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Re: Annual hoops series with West Virginia may be over
« Reply #7 on: Yesterday at 02:42:50 PM »
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For those who really want this game played, and I do, let history be your guide and do what has worked in the past. Especially if you’re a resident of WVa. Call or write your representatives, tell them you want the two largest state supported schools in the state to play each other. For those who aren’t old enough to know it, that is how the modern bball series got started in the first place. Way back in the early 70’s Herd fans became very vocal about the idea that the two schools should play each other and we were advocating for more than just bball. Things were big enough and organized enough they actually had bumper stickers printed that read something like :
Marshall-WVU
Come On Let’s play Ball
On one corner of the sticker was a drawing of a football and the opposite corner had a basketball.
As I recall there were one or more bills actually drafted that was going to require the two schools to schedule games. At the time it was generally conceded that the chickeneers agreed to the scheduling of the home and home bball series was a deliberate effort to short circuit legislation.
So if you believe in this game as much as I do, do some positive. Contact your representatives and let them know you support this game and you don’t support legislators who don’t support the game.
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Re: Annual hoops series with West Virginia may be over
« Reply #7 on: Yesterday at 02:42:50 PM »
ReplyFor those who really want this game played, and I do, let history be your guide and do what has worked in the past. Especially if you’re a resident of WVa. Call or write your representatives, tell them you want the two largest state supported schools in the state to play each other. For those who aren’t old enough to know it, that is how the modern bball series got started in the first place. Way back in the early 70’s Herd fans became very vocal about the idea that the two schools should play each other and we were advocating for more than just bball. Things were big enough and organized enough they actually had bumper stickers printed that read something like :
Marshall-WVU
Come On Let’s play Ball
On one corner of the sticker was a drawing of a football and the opposite corner had a basketball.
As I recall there were one or more bills actually drafted that was going to require the two schools to schedule games. At the time it was generally conceded that the chickeneers agreed to the scheduling of the home and home bball series was a deliberate effort to short circuit legislation.
So if you believe in this game as much as I do, do some positive. Contact your representatives and let them know you support this game and you don’t support legislators who don’t support the game.
