West Virginia ended a 12-day coaching search when it officially announced Rich Rodriguez's return last week. Rodriguez, who coached the Mountaineers from 2001-07, takes the job in Morgantown 17 years after he left for Michigan.

With Rich Rodriguez back at the helm of the WVU football program, the winning ways of the early-to-mid 2000s Mountaineers are on a lot of people's minds. And what are those years without Pat White?

Rich Rodriguez opened his second tenure as West Virginia football coach with a volley that he sent thundering north on I-79. Hired on Thursday to return to coach his alma mater — a team he led to four