Phew. Ryan Stanchek does not have phlebitis!

But the college senior is not yet senior enough to suffer from a vein-inflammation disorder normally associated with the elderly, such as the late President Richard Nixon.

“I don’t even know what that is,” Stanchek said. Apparently, West Virginia coach Bill Stewart misspoke a week ago: He meant plantar fasciitis, the swelling of ligaments in the foot’s underside, which sidelined this left offensive tackle the first week of spring drills. Then mononucleosis scratched him from the first week of fall camp.

Stanchek knocked on wood yesterday. “Those are the only things I’ve had. I’ve never broken anything here.”

Except the wills of pass rushers and the open rushing lanes.