To Hell with sPitt**

Pitt4Life34

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Wait no one here looks at Pitt as a rival. No need to play them. I say WVU schedules BYU. That’s not that far away.
 
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Best way to screw your rival is to kick them while they are down.

Penn State brought Pitt to their knees so why shouldn't WV kick them in the head.
 
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Wait no one here looks at Pitt as a rival. No need to play them. I say WVU schedules BYU. That’s not that far away.

I say this as an outsider .

Playing Pitt does nothing for WV.
The game will be put on FS1 or ESPNU and no one outside WV or WPA will talk about it.

Games against Penn St, Alabama, Tennessee, VA Tech and Florida State are better for recruiting and better for WV from a national standpoint.

Those games will be watched.
Doubt WV/Pitt comes remotely close to equaling the ratings of WV/Tennessee.
 

Pitt4Life34

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I say this as an outsider .

Playing Pitt does nothing for WV.
The game will be put on FS1 or ESPNU and no one outside WV or WPA will talk about it.

Games against Penn St, Alabama, Tennessee, VA Tech and Florida State are better for recruiting and better for WV from a national standpoint.

Those games will be watched.
Doubt WV/Pitt comes remotely close to equaling the ratings of WV/Tennessee.


Like an Ahole everyone has one Texass. Of course you have no idea what the backyard brawl represents.
 

RichardCranium1

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Big business man like Gregor should understand this.
WVU is guaranteed two big games every year. At least one at home.
Pitt isn't. Pitt gets ND every 5-6 years because of the ACC. They don't play Clemson or Florida State every year. Clemson doesn't have the name of Oklahoma or Texas yet. People don't watch Clemson. Your ACC championship game had horrible ratings. Plus Penn State is refusing to play you because you are a waste of space on their schedule.
Football isn't like basketball. You only have 3 OOC games.
WVU was kind enough to give Pitt some charity by scheduling them 4 times. But those games are a loss for WVU. WVU could have used those games for much better opponents.
 

Rootmaster

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Yeah...maybe a home and home against Liberty, Youngstown St, William & Mary or even Delaware St!!!! Bring back the brawl.....as a yearly gig.
 

RichardCranium1

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Why?
I don't see it.
Maybe when WPA was still turning out future All Pro players every year. Times have change.. Unless WVU wants to be stuck in 1978 like Pitt the Eers must change as well.

Football players come from the following states
North Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Florida
Texas
California
Louisiana

Eastern PA is producing more recruits. New Jersey into Philadelphia is more important at the current moment.
 

doneagain

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Pitt was never the hated rival to me that they are for others. Growing up in the southern part of the state, then living in Virginia for 3.5 years during the Vick era solidified VT as my most hated rival.

Still I would like to play them as it is close by and our fans travel far enough for other games. I would be open to playing Marshall every year if the games were all in Morgantown.
 
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In an ideal world you would be correct.

But football isn't ideal because each university has a value.
Pitt no longer has the value it once had.

WV is important to Pitt because WV can fill their stadium.
WV can fill their stadium against Youngstown State in the rain.

Point is WV needs to play schools with value for recruiting.
Maryland, Penn State, Ohio State, VA Tech and any school in the South.

Who would you rather see WV play?
Pitt or Alabama
Pitt or Florida State
Pitt or Tennessee

Even Pitt or Georgia Tech
 

rhdink

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I hope WVU vs Pitt will be a major success. We may be looking for another conference in a few years. It would be to our advantage to show that playing our traditional rivals is lucrative and therefore appealing to a conference like the ACC.
 

Pitt4Life34

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Pitt was never the hated rival to me that they are for others. Growing up in the southern part of the state, then living in Virginia for 3.5 years during the Vick era solidified VT as my most hated rival.

Still I would like to play them as it is close by and our fans travel far enough for other games. I would be open to playing Marshall every year if the games were all in Morgantown.


