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WVU football head coach Rich Rodriguez is off to a no-nonsense start banning TikTok

Rich Rodriguez's return to the West Virginia football program has the fanbase excited to return to its glory days. Rodriguez is also making a statement by banning a popular social media site.

By Tyler Reed

Jacksonville State Head Coach Rich Rodriguez celebrates his team winning the C-USA Championship at AmFirst Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama , Alabama December 6, 2024. Jacksonville State defeated Western Kentucky 52 - 12.
Jacksonville State Head Coach Rich Rodriguez celebrates his team winning the C-USA Championship at AmFirst Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama , Alabama December 6, 2024. Jacksonville State defeated Western Kentucky 52 - 12. / Dave Hyatt / Special to the Gadsden Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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The West Virginia football program took a step back in time with the hiring of new head coach Rich Rodriguez.

Rodriguez was the head coach of the Mountaineers from 2001 to 2007 before accepting the head coaching job with the Michigan Wolverines.

However, time has brought Rodriguez back to Morgantown, as the WVU faithful hope that their head coach brings back the glory days of those Pat White Mountaineers squads.

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Rodriguez has always been known for his fiery personality, and the no-nonsense coach has already made his first decree with this new generation of athletes.

It appears that Mountaineers players who were hoping to make viral videos this season are out of luck.

Rodriguez is banning the popular social media site TikTok. "Look, we try to have a hard edge or whatever, and you're in there in your tights dancing on TikTok, ain't quite the image of our program that I want," stated Rodriguez when speaking with the media.

Rich Rodriguez, Pat Whit
West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Rich Rodriguez (right) hugs quarterback Patrick White after defeating the Louisville Cardinals 38-31 at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, WV. White scored the game-winning touchdown on a 50 yard run. / James Lang-Imagn Images

The popular social media site has been a mainstay with college athletes. Numerous videos of athletes doing viral dances have been posted over the last few years.

Now, it appears that Rodriguez doesn't love the social media site like we love it. (That's a pun on a recently popular TikTok craze for you fellow kids that may not understand. I'm too old for this.)

Anyway, there's a new era in Morgantown, and the kids better get with the program. Or, they could go somewhere more fun.

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