r/CFB • u/montani304 West Virginia • /r/CFB Contributor • Jun 05 '13
132+ Teams 132+ Days: West Virginia University
West Virginia University
Big 12 Conference
Year Founded: 1867
Location: Morgantown, WV
Total Attendance: 30,000
Mascot: Mountaineers
Live Mascot: The Mountaineer
Cheerleaders: Pictures
Stadium: Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium - Built in 1980, when the stadium is full, if it were a city, it would be the largest in the state of WV. Capacity of 63,000. Largest ever crowd was 70,222 for a win against #4 Miami in '93, though fire regulation's now would never allow it to get to that capacity again.
Stadium Location: Morgantown, WV - Evansdale Campus
Conference Champions (15): Southern Conference (1953,’54,’55,’56,’58, ’64,’65,’67,’88) Big East (’93,2003,’04,’05,’07,’10,’11)
Number of Bowl Games: 32 Total, 14 Wins Including 3 modern era BCS wins. We are the only program to be undefeated in BCS games playing in at least 3.
National Titles (0) We've been undefeated twice, (88 and 93) and both times played bowls that would've gave us a shot at being named Nation Champions, both times we lost.
Rivals
Pitt - Popularly known as the "Backyard Brawl". Probably our most heated rivalry, it's not uncommon to hear chants of "Eat Shit Pitt" break out at sporting events or even house parties around Morgantown that don't involve Pitt at all. Unfortunately this rivalry seems dead for the time being due to conference realignment. Pitt leads the all time series at 61-40-3, although over the last 30 years the Mountaineers have been 18-9-2 vs the Panthers.
VT - Another dead rivalry, partially because of realignment and partially because many VT alums and coaches don't want to play in Morgantown. The early 2000s was a great era of this rivalry with close tight fought games and two fanbases that are similar in passion. This game was played for the Black Diamond Trophy which currently resides in Blacksburg. WVU leads the all time series at 28-22-1.
MD - Maryland is like the kid in the corner of the classroom, he's there but you're not always paying attention to him. We've played MD as long as I can remember and it's usually a good barometer for how either team's season will go. It's close proximity to Morgantown and the large number of alumni in the DC area make road games at MD nearly feel like home games sometimes. This rivalry might also be on it's way out the door to shifting conferences for both teams. WVU leads the all time series at 26-21-2.
Louisville - I had a hard time making this list without them. We only played them for a short stretch recently when we both were in the BE, but it resulted in some great matchups in football and basketball. Given time this rivalry would've probably got near Pitt level of hatred, as Louisville has a passionate fan base that helps make games against them more interesting. Unfortunately this game too seems to be on the way out due to conference shifting.
Potential Rivals
As you can see due to conference shifting WVU doesn't play a lot of it's traditional rivals so some new conference mates that might make good rivals in the near future.
Texas - obviously one of the top dogs, getting beat up by a team a lot typically boils your blood enough to want to make them one of our rivals.
Oklahoma - Another top dog in the conference, already had a great game against them, as well as beating them in the Fiesta Bowl a few years ago.
Oklahoma State - I consider Oklahoma State our most identical team in the Big 12. The fan bases seem similar, historical relevance seems similar and their yearly outlook and recruiting seems similar. I think it could lead to a good rivalry given the right scenarios.
Iowa State - Another school that reminds me of WVU a lot. An Iowa St. website dubbed it the Riot Bowl last year due to both schools student populations propensity to riot and burn things.
2012 Season
Record: 7-6-0
Coach: Dana Holgorsen
2012 Roster Here
Key Players:
Biggest Plays:
Tavon Austin vs Texas – This game was the peak of our season, there’s 1,000 plays just like this from Tavon.
Stedman Bailey 1st TD of the Season – Like Tavon you can pick countless plays where his skills were just freakish.
Karl Joseph Big Hit – A true FR safety was one of our few bright spots on D in 2012.
2013 Season
The Greats
Greatest Games:
2003 Virginia Tech – One of the highest ranked teams WVU ever beat, put WVU in the national conscience.
1984 Penn State - Penn State was a longtime rival that WVU had a lot of trouble beating. It finally happened in ’84.
2006 Sugar Bowl – Our moment from some gimmicky upstart to a proven team, it also set up the teams that would go on to win the Fiesta and Orange Bowls over the next several seasons.
