The summer is a time for the beach, pool, BBQs and sometimes, snuggling up with a good book.

In the time away from football this offseason, West Virginia tight ends coach Michael Nysewander opted to do some summer reading. He picked up the book that piqued his interest because the former tight end related to it.

“It’s called, like, blood and guts or something,” Nysewander said. “Every chapter is about a different tight end from back in the 50s.”

The Rich Rodriguez-led WVU’s culture is along those lines. It’s the hard edge, moving bodies, being relentless at all costs, and showing no weakness, which is what the tight end position has to be. They’ve got to catch the ball, but also be willing to block massive defensive ends at the same time.

“A lot of that is you got to kind of have a hea

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