MORGANTOWN — One of the unique aspects of having Rich Rodriguez back as West Virginia’s football coach is the heavy emphasis on catch phrases to encapsulate what he is trying to accomplish with his program.

Playing with a “hard edge” has emerged as the catch phrase the public has picked up on the most, perhaps a reaction to the Neal Brown era of Mountaineers football that preceded his return, a time when the public did not sense the killer instinct in his teams that Rodriguez’s teams had during his first seven-year term. kAm!6C92AD 3642FD6 96 :D 72C >@C6 2H2C6 @7 E96 3FD:?6DD 6?5 @7 E96 4@249 AC@76DD:@?[ #@5C:8F6K D2H E@ :E 2E E96 G6CJ 6?5 @7 9:D ?6H 4@?EC24E E92E 2 4=2FD6 H2D :?4=F565 F?56C E96 9625:?8 “&?56CDE2?5:?8 (:E9 #6DA64E E@ r6CE2:? !6CD@?2= x?5:4:2” E92E 8C2?E65 9:> E96 C:89E E

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