There were simply few positives and so many negatives that it doesnt really merit a game breakdown or recap. They came to Lubbock, got their asses kicked and flew home. It was just that simple. I stated in the previous paragraph that there were no positives, well as sad as it is I guess the biggest positive was that it forced Wren Baker to move on from coach Neal Brown after 6 so-so seasons and finishing with a 37-35 record in these 6 seasons. Only twice did coach Brown finish was a winning record at WVU and was 2-2 in bowl games.

Now for the fun part. As of December 11th, it was revealed that former WVU football coach Rich Rodriguez was returning home to coach his alma matter once again. Rich was 60-26 in his 7 season stint from 2001-2007 and 34-14 in Big East Conference play winning 4 Big East Conference titles in the last 5 seasons he was at West Virginia. Rich was also 32-5 his last 3 seasons at WVU with 4 consecutive New Years Day bowl games and 2 BCS games.

Will coach Rodreguez recapture that type of success in this stint as the WVU head football coach some 17 years later? Most likely no but I do believe that Rich Rood knows what it takes to win at WVU and he will get that done. Can his system work in the Big 12, I don’t see why not as many coaches have copied coach Rodriguez style and approach to offensive football, even some currently in the Big 12. So now we will see if coach Rodriquez can get some players in the transfer portal to supplement the 2025 team until he gets a chance to recruit his own style players.

In all the excitement we must not forget that the Mountaineers do have a Bowl game next week on Tuesday night against the Memphis Tigers in the Scooters Coffee Frisco Bowl in Frisco Texas at 9:00 PM on ESPN.