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WVU's Rodriguez says roster turnover has slowed progression

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football is coming off its second straight loss. On the surface, it's a 45-42 loss to Iowa State, where the defense allowed well over 500 yards of offense for the second straight week. WVU is 3-2 on the season, still above .500, but 0-2 in the conference. Digging in a little deeper, if you look at the head coaches in both of the losses, they have something in common: both are in Year 1 of a rebuild. Eric Morris took the Oklahoma State job in the offseason from North Texas, and Jimmy Rogers went to Iowa State from Washington State, really late into the ...

WVU DC Alley losing sleep, making changes to defense

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MORGANTOWN - West Virginia football has its weekly press conferences on Tuesday around noon. Rich Rodriguez goes first for around 20 minutes, followed by defensive coordinator Zac Alley, and then select players. Usually, everyone looks forward to hearing what Rodriguez has to say, but for the ...

Rodriguez confident despite rocky Big 12 start

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MORGANTOWN — Rich Rodriguez has been there before — granted a quarter of a century ago, back as the 1900s gave way to the 2000s and he was named Don Nehlen's successor as West Virginia's head coach. You might remember, he walked into a cauldron that was bubbling over with anticipation, ...

How many more wins are left for WVU football team?

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football suffered another gut punch this past weekend, losing to Iowa State on the road, 45-42. The Cyclones had a new head coach in Year 1, a new staff, new players, and were picked to finish towards the bottom of the Big 12. With the help of the Mountaineers' ...

WVU football commit Chris Wilson shot, killed at 17

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football commit Chris Wilson was reportedly shot and killed Sunday night in Delaware County, Indiana, according to multiple local outlets. The 17-year-old was reportedly shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene Monday morning after being found in a car by Muncie police. Wilson was a four-star defensive end recruit for the class of 2027 from Yorktown High School and had been committed to the Mountaineers since June 11 of 2026. He was the third-best recruit in the class for WVU at 6-foot-5, 235 pounds. His junior year, Wilson played in 12 ...