You and about 197 others see VT as a rival haha
 

RichardCranium1

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I hope WVU vs Pitt will be a major success. We may be looking for another conference in a few years. It would be to our advantage to show that playing our traditional rivals is lucrative and therefore appealing to a conference like the ACC.

You would rather play Pitt than Virginia Tech or Maryland.
What if Penn St comes back to the table?
Only reason Pitt wants to play is because Penn State refuses to play them after this year
 

Rootmaster

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Virginia Tech has access to the players WVU needs to win.
Beating VPI benefits WVU a lot more than beating Pitt

So just how do they have access to the players WVU needs to win lol? Is it suddenly easier to recruit to the ACC than Big 12-=10? Is Blacksburg more desirable than Morgantown? Is Virginia Tech suddenly Alabama? Your lack of reasoning is astounding lolx2.
 

RichardCranium1

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So just how do they have access to the players WVU needs to win lol? Is it suddenly easier to recruit to the ACC than Big 12-=10? Is Blacksburg more desirable than Morgantown? Is Virginia Tech suddenly Alabama? Your lack of reasoning is astounding lolx2.

Because these players live in Virginia.
The talent out of Virginia and Maryland is comparable with the talent out of Texas.
The talent in WPA is no longer.

If WVU can get 15 of the best players from Maryland and Virginia and then get the other 10 from elsewhere or instate WVU will win a lot of football games.

The best 15 players in Western PA will get WVU 6-6 and 7-5 seasons.
 

WVUALLEN

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Pitt and WVU are working together and cheering one another on

https://247sports.com/college/west-...Backyard-Brawl-basketball-football-131732374/


At the end of her two-page note, Lyke scratched a kind message to Lyons off to the side of her closing signature: Best of luck down the stretch in football!



 

Pitt4Life34

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WVUALLEN

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Both Universities are better together. I hope in my lifetime WVU finds its true home side by side with Pitt in the same conference.

That same conference deal will never happen unless eastern football returns. We all know that has about as much chance of happening as it does WVU getting an ACC invite. Zilch.
 

RichardCranium1

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You’re a F’n moron. You really are. Must sting being tA&M little brother haha.

What does Texas A&M have to do with West Virginia?
Just because I own you it doesn't make me Texass.
He/She is not the only one who owns you on here. Everyone one does truthfully.
 

daminals76_rivals

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I say this as an outsider .

Playing Pitt does nothing for WV.
The game will be put on FS1 or ESPNU and no one outside WV or WPA will talk about it.

Games against Penn St, Alabama, Tennessee, VA Tech and Florida State are better for recruiting and better for WV from a national standpoint.

Those games will be watched.
Doubt WV/Pitt comes remotely close to equaling the ratings of WV/Tennessee.

As a Pitt fan I agree with you and I think the game shouldnt be played anymore.

Not a lot of interest in it from either side anymore.
 

daminals76_rivals

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WVU was kind enough to give Pitt some charity by scheduling them 4 times. But those games are a loss for WVU. WVU could have used those games for much better opponents.


Bravo. I agree with you... the game does nothing for wv. You guys should boycott the game because it's a waste of time and energy to play Pitt.
 

daminals76_rivals

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daminals76_rivals

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In an ideal world you would be correct.

But football isn't ideal because each university has a value.
Pitt no longer has the value it once had.

WV is important to Pitt because WV can fill their stadium.
WV can fill their stadium against Youngstown State in the rain.

Point is WV needs to play schools with value for recruiting.
Maryland, Penn State, Ohio State, VA Tech and any school in the South.

Who would you rather see WV play?
Pitt or Alabama
Pitt or Florida State
Pitt or Tennessee

Even Pitt or Georgia Tech

Exactly correct... wv fans should boycott this game... waste of time for wv to be forced to play Pitt.
 
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Thing is West Virginia as an athletic program is doing better than it has ever done.

The Big East held WV back. Some of you clamor for WV to stay in the dark. The Big 12 provides the university the platform to compete in every sport at a much higher level.