West Virginia Head Coach Rich Rodriguez was asked at his introductory press conference about the importance of the Backyard Brawl. He didn’t leave any doubt. “They can’t make it big enough. It’s the biggest that we play every year.

Rich Rodriguez returning to West Virginia never really felt possible, especially after the way things ended roughly 18 years ago. Fans always tossed his name around as someone the school should consider bringing back after a tough string of losses or following a bad season,

Rich Rodriguez has more gray around the temples than the last time he was at West Virginia, nearly 20 years ago when he bolted for Michigan