WVU looked better, but still lost to TCU for its fifth

West Virginia suffered another loss, but this time, at least, it was a bit more competitive.

TCU bested WVU 23-17 in the Mountaineers’ homecoming Coal Rush game, handing them their fifth-straight loss and fifth Big 12 loss. WVU is now 2-6 on the year and 0-5 in the conference.

The now 6-2 Horned Frogs, who received votes in last week’s AP Top 25 Poll, went wire-to-wire against WVU, scoring on five out of 11 drives.

Despite the score, WVU actually looked better than the poor performance last week against UCF, starting on offense.

“Played harder,” Rich Rodriguez said. “That was good. Didn’t quit.”

With all the injuries in the quarterback room, WVU true freshman Scotty Fox Jr. started for the second-straight game in a row. The only winning starter, Nicco Marchiol, is out for the year, Te