and see how I’ll be able to fit in there. I think it’s a good situation for me to go in and make an impact.

“It’s hard to judge the new coaches this year because you won’t really know anything until they’ve got their own players,” he said. “That’s when you’ll see if they can do a good job.”

I like that approach, but not as much as I like the idea of covering a quarterback named Eugene.