Topic: H-D: Chuck Landon: Is WVU angling to never play MU at all?

[ZackUSAF82]

It's not just football.

Oh, sure, West Virginia University balking at extending the annual football series against intra-state rival Marshall is the cause célèbre.

But, perhaps, the Mountaineer athletic hierarchy is moving toward a philosophy of not playing Marshall in any sport.

Case in point, baseball.

Marshall coach Jeff Waggoner has been trying to get WVU to play an annual game in Charleston's Appalachian Power Park since taking over the Herd's baseball program five seasons ago.

"That would be huge for the state," Waggoner has said. "We need that in this state. There's no doubt about it. It helps the state in baseball. That's what we should look at No. 1.

"It helps in recruiting. It generates some interest."

Marshall athletic director Mike Hamrick also is an advocate of an annual Marshall-WVU baseball game in Charleston.

Link: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x27445404/Is-WVU-angling-to-never-play-MU-at-all

[mxman870]

We do not need to play that trash from morganhole. AFTER WE WIN THE LAST TWO GAMES IN THE FOOTBALL SERIES THEY CAN KISS MY A**.  :o

[svherd]

I agree, I would sever all ties with them. We dont need them and they dont need us.

[Daherdboy]

In one respect, I disagree.

I enjoy playing the 'eers in women's tennis every year and thumping their gord.

Oh, they try hard, but the Herd is just too tough to overcome.

Now, what is it?

Oh, yes.....    10 Wins In A Row .......   And Counting.   ;D


And that's with a home and home series.

[Thundering In MD]

After living in MD for five years, I feel sorry for WVU.  They are looked down upon by the rest of the NE cooridor.  I also understand why they think they can look down on us.  As the armpit second chance school of the Northeast, it is just funny to watch them strut around.

For years, I have been preaching that we do not need them.  Sure the game is fun to watch, but I am more excited about having VT in town than ever seeing WVU again.

Beating WVU isn't that big of a deal, they are just a regional school like us.  VT on the other hand is on the national stage.  We need to quit begging them to play in any sport and let them get back to their natural place of being the dumpy little school in the Northeast.  Let's get back to playing for Championships and playing some games with the REAL big boys (not the one's playing dress up).

[marshallmark]

In one respect, I disagree.

I enjoy playing the 'eers in women's tennis every year and thumping their gord.

Oh, they try hard, but the Herd is just too tough to overcome.

Now, what is it?

Oh, yes.....    10 Wins In A Row .......   And Counting.   ;D


And that's with a home and home series.

Dear Lord, I'm tired of this.  Their arrogance is only matched by Chuck's whining.  Can we just let Hamrick do his job and, then, if it blows up we can go criticize all we want? 

[NewfieHerdFan]

I've always supported the Coal Bowl. Despite what WVU's administration proclaims, I'll always believe the game is great for the STATE of West Virginia and is an event that gets Herd/Mountaineer fans jawin' months before they actually meet on the field. It's a rivalry. Common sense tells you that. Certain fans can say it isn't..but it is. You can ignore the ESPN rating of the game, tell yourself the sold-out games aren't being attended, and scoff at the amount of money that's injected into Morgantown and Huntington during game day, but the fact remains....it's a rivalry.
With that said, I do feel these will be the last two football games we'll play in a long, long time. WVU is going to end the series. Period. No amount of money or "prodding" by the legislation will get them to continue the Coal Bowl. They're done and they are going to keep stalling on  negotiations and let the series run out. When it comes to anything Marshall/WVU related, this is how WVU operates. It really shouldn't come as any surprise.
Let's go out and win one, if not both, of the last games and move on. I never thought I'd say that, but that's the best thing for Marshall to do. Savor the victories and then transition into the next phase of Marshall football. We have a very proactive athletic director who has the capability of bringing some exciting games to Huntington. We now have Virginia Tech, Louisville, Purdue, and Navy on our home schedule. I'm confident Hamrick will continue to negotiate future series with BCS teams.  ;D

[IM4DHERD]

I'd just as soon see a total media blackout of all things related to WVU-MU playing.  Nothing from Chuck, nothing from Hamrick, nothing from anybody.  We don't see the WVU mouthpieces in Charleston and Morgantown or Luck EVER saying anything about it.  Screw 'em.  We didn't need 'em before, don't need 'em now and don't need 'em in the future.  I'm tired of sounding like we're begging for crumbs from the King's table.  Let's move forward.  When we are back in the top 25, and we will be, the whole world can look back and ask what happened to that series and they will be exposed for what they are.

