West Virginia Football and Rich Rodriguez: Neither Will Ever Be the Same

Is it possible?  Chew on this.  Maybe Rich Rodriguez and the West Virginia Football program really were a match made in heaven? Did Rodriguez sacrifice the job he was meant to have and leave the team he was meant to lead all because of *gasp* money? Seems so. The West Virginia football program hasn't quite been the same this season.  Sure the Mountaineers opened the season with a blowout over Villinova, but they did allow 21 points and really didn't look impressive doing it. The next week, the Mountaineers were completely dominated by East Carolina and held to three points in that game, the first time since 2001 that West Virginia failed to score a touchdown. And now tonight. The Mountaineers are held to 14 points by a Colorado defense that allowed 17 points to Colorado State and 24 points to Eastern Washington in its first two games. Bill Stewart may be a "West Virginia Man," but the love affair that many Mountaineer fans had with the coach after last season's ... (link)