It was doom and gloom around West Virginia football after the Mountaineers were blown out by UCF, who was in a similar situation with a new coach and had roster turnover. The "fire Rich Rod” comments started. WVU had just two wins and hadn’t won a single Big 12 game. The season looked ...
MORGANTOWN -- Houston quarterback Conner Weigman looked over towards West Virginia defensive back Jordan Scruggs, and then motioned his receiver. Scruggs knew something was up. He’d seen this before in practice. Defensive coordinator Zac Alley schemed up for this exact play. The ball was ...
MORGANTOWN -- There are only a handful of true freshmen starting quarterbacks in the country, and even less who are slightly successful. An even smaller number have a ranked win, and probably three have a ranked win on the road. West Virginia is one of the very few schools that have ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia’s identity, and what Rich Rodriguez wanted the team’s identity to be was running the football. Rodriguez wanted to use the hard edge and out-muscle teams, pushing them back, creating holes for the running backs and the quarterback. WVU hadn’t run ...
MORGANTOWN -- It was either one of the best offensive calls of the season by Rich Rodriguez or Houston coach Willie Fritz should be searching for a new defensive coordinator today. The situation: WVU faces a fourth-and-four from Houston’s 34-yard line. There’s 13 minutes remaining in ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia went into Houston and finally snapped the five-game losing streak. WVU’s offense carried over the momentum against TCU and secured Rich Rodriguez’s first ranked win since taking back over at West Virginia over No. 22 Houston, 45-35. WVU finally got in the ...