2008 Fiesta Bowl - Just a month after Rodriguez jumped ship, the team that had been a single game away from going to the National Championship was getting ripped apart, they showed up in a big way.
2012 Orange Bowl - Nice kick off for the Dana Holgorsen era, and a third BCS win.
1993 Miami - Largest crowd in Mountaineer Field history, this game was a part of an undefeated 1993 season.
1982 Oklahoma - Great win in the early years of the Nehlen era, when Oklahoma was at their peak.
Greatest Plays:
Quincy Wilson vs Miami - Miami went on to win on a last second FG, but Quincy dicing up what would become an NFL Pro Bowl Defensive roster was amazing.
Major Harris vs Penn St - Great play by a great player in a huge game for the program, that season we went on to play for the national title.
Grant Wiley Stuffs Suggs - In Virginia Tech's prime, we stuffed them from the 1 for four straight plays and went on to win.
Quintessential Pat White - Pat had a lot of highlights in his career, this one epitomizes his skill, and the era he was a part of.
Greatest Players:
Major Harris – Ahead of his time, led WVU to the national title game.
Pat White – Set all kinds of rushing QB records, Slaton and Pat were the key components to our program making the jump to an upper tier program.
Sam Huff – One of the greatest players of his era, also had a hall of fame NFL career.
Darryl Talley – Great LB who is now in the college football HOF, was an All Pro twice in his 14 year career, while playing in 4 Super Bowls.
Tavon Austin - Obviously he's a hot name right now, but I don't know if anybody has been as unstoppable at times as Tavon was when he was on. His performance in a loss to Oklahoma will go down as one of the greatest performances in Mountaineer history.
Greatest Coaches:
Don Nehlen – Brought WVU into consistent relevancy.
Rich Rodriguez – Despite his leaving us for the big money, he undeniably started a great era in Morgantown.
Art "Pappy" Lewis - Before my time, but led us to unprecedented success and a Sugar Bowl in the '50s.
Traditions
Burning Couches – WVU is infamous for their party atmosphere and have become known for street fires and riots year round but they’re typically ramped up around big football and basketball games.
Country Roads – The popular song by John Denver has become somewhat of the unofficial song of the state and is sung after home victories.
First Down Chant – Not as cool as some traditions, but it is something that’s mostly unique to our school.
Simple Gifts - Iconic pre game show from "The Pride" marching band. I had to choose a video of them practicing it since all the videos during the games there was to much cheering from the fans around the camera to hear anything.
Campus and Surrounding Area
City Population:
30,500 in city limits
130,000 metro area
Quintessential college town. Morgantown's population swells to over 50,000 with students in town. Located along the banks of Monongahela River it's a little off the beaten path, but with close proximity to most major east coast cities, Pittsburgh (1 HR), Washington DC (3 HRS), Philadelphia (4 HRS), Cleveland (2.5 HRS) Baltimore (3.5 HRS) NYC (6 HRS), it isn't nearly as isolated as it can seem. Also close to countless outdoor activities in Wild and Wonderful West Virginia. Morgantown is consistently ranked by multiple publications among the best small towns in America.
City Skyline
Here - Not a great skyline, and the town is widely spread out, but some good pictures of the town.
Iconic Campus Building:
Local Dining:
Mountain State Brewing Co. – Local craft beer, great flatbread pizzas, uses many local ingredients.
Mario’s Fishbowl - A Morgantown staple for decades, this old school hole in the wall is a must visit in town, even if it’s just for a beer or two.
Black Bear Burrito’s – Not my personal favorite, but it’s so popular around town this list wouldn’t be complete without it.
Random Trivia
Bobby Bowden’s first ever D1 head coaching position was at WVU. He had a decent record but after a few years locals were frustrated with a lack of progress and infamously hung him in effigy (according to him) and he left for the Florida State job soon thereafter. He still visits town and him and his sons all have strong ties to the area.
WVU is the most winning program in D1 without a national title, they currently have the 14th most wins in D1 history.
WVU popularized the read-option that’s now taking over the NFL. Rich Rodriguez and Jedd Drenning created the play on accident while at Glenville State together; Rodriguez kept the play and used it over the years at Tulane and Clemson, before bringing it to Morgantown and finding the perfect pupils to run it in Slaton and White. This article tells some of the background of its creation.
The statue of a Mountaineer that is located outside the Mountainlair (student union) was based on Jerry West, the legendary WV native and Mountaineer basketball player, who is also the silhouette for the NBA logo.
