WVU Blows Out Pitt, Sideshow Overshadows?

The T on the crowd was deserved, you don’t throw shit…the BS from the fracas was basically all on the official, even McGhee didn’t deserve any more than a personal foul….IMHO

Whatever was thrown sure looked like it came from the general public seats, not the students. I won’t pile on them for that.

…you have to just pick out people to eject. You only have to do it once, after which people will police themselves. But it has to be established that there are real penalties for even being in proximity to someone who throws things.

I’m an advocate of throwing eggs, oranges or other produce, in addition to metal trashcans.

Whatever was thrown didn’t come from the student section.

Not sure there is any way to reverse course and become reputed as model fans now. Might as well embrace the dark side and make the Coliseum a house of horrors where ANYTHING goes.

I’m with the rest of the people on here in thinking the object which was either ice or a 50 cent piece, you know how the vendors love giving those as change, was thrown from behind the basket. No matter who threw the object, this incident just furthers our reputation as a bunch of lawless hillbillies. Awesome.

I think it will overshadow our win nationally because they love piling on when WVU does something bad. We burn stuff or storm the field and we are out of control but an SEC school goes crazy and they are a passionate fanbase. Having said that no excuse for throwing anything on the floor. I have pointed idiots like that out to security on multiple occasions and would do it again. Fans should affect the opposing team by being loud, not by putting out someones eye.

I will commend Dixon in his postgame comments he stated that one fan shouldn’t make an entire fanbase look bad and he did not want to talk about it. Pittsburgh reporters kept pressing him to say we are the worst fans ever but he would not take the bait and ignored the questions.

Dr. Charley West, your right. What was thrown at the pitt bench looked like ice, right or wrong, could have been prevented. Although, it was teh Back Yard Brawl, and nothing goes unnoticed. Definately didnt come from a student, to far away from the scene (and angle) of the crime. Too bad it wasnt a chair……….

Dixon doesnt have great hair. closeups revealed hes got a big bald spot and the worlds biggest combeover, or comeack in this case…….

sorry—————-beer -—wvu-vs-pitt, spelling goes crazy. comb-over vs comb-back…

Of what was thrown and from where, that chubby short pussy coach totally hammed it up. On tv you couldnt see anything. I thought he was lying. It appeared as though Huggs asked him about it aftet the game and he looked like he was still hamming it. That pissed me off that he would whine about it like that. I would understand if he was pissed and yelled at the crowd.

….that our fans contributed to their reputation as “classless” tonight. When your coach has to get on the horn and call you an “idiot” and ask that you be “thrown out”, we’re looking might small in spite of our ranking.

As someone who as been thrown out of a football game for literally kicking someone who threw something in the ass and being thrown out of a game for throwing a snowball at a friend in a empty student section I’ll agree that it is up to the students to police themselves.

Watching Huggie’s rant I noticed that the majority of the student section cheered and clapped, nodding in agreement of his proposal that anyone that threw something should be thrown out, however quickly returning to “stupid” behavior. If the students, or if A student would stand up and say ENOUGH it would go a long way to helping curtail this problem that has been a problem for as long as I’ve been a WVU fan.

I’m certain that it will never be fully “solved”, I mean look at dumbass Philadelphia Eagles fans that still throw crap and theoretically they paid WAY more for their tickets and should be slightly more mature.

As far as Roberto goes…come on…are you serious? Has the administration taken it to far in the past? Sure. Does that give the students license to do whatever the hell they want? No. Does being a “proud” WVU fan give you the right to blame others for your immaturity? Hell no.

My message to the students (which I know will fall on deaf ears)…GROW UP…just a little. I’m sure your mothers and fathers taught you better than throwing things at people when you were angry (or if they didn’t go back to New Jersey) but seriously folks, throwing whatever you have in your hand and screaming is a reaction I expect from my VERY SMALL child not an 18-23 year old representative of a place I hold dear.

Martinsburg, it was Geargetown and USF, I i dont have gameplan. So I got on espn360 and hooked it to my TV. That was the most embarrassing game I have ever watched. I just wanted it to be over. Never have I seen a coach get on the PA and announce to the crown not to throw anything. I mean not even high school. The players played well, and I though Deniz played really good for what time he was in. The students however have been terrible all year, Leave half way through a football game and now throwing stuff and dropping f-bombs on national tv. Something needs to be done.

