Photo by Dale Sparks
By Bob Hertzel |
For The Times West Virginian Jul 27, 2021
WVU Athletic Director Shane Lyons Photo by Dale Sparks
MORGANTOWNÂ â If I could tell the college football world anything as it is about to launch another realignment of its conference structure, it s this:
They don t burn couches in Morgantown any more.
It s important the ACC and the Big Ten know that.
We ve grown up, as a city, as a university. The image West Virginia University once projected is long gone.
Its fan base may be as passionate as it always has been â and that is and always will be the biggest selling point the school has, considering that passion turns into viewing eyes and â Ker-chang  â sales at the cash register, but it is the rowdy fire-setting, goal post destroying, garbage-pail tossing school it once was pictured at.