WV fans threw rocks Pitt's team bus

[SoFlaEer]

Guys - first I am in no way defending or condoning rock throwing or the behaviour of the idiot who did it.  With that said, the incident in question was one d#ckhead threw a rock at the pitt bus (and this is still allegedly - there was no police report filed that i am yet aware of - i looked for it), it was not plural, i.e., it was not "fans",  it was not an angry mob, it was one POS assmunch. 

If I had seen the guy throw the rock, I woulda punched him in the face and/or reported him to the police (depending obviously on whether i thougt i coulda taken him or not LOL)- there is no place for that, and most mountaineer fans would agree with that (even if it is Pitt).  But dont place Pitt fans in some saintly position either.  I was with my friend and his family a few years back at Heinz Field and pitt students were yelling at our group to go F7ck our moms you F7cking inbreds as well as many other choice insults following us for several minutes after the game - my friend had his young children with us.

The reputation of a hooligan crowd at WVU is grossly exaggerated and has been over the years.  Yes there are some bad apples, as there are at every school, and I have been to games at the swamp, athens, clemson, va tech, pitt, ohio state, usf, penn state, maryland, and many others and the element is present at every school. 

I was told to go f&ck a sheep, my mom, my sister, called an inbred, at more than one area surrounding and inside of RJS before during and after the game, by several different usf students/fans, without instigation on my or my group's part - had a container wizz over my head after the game in the dark walk back to our car (and heard the guy laughing to his friends "I almost hit him),  .  I was truly shocked by the disrespect, rudeness and lack of class demonstrated by many of your fans (this being my first exposure to them), yet I would not be so bold as to label your entire university community as classless.  I simply chalked it up to the idiot minority that unfortunately exists everywhere. 

I have witnessed UF fans pissing from the upper deck down on tennessee fans leaving the game early (UT was being blown out at the time).  The WVU band was attacked at a Penn State game and subsequently stopped going to Happy Valley because of this incident .   This stuff happens everywhere, and whether you beilive it or not, it is not condoned or encouraged at WVU, and many many wvu fans work extremely hard to make visitors feel welcome.

I actually like your program, which is why i pop in occasionally here, and I am surprised at the hatred directed at WVU - I dont understand why - we dont have much of a history with each other, and what little history there is, you've basically have had the upper hand in. I could see hating us if we were beating you every year or something.

I think we have a nice rivalry building here.  I have a friend who attended USF and was quite excited along with her when you first established afootbal program then how far you have come in such a short time.

It's really unfair to make such broad generalities about an opposing fan base.

Good luck to you in the Sun Bowl.

I think a lot of the hatred from this board is only in good fun. The bad experience you and other had at RayJay is probably because of a number of things... 1) there were a lot of new USF fans at the stadium 2)it was on a Friday night with alcohol 3) your team arrived wearing NY Yankees hats which only 3) USF's horrible experience with WV fans in 2005. WV fans came down here expecting a nice win, a trip to Disney, and to lay on the beach... as if USF was going to be a cake walk. In short, you were perceived to come down here as if you owned the place.

This is not to mention that EVERY WV fan we have talked to discounted our loss last year as a "fluke" because White didn't play or that it was a "trap" game. Add on to the fact that you took a few of our coaches from last year.

Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for the good luck. Best of luck to you at the Fiesta Bowl.

Econnerd - thks for the reply - i could see our fans being cocky rolling in here 2 years ago so i can understand some of the animosity - we travel well, and our bi-annual trips to miami in th past were usually well travelled with 5-10 K fans who combined the trip with cruises etc.  But you gotta remember, we didnt know your school or program yet, you were coming from CUSA, so a little pompousness was (whether deserved or not) probably going to happen.  rest assured your program most definitely has our respect and attention moving forward!

i dont make excuses- you guys beat us 2 years in a row, so i am not nor will not be a whiny fan like that.  I will say I dont think our team was mentally ready to play last year and just thought they had to show up and they'd win (kinda like the nightmare the other night), so the better prepared team won that game.  And this year was no fluke - it was a combination of our own shooting ourselves in the foot and playing a team that forced us to shoot ourselves in the foot on top of that, and you cant expect to win a game like that.

I still think we have a more talented offense and should have won both years (I'm allowed to be a homer in that regard - i dont consider that disrespect, just my own judgemental opinion), but that's why the game gets played.  you get your shot and have to prove it on the field, and USF was the better team on both of those days. 

[WestVaSteelers]

you guys dont know what 100 years of the backyard brawl means.. you dont know how we get treated at Pitt.. throwing rocks is NOTHING.. most people have the common knowledge not to do that stupid stuff, but alcohol makes things get dangerous.. all of your threads are about WVU this, WVU that.. do we really mean that much to you guys.. do you really hate us that much? i dont understand what the problem is, because i watch your games and cheer for you guys, but it seems like you guys cant stand us

[Economics_Nerd82]

you guys dont know what 100 years of the backyard brawl means.. you dont know how we get treated at Pitt.. throwing rocks is NOTHING.. most people have the common knowledge not to do that stupid stuff, but alcohol makes things get dangerous.. all of your threads are about WVU this, WVU that.. do we really mean that much to you guys.. do you really hate us that much? i dont understand what the problem is, because i watch your games and cheer for you guys, but it seems like you guys cant stand us

You play the part of the villain. I mean, who is going to play that part? Pitt? Syracuse? Yeah, not a chance.

I think it's frustrating for us to beat you, arguably the best team in the conference, and still didn't come home with the hardware.

I think we all know that this is not the vast majority of fans in Morgantown. Bunch of drunk bastards ruining your good name!

[Qbanbull]

you guys dont know what 100 years of the backyard brawl means.. you dont know how we get treated at Pitt.. throwing rocks is NOTHING.. most people have the common knowledge not to do that stupid stuff, but alcohol makes things get dangerous.. all of your threads are about WVU this, WVU that.. do we really mean that much to you guys.. do you really hate us that much? i dont understand what the problem is, because i watch your games and cheer for you guys, but it seems like you guys cant stand us

So in a few more years we will be able to have "backyard brawls"? ****, I'm not throwing rocks. I'm bringing the shotgun. 

[CoolBull1]

So...you're saying it's safe to make the trip to Morgantown next year?  O.k....I'll be there.