Rich Rodriguez Seems To Have Little Faith In WVU Football's Offensive Line Depth

The Mountaineers have no answers for their offensive line struggles.
Oct 3, 2025; Provo, Utah, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Rich Rodriguez looks on during the fourth quarter of the game against the Brigham Young Cougars at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Images
Oct 3, 2025; Provo, Utah, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Rich Rodriguez looks on during the fourth quarter of the game against the Brigham Young Cougars at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Images | Rob Gray-Imagn Images

Stop us if you have heard this before – WVU football's offensive line is really bad. Like, exceptionally bad.

The Mountaineers aren't winning any games with this offensive line. In fact, the line's play is bringing the rest of the offense down tremendously to the point that the running backs are consistently getting hit in the backfield with the ball, and none of the four starting quarterbacks this season have been able to find a rhythm.

But Rich Rodriguez, head coach for the West Virginia Mountaineers, does not seem like he's interested in making any offensive line changes. Never mind that the offensive line saw the same starting five take the field again on Saturday and that those players combined for an average PFF grade of 54.48 – and that they haven't combined for an average grade over 60 since Week 2.

Also never mind that he said earlier this season after the Utah loss that backups Malik Agbo and Donovan Haslam would play more. Or that Agbo and Haslam were the team's highest-graded offensive linemen by PFF during the UCF, and that it marks the fifth time in as many games that at least one backup offensive lineman was among the top two graded blockers on the team. Or that he called his offensive line's effort "ridiculous" after the BYU loss. Apparently, the starting five are the best that Rodriguez has.

"People say change up on the O line – trust me, if we thought the change up would be better, we will do that. And we're trying to do that," Rodriguez said after the UCF loss

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