Comments on: The Good, the bad and the absurd. http://www.wvupressbox.com/football/the-good-the-bad-and-the-frustrating/ WVU Sports News and Information Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:21:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://www.wvupressbox.com/football/the-good-the-bad-and-the-frustrating/comment-page-1/#comment-603 Brian Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:52:55 +0000 http://www.wvupressbox.com/?p=6198#comment-603 how nice to hear the game commentators for the St. Johns game speak sensibly about the incidents at the game. The guys that are covering the game are the first from the media that I've heard of that called it for what it is, just a few dumb people and not an entire fanbase. They also maid the point that the jeering and taunting was the same all over the country. how nice to hear the game commentators for the St. Johns game speak sensibly about the incidents at the game. The guys that are covering the game are the first from the media that I’ve heard of that called it for what it is, just a few dumb people and not an entire fanbase. They also maid the point that the jeering and taunting was the same all over the country.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.wvupressbox.com/football/the-good-the-bad-and-the-frustrating/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Kevin Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:49:10 +0000 http://www.wvupressbox.com/?p=6198#comment-602 Wow!! Today's commentators must have read my article!!! They just nailed it. Wow!! Today’s commentators must have read my article!!! They just nailed it.

]]> By: mdeer http://www.wvupressbox.com/football/the-good-the-bad-and-the-frustrating/comment-page-1/#comment-601 mdeer Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:21:52 +0000 http://www.wvupressbox.com/?p=6198#comment-601 i agree we have snow ball rolling down hill starting with the OSU game. Good analysis. But the "everybody else is doing it" excuse is weak. Didn't your Mom ever say, "if Johnny jumped off a cliff . . ." I think we can do better than other schools. I don't mean sit on our hands or applaud lightly. We can be more creative with our "vocabulary." Because the microscope is on us, we might want to tread lightly. And we can do better. I agree the Pitino razz was a step in the right direction. But surely we can do better than one creative chant per game. The Maniacs ought to be able to read the athlete's bios and come up with a list of chants to get under the opponent's skin. I just don't buy the everybody else cusses argument. Is it fair that we are singled out? no! But it is what it is and we have to work on damage control. all the goodwill of the UConn response has been lost. Whether right or wrong this is a perception issue and it is damaging the state and the university. Let's be better than the other schools, not copy them. i agree we have snow ball rolling down hill starting with the OSU game. Good analysis. But the “everybody else is doing it” excuse is weak. Didn’t your Mom ever say, “if Johnny jumped off a cliff . . .” I think we can do better than other schools. I don’t mean sit on our hands or applaud lightly. We can be more creative with our “vocabulary.”

Because the microscope is on us, we might want to tread lightly. And we can do better. I agree the Pitino razz was a step in the right direction. But surely we can do better than one creative chant per game. The Maniacs ought to be able to read the athlete’s bios and come up with a list of chants to get under the opponent’s skin.

I just don’t buy the everybody else cusses argument. Is it fair that we are singled out? no! But it is what it is and we have to work on damage control. all the goodwill of the UConn response has been lost. Whether right or wrong this is a perception issue and it is damaging the state and the university. Let’s be better than the other schools, not copy them.

]]> By: John http://www.wvupressbox.com/football/the-good-the-bad-and-the-frustrating/comment-page-1/#comment-600 John Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:45:48 +0000 http://www.wvupressbox.com/?p=6198#comment-600 I couldn't agree more... well, about the basketball part, that is. I couldn’t agree more… well, about the basketball part, that is.

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