MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s second practice wasn’t the best. Rich Rodriguez wasn’t happy because the team didn’t take any steps forward, and more importantly, the team was soft.

A position he pointed out was the running backs. Rodriguez said only two of his four running backs made it to the end of the second practice without “tapping out,” or going to trainers for injuries.

“I told those two, that’s pretty good,” Rodriguez said. “Not going to tell you who they are. But you know, there are still 4,000 kids in the portal… I can play a game without running backs. I got running backs here. I got a good group. We finished with two, so you think I’m not going to talk to my recruiting staff this afternoon? We’re running a business.”

The running back position might be the most important in Rod

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