MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The only cheering West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez heard this time in the Backyard Brawl was from his own supporters.

Tye Edwards rushed for three touchdowns, including a 1-yarder in overtime to lift West Virginia to a 31-24 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday night.

West Virginia (2-1) bounced back from a pitiful performance a week ago at Ohio . Rodriguez won in his first matchup with Pitt since 2007, when the Panthers prevailed 13-9 and denied the Mountaineers a trip to the BCS national championship game.

Rodriguez, whose postgame news conference in that game was punctuated by the celebration coming from Pitt's locker room, has said this meeting wouldn’t erase any of the angst from that loss. But the result set off a celebration from the sellout crowd.

″This win

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