Published September 14, 2011 - 11:15pm
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After ESPN showed one of these popular West Virginia shirts to a national audience, the Mountaineers’ Athletic Director, Oliver Luck, wrote a letter to all fans banning the shirts. Here are the highlights of the letter:
Mountaineer fans:
During the opening game of the 2011 WVU football season, one of the ESPN cameras showed a young man wearing a blue t-shirt with “West F##### Virginia” on the chest. Based on the TV rating of the game, this picture was seen by at least a few million people around the country.
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As you know, we have a big home football game against LSU coming up next Saturday and we would like to present a more favorable image to the millions of football fans from around the country who will be watching the game.
We all know LSU fans have seen worse, but I have never heard of a West Virginia fan known for being classy…
UPDATE: A student group at West Virginia has offered to buy back the shirts from students for $20 per shirt.
Well that’s classy……
Phuck Phlorida was pretty popular when I was at UGA in the 80s. College students cuss, big deal. It’s part of the whole “I ‘m a grown up now and I can do what I want” attitude that they cultivate as they spread their wings. So what? Don’t be such sticks in the mud. But War Damn Eagle is ok? The Hell with Ga Tech? Why are there gradations of curse words? No one means any of those words in the original definitions, they’re just adjectives, intensifiers… (and, yes, I am a college English professor so this is my field).
I agree, totally!!
Well, you’re a Georgia graduate with misspelled words in your unbelievably stupid comment. Enough said? I am certain of one other thing. You are not a college professor at Auburn.
I agree with an earlier post about each team/fan base, has it’s “fans” that doesn’t represent their schools well; but the real problem isn’t the individual(s) who donned the shirt(s), but that the school faculty, security or whom ever is in charge of “policing” the gates, should not have ever allowed them to enter the stadium with it on.
UA actually banned the Rammer Jammer cheer for a few years because of the “Give ‘em hell, Alabama” part.
No class but who really gives a crap about F_ _ _ _ _ _ WV anyway.
GEORGIA should remember West Virginia very well. We whipped them in 2006 Sugar Bowl. And as far as the shirt goes. You can find pretty much the same version for ANY university. This guy, just got caught on camera. Ive seen some pretty “CLASSY” Auburn and Alabama shirts. I live in Alabama.
WVU vs. current SEC members:
Auburn 1-1-0
Florida 1-1-0
Georgia 1-1-0
Kentucky 8-10-1
LSU 0-1- 0
Mississippi 1-0- 0
Mississippi St 2- 0- 0
South Carolina 7- 4-1
Vanderbilt 1-1-0
BTW, only 1 game vs S. Carolina was when USC was in the SEC, a loss in a bowl game in ’94.
Based on those, WVU would be a middle-of-the-pack team in the SEC. The Mountaineers are better off staying in the Big Least if they want to finish w/ a winning season every yr & seriously compete for a conference title.
The SEC is for WINNERS not WHINERS!
50% against the SEC is pretty damn good. They are the best conference. If I was them, I would stay put. But who knows.
P.S. LETS GO MOUNTAINEERS!!!
REALLY?? I would like to know what “unclassy” AU or Bama shirt you have seen. I have lived and Alabama my whole life and I have never seen an inappropriate shirt from either team. Not to say they don’t make them but it’s not like they are all over the place. WAR EAGLE!! Also, UGA fan really doesn’t need to be giving lessons on class! Please!!
let the fans wear what they want it aint like espn likes SEC anyway
Here is a classy little number I saw at the Tennessee game last year. http://www.amazon.com/Alabama-These-Black-Shirt-Jersey/dp/B004HLQ86S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1316112893&sr=8-2
Its everywhere! Better to wear an unclassy shirt than try to KILL one of the other teams LANDMARK oak trees. Just sayin
You can send the same message but in a classier way than using obscene words at an event that younger children also attend. I have to admit, even as an Auburn fan, one of the funniest bumper stickers I can remember was “Pluck You, War Eagle” You can convey your message without being crude.
This does beg another question. CBS was fined $550,000 for Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction”, even though you could hardly blame the network for doing anything wrong. I wonder if ESPN will also receive a fine for televising this T-Shirt over live television. Will it get to the point that any live performance will need a 5-second delay to protect the broadcasters? My personal opinion is that a 5-second delay would be inoperable for a sporting event that is also carried over the radio. Many people watch the broadcast, but listen to the game over their favorite school’s network. No one wants to hear what is about to happen on a given play 5 seconds before we actually see the play.
Have you seen the ridiculous shirt going around twitter that some guy from WVU had? It has the state of Louisiana on it, and the shirt reads Louisiana relying on FEMA since 2005. NOT COOL AT ALL WVU!!!!!!