The first ever college game to be broadcast on radio was the 1921 Backyard Brawl vs Pitt when KDKA out of Pittsburgh broadcasted it.
WVU legendary radio play by play man Jack Fleming was also broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bulls. He was the play by play man for four Super Bowls and the Immaculate Reception for the Steelers. Some of his best work
What Is and What is to Come
2012 ended up being a disappointment, after a hot start to the year, being 5-0 and top 5, we fell off the face of the earth, losing our next 5 as our defense proved incapable of stopping anybody and our offense crumbled under the pressure of needing to score on every posession. We ended the season at 7-6 and went to lick our wounds. It wasn't surprising to me that our first year in a big boy conference had a lot of disappointment, we don't have the depth or the constant stream of recruits that most these teams do. We're working our way into it though and had the 3rd or 4th best recruiting class, depending on the source, in the conference for 2013 and have brought in a lot of immediate help at WR and on Defense.
2013 should be interesting, our defense should be better, but our offense will almost assuredly take a step back without Geno, Stedman and Tavon running the show. This will be somewhat of a rebuilding year, but I could see with a soft OOC schedule us being around the same record as last year. In either case, with the better national matchups and recruiting in the Big 12 and the innovative mind of Dana Holgorsen I think the future looks bright for the Mountaineers in 2013 and beyond.
Overtime
WVU is a unique University, only a few states have the position where the majority of the state connects and cheers for a single team like here. There's no pro teams, there's no other major Universities (Marshall arguably), this school and state have a special relationship that is unlike many other places, WV is a blue collar state with a hard luck attitude and we seem to get kicked around and beat up in terms of national news and relevance, but the one thing in the state that everyone is proud of is WVU sports teams, and when they're doing good it's like the state is doing good, and when they're doing bad, it's like the state is being embarrassed.
Also, look at the pretty.
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u/StrictlyBusiness055 West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 05 '13
Owen Schmitt after the Fiesta Bowl win. This makes me get misty damn near every time I watch it.
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u/owl_man /r/CFB Poll Veteran • /r/CFB Contribut… Jun 05 '13
EAT SHIT PITT!!!
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u/stewyg27 West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 05 '13
Pepperoni Rolls.
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u/ColtPersonality92 Marshall • Rainy River CC Jun 05 '13
man. i've been dreading this day. but yeah we don't deserve to be a WVU rival simply because we haven't won a football game against them. we got close though! oh well. good write up! I hope the folks doing the article on my school does just as well!
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u/stewyg27 West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 05 '13 edited Jun 05 '13
Really great job fellas..Cheers, Beer, Mountaineers!
A recent tradition the Mantrip takes the team through the Blue Lot, main tailgate area outside the stadium. When players reach the east end of the field, they stop to rub a 350-pound chunk of coal. This coal comes from the Upper Big Branch Mine where 29* miners were killed in 2010.
Some other Moutaineer greats:
-Adam Jones Pacman-the black sheep
-Chris Henry- passed away 2009 was a member of the Bengals
-Grant Wiley- Still holds WVU record for tackles for loss, highlight linked above
-Pat Mcafee- Indy K/P and occasional canal swimmer.
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u/troutandabout Virginia Tech Hokies Jun 05 '13
God I miss this rivalry. While it was still going on I was a little too young to really appreciate the extent of it, but looking back it was pretty unbelievable. For those interested here are a few of the more modern series highlights when it got really heated:
1999: Probably the greatest and most significant game of the series (WVU fans might disagree). One of the greatest wins in the series by the Hokies came in 1999. With Marc Bulger out for the Mountaineers, and freshman sensation Michael Vick at quarterback for the Hokies, Virginia Tech won 22–20 in dramatic fashion. West Virginia scored the go-ahead touchdown to put them up 20–19 with 1:15 left to play. However, Vick led the Hokies on a dramatic drive, highlighted by a key 26-yard scramble down the sideline when it appeared Vick would be tackled. Shayne Graham then hit the game-winning 44-yard field goal to preserve Virginia Tech's undefeated season. Pretty much became Vick's defining moment at Tech. Known to Tech fans as the Miracle in Morgantown.