[kjh]

If we quit playing WPU in FB, we must drop all sports. No BB or anything else. I live near WPU and I'm tired of the back and forth. I like the games but I'm tired of the rif-raf and BS. Drop em totally.

[HerdHead]

It's a rivalry. Common sense tells you that. Certain fans can say it isn't..but it is. You can ignore the ESPN rating of the game, tell yourself the sold-out games aren't being attended, and scoff at the amount of money that's injected into Morgantown and Huntington during game day, but the fact remains....it's a rivalry.

The eerdiots will try to convince themselves it's not a rivalry.  I had an eerdiot in my office just prior to last year's game arguing vehemently against the matchup being a rivalry.  I pulled out quotes I had been collecting from other, higher-ranking eerdiots indicating he was dead wrong:  beat writer Dave Hickman, head coach Bill Stewart, head coach (at the time) Rich Rodriguez, their school newspaper The Daily Antheneum, supposedly "neutral" Daily Mail sports editor Jack Bogacyk, etc, etc.   I'm guessing the headline in the Gazette after last year's game sealed the deal, as I haven't heard from him since:  "NOW IT'S A RIVALRY!"

At least I hope he read the headline, because I think he was a lot like the huge number of other eerdiots who left the stadium in droves early in the third quarter and didn't see the end of the game. 

[wvmafia]

I know this has been batted back and forth a million times on here, but I'm on the side of:  "I don't care what happens.  If we continue to play, 1:1 ONLY.  If we quit playing football, we quit playing EVERYTHING."

[MarshallMatrix]

It's OK, there has to be some kind of scientific or psychological reasoning behind all this.  With a little research, I found there are actual conditions behind these delusions and they may, or may not be treatable.

Rivalphobia - the fear and denial of realizing you are in a rivaly when even your head coach's say you are.

Eerdiotaphobia - the fear of realization that you're actually not as good or famous as you think you are.

Sofaphobia - the fear of couches and uncontrollable desire to set them on fire.

Mulletphobia - the fear of haircuts performed outside the mobile home park by anyone not named Bubba or Sissy.

Mountiephobia - the fear of understanding how economically positive it is to play another school inside the same state.

Eerfanaphobia - the fear to say anything halfway respectable to someone not wearing piss yeller and blew, for fear that they might try to drive off with your house.


I'm sure there are a few other out there...

[herdfan09]

Couple things here:

1. I am getting tired of Landon always writing about WVU, let the people in charge work it out.

2. Something I have noticed in a lot of the comment sections in the paper is that I always see people writing, "As a former Marshall Grad". But you never see anyone saying, "As a former WVU Grad". But by god you sure a heII see every WVU fan talking about how small Marshall University is and talking about how sorry we are. Last time I checked Marshall is bigger than WVSU or the high school they dropped out of. (No offense to any WVSU student or alumni, just a poke at all the who fans that attend WVSU)

[BHFIOHIO]

Bobby knew it...told it....scared shitless someone might notice the diff is MUCH smaller than their fans think or pretend. When Chad, Llow Turner(Chapman was hurt), John Grace, Rogers Beckett  and others were sophomores, we started the 4th qr in the lead at M-Hole the FIRST YR we moved up. LOL. When they came here the first time they were ranked #5 and we were behind 3 at the start of the 4th qtr(in the lead at the half). I mean you could look it up. Last yr they were luckier than the Powerball winner to escape with the win in OT. Dont give a big $hit anymore what they do but the gas station owners on I-79 sure do. Ditto the motel people in M-Hole and Huntington...Krogers was more crowded at 12:00 noon their last visit than I have ever seen it. But if the voters dont give a damm, then I dont either. Cut off your noses to spite yur faces....Happens ever election more all the time.

[HerdKixButt]

I'm not that worried about the series continuing in some fashion. I said a long time ago what the coal industry wants in WV they usually get, and they want the game.

[wvmafia]

I said a long time ago what the coal industry wants in WV they usually get, 

And rightfully so...without the coal industry the state would be the "third world country" that most of America thinks it is.  Long live mining!

[mxman870]

And rightfully so...without the coal industry the state would be the "third world country" that most of America thinks it is.  Long live mining!

We need to elect leaders to do away with cap and trade.

[wvmafia]

We need to elect leaders to do away with cap and trade.

Amen.