…your odds are wrong. There’s probably a 1,000 in 14,980 chance it was Pitt fan, since there were plenty of them in the house last night. I think TV also clearly showed that whatever hit the Pitt coach definitely DIDN’T come from the student section.

Throwing stuff on the court is wrong, though it happens frequently throughout the country in situations just like last night’s. High tension rivalry games where officiating and physical play are out of control to begin with. I think that is a very very easy thing to address though. I was once told that they have a video system that can zero in on any fan in the football stadium, I don’t think it’s too much to ask for the Coliseum too. Eject someone who throws something, easy as pie. If they’re a season ticket holder (and all students are, though they aren’t guaranteed seats), revoke their tickets. Nobody will throw anything.

That said, the outrage over the chanting is hilarious. Maybe I’m just not easily offended, but I thought everything that’s been chanted has been fine. If a parent feels they can’t bring a child to the game because of what they might hear, it speaks more to that person’s inability to talk to their own children, then what’s appropriate.

…is determined by each individual. I know as a young kid, I sat in the Coliseum with my Dad, heard the students chant words I wasn’t allowed to use at home and it never affected me adversely in any way. Dad let me know what was right and wrong, but all in all, no damage done. I think whatever is ‘offensive’ is a pretty intangible thing, so let’s not bother debating it.

The line is physicality. Bullying opposing fans, throwing things, etc. can’t be tolerated. Anything that is simply “said” can’t do much damage to anybody or anything, so there’s no reason debating it.

Can we talk about how bad ass we are as a basketball team?! We looked really good last night! I’m extremely excited about KaLEECHla, and the way he and Ebanks played together. Truck picked us up when we needed it at the beginning of the second half. DAY is the da man, he’s definately one of the best players in the league. That was the best total game we’ve played so far. I love smacking the fuck out of Pitt!

Do you think that the what the students say is overheard more at WVU games because of the placement of the TV play-by-play folks?

They are right in front of the student section.

Do you think that other student sections say similar things but we just don’t hear it because of the proximity to the microphones?

Also, I don’t really have a problem with the occasional obscenity, it’s the chants that bug me. Also anything to do with race, color, creed, sexual orientation should be off the table. If you have an affair and then get blackmailed, I think that chant is OK, if you can’t pass your classes, or steal something, or have herpes I think those are ok.

I guess you’re right aaronhawley, appropriateness is determined by the individual. Just for the record, when I take me daughter to games in the future, we will attempt to sit as far away from the student section as possible.

One last thing…hitting someone with a coin (any coin) from 100+ ft is impressive even if completely uncalled for.

…but the real shame is that a dominant effort by the team has been overshadowed by the moronic shenanigans of a few disgraceful fans. Every single ESPN anchor has condemned our entire fan base with tone and words, and that upsets me, because I believe a substantial majority of our fans cheer in a positive way.

I revert to what I know of the law: no use of language can ever be cited as a reason for physical violence. If someone stands in your face and calls you every name in the book, that is within his rights, but if you hit him in the jaw, you go to jail. I think the same thing applies here…jeering the other team from the stands, even if it is profane, is within the rights of the fans. But throwing something on to the floor moves the threat from passive to active, and that just cannot be tolerated.

As I have stated elsewhere, I don’t care for obscene cheers, either. I think they show an immense lack of creativity, and don’t make much of a difference anyhow…players are better able to tune them out.

What I find odd, though, is that when this brouhaha started, we were up 12 and in control, which I think lends credence to the above assertion that it might indeed have been a Pitt fan targeting a ref, rather than an irate Mountaineer.

As for the game, I think the Kilucli ups the ante for us big time. This is an elite 8 team, and for all this talk about us being classless, let’s just see how classy Pitt’s fans act when we whip their ass on their home floor in a couple of weeks.

JUST WAITING FOR YOU…

I wonder what queer they have leading the group this year? They’ve had some classics the last couple of years.