re: LSU fan was assaulted...sorry for the bad info.

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There are many things I take issue with in your post but this most of all.

To begin I wasn't there and did not witness the attack, thus I do not posses first hand eye witness accounts.

However, if published reports in the Charleston Mail and others are accurate this was not simply a 3 person deal. The attack took place in a WVU parking lot.

WVU is responsible for security in the lot. Where were campus police? Where were Morgantown cops? Where were State police? Too busy directing traffic?

The attack took place if reports are accurate, as folks were leaving the game. Yet no one, seeing this attack, jumped in to help the victims? No one called the police, no one ran to rent a cops directing traffic to ask for help? No one. No sir, not 3 low IQ folks, ANYONE and EVERYONE who witnessed it and did nothing is also culpable.

Also if reports are to be believed how did the ambulance get there (before any security or police) to assist the victims of the attack who still had not seen nor talked to any security or police? How is that possible? What were they doing? Is it so routine at WVU football games that ambulances are required in parking lots that the cops don't even bother to check on what is going on?

Lastly you state that "this could very well have happened anywhere" WOW what a crock! If your point is that every university has drunk fans looking for a fight, sure this is true.

What is not true and I just beg you to find it somewhere that a pregnant women is attacked at a football game in a parking lot while sitting in traffic in full view of others and NO one, no cop, no bystander, no good samaritan offers assistance or calls or runs for help. No one. And the victims never received any protection from WVU, from the campus police, from the Morgantown police, State mounties no one.

It's one thing to defend your state and school but please don't come here with your head buried so far in the sand you refuse to see what happened here.

This is not simply the action of few idiots, and if you and WVU and campus police refuse to see the total and complete breakdown of security not only will it be a tragic story for the victims but also a missed opportunity to review security procedures to prevent this from happening again.

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WOW! Agree with every word...

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I absolutely agree with what you are saying, but I parked in the Purple Lot earlier this year for the Marshall game. It holds at maximum 25-30 vehicles, is a good walk from the stadium, and is not very well lit. If the people who were attacked stayed until the end of the game, which most LSU fans did, there is a very real possibility that while exiting the purple lot there were no cars in the close vicinity. When we left the Marshall game it was dark and there wasn't a car within 100 feet of us the entire time coming down the driveway from the lot. You can see the street here coming down from the small lot on the right.

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If this is true - 1) No lighting 2) no security
= BIG lawsuit.

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there is a very real possibility that while exiting the purple lot there were no cars in the close vicinity.

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I'm not so ready to just throw blame on everyone here, but reports are that they were stopped in traffic and that the wife was begging for someone to help. There were definitely people there that didn't rush to help. But that's society today, we hope that someone would help, we hope that we would step up, but not everyone would. I'm sure there are people that hate themselves today.

Marcus was released from hospital today.

Doing as well as can be expected given injuries.

Thanks man. Great news! Please pass along our well wishes.

As a WVU fan and alumni let me say that I am appalled by this action. This should never happen to anyone at any point for any reason, especially not a guest of the university.

I do have some insight to the area in which this took place. I used to live near there, and I worked in the building when I was a GRA. The building's parking lot is essentially the Purple Lot.

1) This area is not a great place to put a visiting fan's parking lot. There are no police at the intersection directing traffic, this is most likely why traffic was backed up as bad as it was and also why there were no police at the scene. WVU should absolutely rethink this location for visiting fans.

2) The road that this happened on leads up to the backside of two hospitals. This is also most likely why the ambulance was there and probably gone before police could even show up. Where this took place is honestly probably 200 yards away from the two hospitals. The hospital that they were originally taken to is probably 1/2 mile away across the street. Not sure why they were not taken to Ruby Memorial (one of the hospitals up the hill) which is a great Trauma center. Ruby Memorial has two helicopter pads and is where they fly in all trauma in the area.

3) There may not have been many fans around in general. That road leads up to the hospitals and there is nothing else on that road. If they were in the back of traffic then that might be why nobody came immediately to help. Once Hannah started screaming then I am sure the got others attention. Also, people may have come pretty quickly to help. It does not take long for this kind of damage to happen if it was 3 vs 1. One or two kicks and that damage could be done. (Just disgusting that this would happen)

4) That lot is for visiting fans, there were probably more LSU fans around than WVU fans in this area. This would also be the place to go if anyone were looking for trouble. Once again, we don't even know how close other fans were and how long it took them to help. Fans did help and that is the important part, now those same fans need to step forward an help police.

I just thought I would offer some insight on the apparent location that this happened.

My heart goes out to the family and friends of all involved. Reports show that these assailants were throwing rocks at other vehicles also. As horrible as this is it might be the case that they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It is NOT their fault at all for being there, but it seems like this could have happened regardless if they were WVU fans or LSU fans.

I should also note that (I am sure most of you know) a lot of people show up to tailgate at football games that are not fans at all. People who live in the area or near will show up and take part of the generosity of the tailgaters. Tailgaters give away food, beer, and a good time. People in the area know this and show up. So there is a possibility that the people responsible for this were not a fan of either WVU or LSU.

I hope they catch these people involved in this and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.

If anyone knows of any collection being taken up on behalf of the injured parties then please post it here, I would love to donate and help the family.

I understand the anger of anyone here and trust me, I am angrier than anyone here. As a West Virginia native, WVU fan and alumni this report makes me sick to my stomach. Words cannot express my apologies to you all, especially the parties involved.

I just wish this would stop being a LSU fans v WVU fans thing. By the mother-in-laws own admission it was random. You'll get no argument from me that it definitely involves WVU in some manner with the lack of security and such, but I don't like the idea of us vs them, because it's not the case.

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Looks like he spouted off too much and got his arse kicked pretty good. No harm no foul in a fight. Sound familiar folks? Can,t have it both ways.

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Cool, we haven't had a real stupid post in a few pages. thanks!

I was in the purple lot. These people must have left just before us because the young guy was covered in blood sitting on the sidewalk when we left. I thought he fell down a hill or something and planted his face in the concrete. It was kinda dark in the lot and the security people had left.
The traffic was stand still in both directions and the area was lit up with a gas station right there. Someone, let's make that alot of people had to have been watching all this. They had some shady characters in the gas station. Sorry to hear this hope the perps aren't WVA people because we had a stellar time with their fans. I think everyone in the lot, maybe 15 cars total were LSU.

God bless you too, Mr. Bishop.