West Virginia lost to TCU 23-17 on Saturday night, suffering their fifth-straight defeat.

WVU is now 2-6 on the season. A loss is never something to celebrate, but the Mountaineers looked the best they had in any Big 12 game, and it was much improved after last week’s beatdown by UCF. Rodriguez isn’t a fan of moral victories, but he agreed the Mountaineers showed improvement against TCU.

“The last game was embarrassing,” Rodriguez said. “We were loafing, not hitting, wasn’t physical. I do think we were physical today. I think our defense was physical, tackled physical.”

There were a lot of positives to take away from the loss.

The offense actually had a passing game, which had been nonexistent all season. True freshman quarterback Scotty Fox Jr. received his second start of the season

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