West Virginia football loses starting offensive lineman to apparent leg injury

The West Virginia Mountaineersare currently battling the Virginia Cavaliersin the Duke's Mayo Classic at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, and just one quarter into the game, Rich Rodriguez has lost one of the key pieces to his starting offensive line.

Late in the first frame of action, starting left guard Nick Krahewent down with an apparent leg injury. He stayed down for a minute before being helped off the field by medical personnel, and was later carted to the locker room for further evaluation. No updates have been made on the exact nature of his injury.

Who replaced Nick Krahe on the offensive line?

The Mountaineers turned to backup left guard Josh Aisosa tofill in the opening leftby Krahe's injury, sticking srictly to the depth chart instead of moving any players around. Aisosa joined the Mountaineers last season as transfer from Oklahoma, and has seen snaps as a reserve and an additional blocker both last year and this year.

Kraheis the only starter along the offensive linewho played for the Mountaineers last year, and he has extensive starting experience after earning the starting role at left tackle last season for the Mountaineers. Losing the only returning starter along the offensive line isn't exactly reassuring, and Aisosa will need to step up in a major way in his first real experience in the starting rotation.

The Mountaineers trailed Virginia 14-7 at the time of this story, so the offense has some work to do, and Aisosa will have to be apart of that for the time being for better or for wrose. But it's still early in the second quarter, so there is plenty of time to string together some offensive momentum.

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