West Virginia is riding high as it enters a Big 12 tilt against a reeling Colorado squad on Saturday in Morgantown, W. Va.

While the Mountaineers and Buffaloes share identical records at 3-6 overall and 1-5 in conference, it's West Virginia, in the first year of Rich Rodriguez's second stint atop the program, looks headed in the right direction.

The Mountaineers went on the road last week and ran all over then-No. 22 Houston 45-35 in their biggest win of the season. Diore Hubbard rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown. Freshman quarterback Scotty Fox Jr. had 65 rushing yards and two touchdowns, and Cyncir Bowers also rushed for 65 yards with a score. Overall, West Virginia racked up a 246-82 edge in rushing yards against the Cougars.

"He played pretty well," said Rodriguez about Fox. "Esp

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