WATCHFUL EYE — Former WVU quarterback and current assistant coach Pat White looks on during a recent practice. - BlueGoldNews

MORGANTOWN — Sometime Thursday morning, Nicco Marchiol or one of the other near half dozen West Virginia quarterbacks is going to take the snap from center in practice and someone will miss a block or miss an assignment.

Normally, a whistle will blow and the quarterback, wearing a bright jersey which signals that the defenders are not to tackle him, will stop dead in their tracks.

But this will not be one of those normal days. As promised, WVU will be going live and hitting the quarterback will be fair game as part of the evaluation process, for head coach Rich Rodriguez learned back in Pat White’s early days that often a player’s best comes only in live action d

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