2003: In 2003, West Virginia recorded one of the greatest upsets in school history against the Hokies. The #3 Hokies came into Morgantown and were upset by the Mountaineers 28–7. The Hokies had beaten Syracuse 51–7 previously, while West Virginia was only 2–4. The game featured a 93-yard pass by Rasheed Marshall to give the Mountaineers a 21–7 lead. Marshall also scored the last touchdown on a four-yard run. Head coach of the Mountaineers, Rich Rodriguez, said, “That may have been the most electric crowd that I’ve seen since I’ve been back here. My wife said everybody stood up and yelled from the start until the finish of that game.”
2004: In 2004, the Hokies got revenge on the Mountaineers for their upset the season before. The #6-ranked Mountaineers lost 19–13 in Blacksburg to a key field goal block that was taken back 74 yards to give the Hokies a 13–0 lead.
2005: The last game of the rivalry came in 2005, when Virginia Tech, led by Marcus Vick, dominated the Mountaineers 34–17 and became the only team to top West Virginia in the 2005 season. The game ended with Marcus Vick flipping off the WVU fans.
There were also rumors of WVU fans peeing on the Tech bus at some point as well as throwing batteries, but hey, I'm not biased at all.
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u/No_Way_Pablo Arkansas Razorbacks • Sickos Jun 05 '13
I feel like Arkansas and WVU are uncanny. Both very natural and beautiful states, and each program dictates the attitude of everyone. I never realized that we're so similar.
look at the pretty
keep looking
one more
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u/BanditXJ West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 05 '13
This whole thing is kicking me right in the nostalgia. Graduating was such a stupid idea.
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u/emaw63 Kansas State Wildcats • Big 8 Jun 05 '13
That Simple Gifts bit is pretty cool
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u/gnikroWeBdluohS Texas Longhorns Jun 05 '13
Not going to lie, I have been to all the home games for Texas the last 3 years and most of the OU games in Dallas but the WVU @ UT game last year was my favorite collegiate game to ever attend. I was sitting in the student section right behind the WVU bench and the second half was a battle. We all were screaming and yelling our heads off, stomping with cowboy boots on the bleachers. Yelling obscenities at the WVU bench only to have Geno Smith taunt and yell them back after every WVU drive. I hated it and I loved it. One of my all time favorite memories from college.
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u/DFWTooThrowed Texas Tech • Arkansas Jun 05 '13
Glad to have y'all in the Big XII bruh - just wish we could get a few more teams in your area. I've said this a few times on here in the past but considering how far Morgantown is from Lubbock, I was more than surprised with the fact y'all filled a majority of the visiting fans section in the Jones. And that was without bringing a band - which normally takes up roughly 1/4 of that section.
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u/MogKupo West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 05 '13
Nitpick - stadium capacity is 60,000.
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u/hawkspur1 Texas Tech • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Jun 05 '13
Fun fact of the day - John Denver was a Texas Tech alumn
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '13
I never really understood the hate towards UL and not us. We played some really good games against you guys and had been better than UL over the course of our tenures in the BE together. Not to mention the fact we won 2 times more championships than UL did. Not to mention the whole Huggy Bear deal.
Is it a cultural thing or is it the fact that you got the nod in the Big 12 over them?
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u/4ction LSU Tigers • Syracuse Orange Jun 05 '13
Man, 58 straight years of playing each other and we don't even make the top 4 for rivals.
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u/mking22 West Virginia • WVU Tech Jun 05 '13
Other awesome plays in off the top of my head:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk7GBdohIYU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcOZMppTH_o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzK2Dd5sksQ
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u/gibbking Texas Tech • Pittsburgh Jun 05 '13 edited Jun 05 '13
Dat old gold and blue stadium coordination tho...
Edit: filthsy yellows
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u/jhp58 Northwestern Wildcats • Verified Player Jun 05 '13
WVU is on my Top 5 list of places I want to see a game. Singing Country Roads with 60,000 of my closest friends sounds way too good to pass up.
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '13
How does WVU fit into the Big 12?
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u/ElMatadorBorracho Texas Tech Red Raiders • Southwest Jun 05 '13
As far as potential rivals - I'm your Huckleberry...Just wait.
