I'm not really seeing any ESPN "hate" in the link you posted. Nothing negative was written.
What's got me though and that ESPN talking head mentioned it. He thought that after beating 2 solid teams WVU should have broken into the top 25. I kind of agree, The Mountaineers should be ranked somewhere in the 21-25 position. After all WVU is 3-0 but keep winning and it will come especially if we defeat KSU.
Gunn .... of course there is no "hate" in that piece. That is my whole point. It's actually quite positive. And it was written by an "ESPN staff writer."
We just have too many fans who simply choose to live in the "ESPN hates/disrespects us" narrative. I understand that it comes natural to them to simply play the victim role ... you know, kind of a reverse bigotry.
They simply choose to ignore the impartial and positive coverage and focus on perceived and nonexistent negative coverage. They fight a war of their own making in their head. It's actually quite neurotic.
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