Over the course of time it has developed that this Marshall-West Virginia University rivalry that will be renewed this weekend for the ninth time has far more meaning to the Thundering Herd and its fans than it does to West Virginia.
It is certainly an elitist point of view, one that reasons the Mountaineers play in a BCS conference, have far more national prestige, and therefore see little gained from victory while there is much to lose — not the least of which is face —in defeat.
WVU has all the credibility it needs while Marshall, which has lived through tragedy, has had to play at the Division I-AA level of college football for some time before taking the leap back into the big time, is still trying to gain respect.
That, of course, is never an easy thing to do, for college football lives off his long and storied history.
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