Rich Rodriguez was visibly frustrated after West Virginia’s close loss against Arizona State. It didn’t feel like WVU was much worse than ASU, and at times, WVU played better.

“I didn’t feel like in the first half that they were better than us,” Rodriguez said. “They are better than us because they won.”

It all came down to a couple of plays down in the red zone, where WVU couldn’t convert, or for Rodriguez, the Mountaineers couldn’t pick up a yard. On three trips, WVU had only three points, after going for it on fourth down twice and didn’t pick up the first down. There was a point where WVU ran the ball three-straight times and couldn’t punch it in.

“You can’t get this much,” Rodriguez said, showing the short number of yards needed to pick up the first down. “You can’t get this much,

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