West Virginia went into Houston and finally snapped the five-game losing streak.

WVU’s offense carried over the momentum against TCU and secured Rich Rodriguez’s first ranked win since taking back over at West Virginia over No. 22 Houston, 45-35. WVU finally got in the win column in the Big 12 and stands at 1-5 and 3-6 overall. Houston is now 7-2 on the season and will likely be bounced from the AP Top 25.

“Good to have a happy locker room,” Rodriguez said. “Played hard. Kept working at it. I was like ‘Where’s this been?’ It’s been there. We just had to put it all together.”

The Mountaineers’ first Big 12 win was led by its true freshman quarterback Scotty Fox Jr., who was making his third start. Fox wasn’t as accurate against Houston as he was against TCU, but he didn’t put the ball in

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