MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Rich Rodriguez hardly minced words moments after West Virginia dropped its fourth straight game last Saturday at Central Florida, 45-13.

Rodriguez said his team “stunk in every way” and went on to add that he hoped this was the bottom.

For a Mountaineer squad that’s done nothing to suggest it isn’t largely overmatched against Big 12 opponents, perhaps what irked Rodriguez most in the setback against the Knights was his team’s lack of competitive spirit.

“Most of the games we haven’t played well, the intensity and competitiveness was still there and this past game, it wasn’t,” Rodriguez said. “That’s poor coaching, because we have to do our job, especially me for our guys having to have a certain level of competitiveness on every play. In that game, even early in the

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