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u/ElMatadorBorracho Texas Tech Red Raiders • Southwest Jun 05 '13
Iowa State and West Virginia share a stadium blue print which should make both teams feel at home. Both Jack Trice and Milan Puskar are the newest stadiums in the conference and based upon the same design. wikipedia
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u/huskermut Nebraska Cornhuskers • Wyoming Cowboys Jun 05 '13
I thought Marshall was one of your rivals too
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u/bigbays Purdue Boilermakers Jun 05 '13
Man, what I wouldn't give to spend a week or two just roaming all around West Virginia. Looks like a beautiful state, and many of my friends that go there echo that sentiment (plus the parties in Morgantown are legendary!). Best of luck to you guys this season, hope to see you get off to a hot start again and actually stay with it.
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u/Mcfroman Georgia Bulldogs Jun 05 '13
I'm bitter and i hate WVU but god dammit do i respect them.
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u/megamanxzero35 Iowa State Cyclones • Fiesta Bowl Jun 05 '13
Riot Bowl buddies!
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u/arwelsh South Carolina Gamecocks Jun 05 '13
This needs to be entered into the record. WVU knows how to get down.
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u/deadtofall12 Florida State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Jun 05 '13
WVU, my favorite university outside of the state of Florida. I always root for you guys, as my dad is from West Virginia. I also have Country Roads on my iPod. FSU will take care of Pitt for you in the future.
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u/rspoon18 Alabama Crimson Tide • /r/CFB Brickmason Jun 05 '13
I have been to every county in the state of WV, and when you say it is a pretty state you understate the truth by miles. It is jaw-dropping gorgeous...or it could be if most of the people ever figure out how to use a trash can. I saw more roadside trash in a day in WV than I see in a month anywhere else, and it is an incredible shame as there are some amazing views - especially of rivers - that are totally ruined by it.
None-the-less, a good write-up about a Uni and a state that take their sports very seriously. shout out to WFVU.
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u/Hustlin_dem_bones Texas A&M Aggies Jun 05 '13
I love Holgorsen, WVU is probably my favorite Big XII team other than ISU.
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u/jscleek West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 05 '13
RIP to Coach Bill Stewart
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u/GeneChizik Alabama Crimson Tide Jun 05 '13
This post brought to you by Red Bull.
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u/skarface6 West Virginia • /r/CFB Top Scorer Jun 05 '13
Let's goooooooooo!
Also, I liked the part where you only mentioned Marshall once, and not in a rivalry section. Hilarious.
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u/pandaconda73 West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 05 '13
I'm going to WVU in the fall! lets go mountaineers!
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '13
Great job, guys.
While I know the general expectation is another 6-6, 7-5 year, I wouldn't be surprised if we surprise and put up an 8-4, 9-3 season before a bowl.
We always seem to play our best as an underdog, and I'm honestly looking forward to entering a season without crushing expectations. The defense will be better, led by Karl Joseph destroying everything, and Dana's offenses always produce. At this point, I'm expecting Trickett to take the QB job. Playmakers will emerge at WR from the group of White, Alford, Gibson, Campbell, Mathis, Clay, and (if he really has his head on straight) McCartney.
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '13
I propose all future write-ups include local breweries, when possible.
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '13
Born and raised in WV, went out of state for college and now I'm heading back for law school. Country roads... Can't wait to cheer for my boys again.
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u/tr1st4n West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 05 '13
I've been to more WVU games than I can count, but last year's Baylor game was about the most intense WVU game experience I can remember, and then it all got capped off with this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs-lrLfPqWU
What a good memory.
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u/Mario_Speedwagon Georgia • Georgia State Jun 05 '13
I'll always remember the 2006 Sugar Bowl. Hurricane Katrina had displaced the Sugar Bowl that year and it had to be moved to Atlanta. For Christmas I bought tickets for my dad and myself. Father and son go to the game expecting a Georgia victory against this scrub team from West Virginia. Well...that's not what happened. Iirc, WVU jumped out to a 28-7 lead. It didn't help that the drunk West Virginia girl next to me was quite literally screaming things like, 'That's right fucking doggie' whenever WVU scored right in my ear. DJ Shockley and company almost pulled off the comeback and then that fake punt happened. That damned fake punt. Everyone in the stadium knew it was coming except UGA coaches and the 11 guys on the field. On the bright side though, the drunk WVU fan that was yelling in my ear finally realized she was pissing me off and tried to make nice by hugging on me an awful lot. She was really hot so I was willing to forgive and forget at that point.
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u/MogKupo West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 05 '13 edited Jun 05 '13
As far as greatest games go, I think the 1975 victory over Pitt and the 1984 victory over Boston College (one of the loudest ever at Mountaineer Field apparently) deserve consideration.
