r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 7h ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] West Virginia Defeats Cincinnati 45-42

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team 1 2 3 4 T
Cincinnati 7 14 7 14 42
West Virginia 0 14 7 24 45
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u/Stags304 West Virginia Mountaineers • Paper Bag 5h ago
  1. Rich Rod is mostly 1 trick pony, but he has evolved. We won today with passing. Not something you could say from his first stint. He has gotten better as a coach.
  2. Hawkins Jr is that guy. He is the most important player on the team.
  3. The defense continues to be atrocious, and at this point I don't see a solution. I don't think it's the players either. I put it squarely on Zac Alley.

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u/zanglin West Virginia Mountaineers 4h ago

It's not the players. There's no way we have the absolute worst defensive talent in college football. We don't have guys anywhere near the correct positions. That's not a talent issue

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u/Fraegtgaortd West Virginia • Black Diamond Tro… 3h ago

After 25 years maybe RR has realized that if the opposing team is stacking the box and run blitzing then the quick passing game with TE pop passes and curl routes is lethal, we’ll see