first of all you hill jacks come on here and claim playing us is forced welfare. Second I point out you guys are getting pounded in the Big 12 since you joined. 25-25 is a fact jack.
they just wont go away. they have the same old things to say every post. Give them another year or two in football and I say we see less and less of this. I mean 25-25 the past 4 years isn't exactly tearing it up.
The fact you actually believe what you are saying is what makes this funny.
He would stiff the vendors and run them out of business.
The games were played in mid January when the legislatures were in town. They haven't been at games in the last 2 yrs. Huggins bullied them enough to have games played in December. This game does nothing for wvu. When wvu won last yr there RPI was 33 after beating MU it went to 36. It does no good to play this game. It benefits no one. The only way this will continue if MU does the same thing they did for football. Go to the governor and whine that wvu won't play them.
Doesn't matter what I believe. Facts are facts. The B12 chose WVU because it added value to the B12. Why did it add value? Certainly not because of population/tv sets. It chose WVU because of on field/court performance. BCS bowl game wins in Sugar, Fiesta, Orange over the prior 10 years. NCAA basketball tournament performances with 5 Sweet 16 appearances in the last 12 years (think about that) , including 2 Elite 8s and a Final 4. You may not like WVU. But anyone with a pulse can see why the B12 chose WVU as a member. We add value to their product. We made them better. And while we have yet to win a conference championship in our short 4 years as a member, we have contended. We may never win a conference championship but if and when we do, it will mean something, Why? Because play in a big boy conference.
I don't fault wvu for getting out of the Big East - not saying the Big12 was the right move but I get why they got out when they could. But in terms of football, saying wvu makes the Big12 better is a joke. And if you think wvu has "contended", are you familiar with wvu's conference record? What's the highest wvu has finished since you've been in the conference?
We were 2 games out of first place in basketball last year with an 11-7 record. I'd say that is contending. Football has been a struggle to this point. I think once we find a decent coach, we'll be back to contending in football. The B12 is a tough league and you have to be ready every week. There are no guarantees. Even the current bottom feeders like Texas are pretty good. After all, they gave Oklahoma their only loss. Talent is at a different level than the BE. But despite our struggles, we've still managed to beat Baylor, Texas, and Oklahoma St, since we've been a member as well as the other teams we're supposed to beat. We have a ways to go before we become an upper level B12 team. But at least we are positioned for the future and our ability to re-invest in our programs has been strengthened by the B12 revenue sharing which is expected to be north of $25 million per year. Which brings me back to the point of my original post in response to the "welfare" comment. Why would the B12 bring in a dead weight team? they didn't. We earned our spot.
I may be wrong but aren't the only sellouts in the history of your football stadium the games that WVU played there? I know WVU fans helped fill it up, but still, I'd say that MU fans do care.
yes I do. It is you my friend that is confused and your buddies. We don't need to play you any more than you need to play us. The fact that we get a little larger gate for one game a year does not make or break our program any more than it does yours. I didnt say it your eer fans said it.
kind of like when your fans refer to Marshall fans as the Terds, marshala, lil brother etc?
Probably shouldn't be so quick to doubt the veracity of someone you don't know... Behavior more fitting of your screen name?
and you wonder why we want to end this series? Hilljacks, Morganhole, inbreds, drunks, no thanks.........
I don't think we come here to tell you how insignificant you are. Speaking for myself, I usually only respond to threads you start about WVU trying to convince us you are significant. You probably are significant... just not in Morgantown. I doubt you think of us much up here in Morgantown either, except when you are looking for a way to make money.
We're playing in one of the toughest leagues in the nation, so being middle of the pack there most of the time is pretty good. It sure beats the hell out of playing in C-USA and having 10 win seasons with nobody paying attention. Besides, we are making money with an $80 million per year athletic budget without subsidies. Marshall is losing more than $15.1 million per year with a $22 million athletic budget, and that doesn't seem to be getting better.
Could have fooled me. I saw a lot of empty seats up in the corners there. Maybe a couple thousand people bought all those seats and didn't bother to show up? They actually had some guy who took one of those all around the stadium photos where you could pick out your own picture... I think it was on this site, and the attendance was clear for everyone to see.
ct give it up. I was at the Purdue game it was sold out. We already provided a pixel and proved you guys wrong on this
You're delusional. To mock WVU for losing in the ncaa basketball tournament is hilarious when one considers that MU hasn't been to the Big Dance since Reagan was in office. Or was it Carter? I can assure you that I've never given MU a thought as out team was losing in the sweet 16, elite 8, or final 4. But I can imagine that a lot of our little brothers were happy in their proxy victory.
You still don't get it. Just like most of your posts.
The Legislature has more important worries than to force WVU and Marshall to play basketball. The state is $100 million dollars in the red for the current fiscal year due to low energy prices and Obama's successful war on coal.
