ATHENS, Ohio – Rich Rodriguez was right: Ohio wasn’t a trap game for West Virginia’s football team.

The Bobcats, on this day, were just better.

Ohio limited the Mountaineers to three points on their final 11 possessions of a 17-10 Bobcats victory on Saturday at Frank Solich Field at Peden Stadium.

Ohio (1-1) outgained West Virginia 429 yards to 250, picked up 23 first downs to the Mountaineers’ 13, won the time of possession statistic by a margin of 40:15 to 19:45 and ran 79 offensive plays to WVU’s 56.

“Just very disappointed,” Rodriguez, the Mountaineers’ coach, said. “Starts with me. Told the guys I failed them this week. I thought we had a good week of practice, thought we were ready to play, and we weren’t. We didn’t execute. Lot of things to work on.”

Before a Peden record crowd

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