West Virginia

5-3

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

West Virginia beat TCU 24-20 on Saturday, Oct 24, and plays at No. 13 Texas Tech on Saturday, Nov 7.

Fan mood in the week of the TCU game: middle of the pack

Fan mood in each West Virginia game week this season

Compared with other fanbases in r/CFB game threads that week. Each row is a week, named for its game; the further right the dot, the brighter the talk.

sourerbrightervs UT Martin W 52-7on the sour sidevs Virginia W 38-27on the bright sidevs Oklahoma State L 24-41on the bright sideat Iowa State L 42-45on the sour sidevs Arizona L 31-52middle of the packvs Cincinnati W 45-42all inat TCU W 24-20middle of the packsourerbrighterSep 12vs UT MartinW 52-7on the sour sideSep 19vs VirginiaW 38-27on the bright sideSep 26vs Oklahoma StateL 24-41on the bright sideOct 3at Iowa StateL 42-45on the sour sideOct 10vs ArizonaL 31-52middle of the packOct 17vs CincinnatiW 45-42all inOct 24at TCUW 24-20middle of the pack
  • W 31-24 vs Coastal Carolina
  • W 52-7 vs UT Martin
  • W 38-27 vs Virginia
  • L 24-41 vs Oklahoma State
  • L 42-45 at Iowa State
  • L 31-52 vs Arizona
  • W 45-42 vs Cincinnati
  • W 24-20 at TCU
  • Next: at Texas Tech, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first. The three losses came by 17, 3 and 21.

The last two weeks

West Virginia won 24-20 at TCU, after trailing 17-20 through three quarters and scoring the last 7.

The whole TCU game

Before Texas Tech

Joey McGuire is 3-1 against West Virginia as a head coach.

The playoff simulation gives West Virginia a 15% chance at Texas Tech on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the Texas Tech game has a bowl on it for West Virginia.

Texas Tech game on Now

What the Texas Tech game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what West Virginia fans wrote in r/CFB game threads with every FBS fanbase with enough talk that week. A week runs Monday to Sunday and is named for the game in it. The read is redrawn 300 times from the same commenters, re-ranking every fanbase each time. Sour or all in means the read sat in the bottom or top fifth in at least 70 of every 100 draws; on the sour side or on the bright side, in the bottom or top two fifths in at least 80; anything less settled is middle of the pack. A bright label also needs more positive talk than negative, and a sour one the reverse. Brighter or sourer than usual compares the week with the team's own earlier weeks, after taking out how every fanbase read that week. Each dot sits at the read's rank that week. A week read before these labels keeps the word it was first given, the fifth it sat in (sour, uneasy, mixed, hopeful or all in). Season averages are the mean of a season's reads, in fifths from sour to all in, and seasons before 2026 were read from each week's wider talk, so a comparison across seasons is rough.

Fan mood, week by week

Mood over time

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

What the message boards say

Message boards

Via On3 Mountaineer Message Board

What the reporters say

What reporters say

5 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

The only difference is our Thursday routine is going to change because we’re flying out Thursday, so we will practice Thursday morning
Brennan · On33 days before West Virginia's 2026 game against Arizona
Danny G has done a great job with that group and Coach Salave’a developing them and Coach Bringuel
Brennan · On33 days before the Arizona game
Upon receiving information of the arrest, I have immediately and indefinitely put Noel Devine on leave from the Mountaineer football coaching staff
Rodriguez · On32 days after the 52-7 game

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Fan chatterThe loudest night of the season and what a usual night looks like.

Fan chatter this season

Loud

The loudest night was the 42-45 loss to Iowa State.

FirstSecondThirdFourthIowa State fansWest Virginia fansusual

A usual night for West Virginia fans is steady.

The argumentThe one thing this fanbase can't agree on, with receipts.

