MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia football coach Rich Rodriguez tried a quarterback change last Saturday at Ohio when Jaylen Henderson spelled Nicco Marchiol for consecutive second-half series in the Mountaineers’ 17-10 loss to the Bobcats.
After both signal-callers struggled to ignite an offense that managed three points on its last 11 possessions and was scoreless over its last six at OU, Rodriguez stopped short of committing to Marchiol as his team’s starting quarterback when the Mountaineers welcome Pitt to Milan Puskar Stadium for Saturday’s 3:30 p.m. Backyard Brawl.
“The quarterback position is very unique here. I’ve never had this many guys that were kind of in the mix and have different skill sets,” Rodriguez said. “I don’t want to say we’re still figuring it out, because we had