… a week apart. But the Thundering Herd and the Mountaineers are on the road for part of spring football. Marshall will go intrasquad April 11 and WVU will do the same a week later.

“There’s a lot of, believe me, die-hard fans that love WVU and love Marshall beyond all good sense that never will have the opportunity to see you in person,” Justice said. “They sit tuned to the radio or glued to the TV and could never fathom being able to see you, and you’ve given them that opportunity.”

The Mountaineers’ spring schedule had taken a barnstorming feel last year, when Holgorsen and the team practiced in Wheeling and Charleston. WVU’s coach said these teams visiting other parts of the state doesn’t just benefit the fans of those areas. It can expand the players’ minds, too, and allow them to experience regions outside their schools’ city limits.

“These kids get out in the state of West Virginia and see different parts of one of the best states in the United States, see some of the prettiest land in the United States and get to sit down and talk to some of the best people in the United States,” Holgorsen said.

“They really liked it,” he continued. “The next year we started talking about where we needed to go, and there isn’t a better place in all of West Virginia to be able to come and spend some time than here at the Greenbrier.”

The Mountaineers will also have a public practice April 4 in Shepherdstown and April 11 in Morgantown before having the Gold-Blue Game April 25.