MORGANTOWN — When it came down to what appears to be one of the biggest recruiting coups in modern West Virginia football history, the most reasonable question of all is whether Rich Rodriguez’s ability to woo Matt Sieg away from his three greatest rivals — Pitt, Penn State and Virginia Tech — and land him at the head of the crucial 2026 recruiting class came down to this:

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