By Jerry Ratcliffe

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CHARLOTTE – Twenty-fifth ranked Virginia laid an omelet big enough to feed the Queen City on Saturday night when the Cavaliers were embarrassed by 10-point underdog West Virginia, 38-27, in the Duke’s Mayo Classic.

The Mountaineers, moving to 3-0, out-game planned, out-played and out-coached previously unbeaten UVA, leaving Cavaliers coach Tony Elliott pointing out numerous times that he needed to do a better job of preparing his team.

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West Virginia Rich Rodriguez

WVU’s RichRod: “Virginia is playing a bunch of grown men.”

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Rich Rodriguez has been around the block, having been head coach at West Virginia (twice), Michigan, Arizona with a few whistle stops in between, so when he talks about the challenges of going up against a veteran Virginia team (Saturday night, 7:30 p.m., ACC Network) in Charlotte, fans tend to listen to what he says.