Good Monday morning, Mountaineer fans! It's time to crack open this week's West Virginia On SI mailbag .

From @EarlMullins1963 :

Q: Any intel on where we are on signing Hawkins or any other skill players?

A: I don't expect anything to go down with Hawkins during the season. Yes, they had talks during the bye week, but that's nothing new. That has been going on for the better part of the year, to be honest. There may be some non-marquee names that have new deals done, but I haven't heard anything to confirm that as of this moment. Hawkins is definitely priority No. 1, and they do believe they will have the resources to make it happen. At the end of the day, it will come down to whether he believes this is the best situation for him. His family loves Morgantown, the coaches, and WVU, so there are a lot of positives.

From @Coogs57 :

Q: Why won’t WVU utilize the onside kick with the defense being so weak?…