MORGANTOWN -- Had Charles Dickens written a book about West Virginia's football team's season opener against Robert Morris, it might be titled "The Tale of Two Halves."

The Mountaineers struggled in the first half on Saturday afternoon, fumbling four times and losing three of those, and led the Colonials out of Division I FCS just 10-3 at halftime.

However, a completely different West Virginia came out of the halftime locker room as the Mountaineers outscored the Colonials 35-0 after intermission en route to a 45-3 victory at Milan Puskar Stadium in coach Rich Rodriguez's first game back at WVU.

The Mountaineers outgained Robert Morris 625 yards to 123, with 393 of those yards coming on the ground.

"It was a typical first game, but I don't know if I've ever had or seen three fumbles in

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