Majority of West Virginia Fans we encountered in Morgantown....

I can't stand West Virginia fans. Just because of Pat White they think they are relevant in college football.

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We went out Friday night to check out the bar scene in Morgantown

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this was probably your first problem.
age of the people you encounter generally have an effect of your opinion of the fanbase as a whole.

go to tigerland vs an established tailgate on campus type scenario

I'm not particularly shocked, we obviously have issues but over all I've seen a lot of positive reviews so I just figured we were due for a bad one. Honestly in my experience away games is a crap shoot, I've gone to games and had a blast and had friends who were on the other side of the stadium who said it was miserable and the fans were a-holes. it's all kind of a time and place thing.

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Like I've said, I've gone out in Bama bars/Auburn bars/Tennessee bars/Florida bars

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they are used to seeing lsu fans. go out in say, norman, and youll get the same treatment you got in morgantown. doesnt say anything about the fanbase as a whole though.

if a wvu fan went out in florida they would be treated significantly worse than an lsu fan the night before a game

I think it likely depends on how you reveal your allegiance. Go out wearing a jersey like that one guy did the other night and gave a live updates about (a dude with a jersey blogging from the bar, how did he not get laid?!) and you're like a lightning rod. Casually talk to people and introduce yourself, people will be friendly. When people have conversations you become a person, they're not likely to be a dick. It's easy to be a dick to a faceless entity, and that's what just some guy walking down the street is to some.


Also in my experience it's also very dependent on the person. I've gone to away games and done the whole bar scene and seen my fellow Eer's act like a-holes and just attract negative attention, and then afterwards play up the victim card "They were so awful to us for no reason." And I've gone and interacted with the same people and been polite and respectful and not been mistreated. Some people are just oblivious to the wrong way they rub people.

its obviously person dependent, but i was making generalities based on the "average" fan since i had no real information on what the OP was really doing.

ETA: i think its also partially dependent on how big of a game it is for that town's program. that generally will have an effect on how amped up the locals are.

oh well

they got their asses handed to them

Same experience except we had a 9 year old girl with us the whole time. We were told frick you at least 10 times and one guy told us to suck his fricking dick after the game. I can take it but they had no problem saying all that shite in front of a little girl.

As usual the old-timers were nice but way more trash there.