Inside the fanbase: all 10 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
SThe Smoking Musket
CCampus paper
OOn3 Mountaineer Message Board
BBluesky
YYouTube
8 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.17Whole-fanbase sentiment · warm

Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.01 of each other — a rare consensus. The most upvoted post:

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Locked On

Can Wvu Keep Him? Mike Hawkins’ Future Takes Center Stage as Purdue Joins the Schedule!

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How West Virginia fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

I am still perplexed how a guy who looked like a middle school QB against a Neal Brown WVU team is considered a first round talent

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One of the crowd’s most upvoted takes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

Every fan group, end to end

negative
0
positive
Casuals+0.17 to Local+0.18

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
30%
recent results
17%
where the program is headed
13%
the defense
10%
offense
9%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

week 10. The sources and the divergence rank are measured. Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model estimate, never a quote attributed to a person.
ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

player roleLimited signal that season

fans think Cam Cook should be protected from heavy workloads

Can we please not play Cook in the 2nd half?? Save him for the games that matter

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Sep 5, 2026 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take

One fan argues Zac Alley is not a good fit for the team

The current state of this defense is fucking shameful man. Giving up 46 ppg in conference play is wild. Zac Alley is a football terrorist

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 10, 2026 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take

One fan believes the team gives up too many points per game

Defense is so bad I'm pretty sure high school offenses in the state of West Virginia could put up 30+ on this pathetic bunch of fuckmooks.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 19, 2026 · via CFB

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scheme identityOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks the defensive scheme is poorly designed

The defense looks like ballsack. I’ve watched a lot of bad WVU defenses but this one might be the most inept.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 12, 2026 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks Cam Cook has exceptional skill

I love Cam Cook, but you cannot run it every play when they're always stacking the box.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 5, 2026 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan believes the offense has improved play execution

Damn, seeing a competent WV offense moving fast downfield successfully multiple times for the first time in 8 years hits like heroin

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 30, 2025 · via CFB

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
West Virginia fans 25% of posts bring up another team▼2pp quieter#60 of 77 saltiest · mostly about Virginia
Who West Virginia fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Virginia6%
  2. Pittsburgh5%
  3. Colorado2%
  4. Charlotte2%
  5. TCU1%
share of West Virginia’s football posts that mention each team
West Virginia lives rent-free in
  1. Arizona9%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up West Virginia
Who they talk aboutThe people this fanbase names more than anyone else does.
Who they talk about Against the field · 2026 season

The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.

Rich Rodriguez
×612.6 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Rich Rodriguez×612.6
Michael Hawkins×182.2
Cam Cook×311.9
Zac Alley×199.6

“Scrimmage 2: Check-in with Tony Caridi and Rich Rodriguez”

board/Mountaineer Message Board · fan post
Fans on Rich Rodriguez
  1. Rich Rodriguez Press Conference Recap: Post Bye Week/Texas Tech After the Week 9 bye week, West
  2. Rich Rodriguez, defensive coordinator Zac Alley, defensive lineman Corey McIntyre Jr. and offensive
  3. WVU football: Rich Rodriguez Radio Show Summary: 11-2 West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez joined his weekly
  4. For someone who played for Rich Rodriguez, doesn't seem very "hard edge" of Pat.
  5. Rich Rodriguez, quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr., running back Cam Cook and linebacker Ben Cutter
  6. Rich Rodriguez press conference summary: 10-20 West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez held his
  7. Watch: Rich Rodriguez, Zac Alley and WVU players preview TCU West Virginia football coach Rich Rodriguez,
  8. Rich Rodriguez's offense and the challenges of facing Michael Hawkins Jr. during his weekly
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
57th
Joy
74th
Anger
55th
Doom
17th
Sarcasm
74th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season vocabulary

2026rodriguez
rodriguezcollegerich rodriguezcoachwindefensive
Scrimmage 2: Check-in with Tony Caridi and Rich rodriguez
2025offense
offensestadiumoddsfumblepittkansas
4 turnovers from the offense doesn't help
2024secondary
secondarywinheadthrow
The secondary has sucked for a decade now.
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