For some reason, I decided to look at West Virginia Dana Holgorsen’s scholarship number this season. Players tend to bail during a coaching change, though WVU’s came a little later than normal, but the Mountaineers are also working with their self-imposed scholarship reduction this season. A football team is allowed 85, per NCAA rules, and WVU will have 84 in a time when it only seems like schools recruit about 30 players every year and practice with about 130 others. One way or another, I thought getting up or down to 84 might me tricky.

Turned out that was right. The Mountaineers will have 78 scholarship players when camp begins Aug. 5.

WVU has 60 returning or enrolled-in-January players. The Mountaineers also signed 17 players in February and later added receiver Devin Brown, linebacker Steve Paskorz and safety Matt Moro. However, two of those 20 won’t be with WVU this season. Offensive lineman Justin Johnson, who is Josh Jenkins’ younger brother, and defensive lineman Ben Bradley won’t enroll. I’ve been told they’re headed to junior college.

The other remaining first-year player who had not enrolled, Steubenville, Ohio, linebacker Shaq Petteway, is good to go and will enroll shortly.