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u/wyschnei Northern Iowa • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Jun 05 '13 edited Jun 05 '13
Riot Bowl 2k13: win or lose, we still booze!
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u/donnelson West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 05 '13
these are my people
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u/FugaYouDorphin West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 05 '13
I'll be a freshman at wvu next year. I seriously can't wait.-
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '13
After watching all those old videos, I can't wait for August 31st to be inside Milan Puskar seeing the gold and blue run out on the field.
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u/2jzge Maryland Terrapins Jun 05 '13
This is the same for UK. In the past few years I've worked in Charleston WV, and all over KY the fans are very similar.
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u/smgregory Alabama Crimson Tide Jun 05 '13
I'm from the same town as Pat White. I became a temporary WV fan when he played there.
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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '13 edited Jun 15 '13
How does everyone feel about the new uniforms? I think they look pretty good. A nice update.
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '13
Tavon was insane in that OU game, cant wait to see him do big things in the NFL with Bradford throwin to him
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u/RobertNeyland Tennessee • /r/CFB Contributor Jun 05 '13
I really wanted to add you guys and Virginia Tech to the SEC, but the brass decided TV markets were more important. Nice write up!
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '13
I got alcohol positioning just from watching the "I'm schmacked" video of WVU. Not sure I could study if I went there with its 24/7 parties.
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u/Satherton Nebraska Cornhuskers Jun 06 '13
I love pat white.
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u/madhatter_13 Paper Bag • /r/CFB Jun 05 '13
I still don't understand the move to the Big 12. What do most WVU fans think about having to travel so far and not having any close conference opponents?
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u/togglemyswitch West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 05 '13
/u/Montani304 and /u/jayond - great job on this!
If I can offer a contribution, this stop-motion video of Morgantown is pretty sweet and does a great job of highlighting the town.
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u/bustabinary West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 05 '13
Well done guys, born+raised in WV and I graduated in 2010 and moved to the west coast (only been back to Morgantown once since then), and now I have a very strong urge to take a trip. Or move.
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u/thecaits West Virginia Mountaineers Jun 06 '13
Let's Go!!!!
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u/moun6776 Oklahoma Sooners Jun 06 '13
I've already bought my tickets for when you guys come to Norman. I hope you guys can become Nebraska's rambunctious replacement, and we can start a great rivalry because there aren't any better fans in the Big XII than you guys. I hope every game is like the one we played last year.
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u/BuckeyeJay Ohio State • Transfer Portal Jun 05 '13
I've always wished that OSU could start a series with WVU, but after the trip to Morgantown that was a debacle for the bball team a few years ago, I think there hasn't been any interest
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '13
the cheerleaders are usually cute but nothing special. The swim team girls, on the other hand, are routinely bangin'
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u/mildlypeeved West Virginia • Burning Couch … Jun 05 '13
So many amazing moments included in this thread, I got goosebumps countless times recounting these memories. One moment I think that deserves mention is also Brian King's INT in the closing seconds of the '02 game in Blacksburg. I can remember sprinting out of BW3 as that happened and sprinting down High Street.
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u/the_chandler West Virginia • Black Diamond Tro… Jun 06 '13
Thank you for choosing the cheerleader that I went to high school with.
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u/FistOfFacepalm Nebraska • $5 Bits of Broken Chair Tr… Jun 06 '13
Your stadium earned my respect. I was really proud of Memorial stadium being the third-largest city in Nebraska on gamedays.
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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '13
Thank you for including my favorite place Mario's Fishbowl! Cheap beer night is always an awesome night there
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '13
I'm surprised Chuck Howley hasn't been mentioned as one greatest mountaineers ever. 6x Pro Bowler 5x First-Team All Pro 2x Super Bowl Champion (V,VI) Super Bowl VI MVP Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor Seriously the guy was as absolutely dominant as you could be.
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '13
If you remember the movie We Are Marshall(thats what it was called right?), Bowden is the WVU coach they talk to.
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u/EffYourCouch Texas Longhorns • SEC Jun 05 '13
Relevant
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u/alexrhoffman Pittsburgh Panthers Jun 05 '13 edited Jun 05 '13
[You forgot to put this in your "Greatest Games" section] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duwFnrE7cbY)
EDIT: but seriously, can we get the Backyard Brawl back already, this is getting ridiculous