West Virginia’s quest for a bowl game came to an end Saturday afternoon.

The Mountaineers fell to Arizona State 25-23 to lose their seventh game of the season, knocking WVU out of bowl game contention. The Mountaineers fell to 4-7 on the year, 2-6 in the Big 12. Arizona State moved up to 7-3, with a chance to make the Big 12 title game.

WVU has a bye and then closes out the season against Texas Tech, which is ranked in the top 10, and could be even higher in two weeks.

“Lack of discipline,” WVU coach Rich Rodriguez said. “That goes back to coaching. Can’t even get lined up on the last play to get the field goal blocked. Lack of discipline, coaching.”

The Mountaineers were close to completing a fourth-quarter comeback. It started with a long 72-yard drive, capped off with a 1-yard Curti

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