After the clock hit zero against Robert Morris, Rich Rodriguez took in the win for a couple of minutes, but quickly it’s on to the next week and preparing again.

On his radio show, Rodriguez talked about how quickly you go from the win, then to the correction, and then onto the next opponent. Figuring out what to correct happens quickly because it’s more about preparing for the next team, in this case, Ohio, but it’s important.

West Virginia had a glaring issue to fix from Robert Morris: turnovers.

“The biggest takeaway from that game was like, I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that, three fumbles in four plays,” Rodriguez said.

The Mountaineers fumbled the ball five times and lost four of them, halting a lot of promising drives and keeping the FCS foe in the game in the first half. Against a tougher opponent, like Ohio, the turnovers are more detrimental.

Even wide receiver Cam Vaughn, who led the team with seven receptions for over 100 yards and a touchdown, had a fumble.

“He’s an explosive player, but he’s got to take care of the ball better than he was,” Rodriguez said. “It was a fumble waiting to happen before then because of how he was carrying the ball. So we got to learn from that.”

Rodriguez said the fumbles held WVU back from rotating in more players, especially at the running back position. He wanted to get in Diore Hubbard and Tye Edwards for a couple of plays, but since it was so close in the first half, he never had the chance. Only Jahiem White, Clay Ash, Cyncir Bowers and Tyler Jacklich saw action.

He also wanted to play quarterback Max Brown, but he didn’t play because of a hamstring injury. Rodriguez thinks Brown should be healthy to suit up for practice this week.

Rodriguez said after Robert Morris that during practice, they’ll definitely work on ball security and might go live more, so they know how to handle the ball.

There were other takeaways now that Rodriguez had time to watch film from Robert Morris.

The first place he looked was at the quarterbacks. Rodriguez thought starter Nicco Marchiol did a “nice job” running the offense. He was 17-for-20 on passes, threw for 224 yards and a score. Marchiol also rushed for a touchdown.

He also liked what he saw out of the other quarterbacks, too.

“Nicco’s got some game experience,” Rodriguez said. “He’s relaxed out there seeing the field. There’s always one or two things that you want to take back, but he was in control. In control of running the system.”

Rodriguez talked during camp that the hardest job, aside from the quarterback, in Rodriguez’s offense was tight end. They have to block, catch, and run without being subbed off because it’d slow down the tempo.

Only a couple of tight ends saw action.

“They played pretty well,” Rodriguez said. “I think physically blocking-wise, we were OK, not dominant. Caught the ball a couple of times. It’s an athletic group, not big. We don’t have that 6-5 260-pound guy. They’re all pretty athletic. As far as blocking in the open field, I thought it was solid. It’s OK.”

Then, there’s what Rodriguez saw with this defense. The defense put on a show, holding Robert Morris to three points and 123 yards of offense. For any other coach, that’d be a satisfying outing. Defensive coordinator Zac Alley said it was “OK,” and Rodriguez didn’t think the defense was tested enough.

“We weren’t really challenged on defense, and didn’t think so going in,” Rodriguez said. “Now, obviously, they’re a smaller level. We gave off a couple third-and-10s early. But outside of that, I thought they played pretty solid. Wasn’t really a challenge. Zach always does some stuff, but we didn’t. He didn’t do nearly all the stuff that he typically would do because he didn’t have to.”

There’s always going to be areas to fix, and the time to patch the issues is shorter than you think. Sunday is review the previous game, Monday is all about the next opponent, leaving only a couple of practice days to get ready.

Rodriguez hopes the team can make enough changes to get ready for Ohio, which should be a lot tougher than Robert Morris.

“A lot to work on,” Rodriguez said. “A lot to get better from here on out. The challenge is to get a whole lot tougher.”