And fan smack? The only thing I remember about Marshall’s only trip to Muncie (oh, besides Moss’s 5 TD’s) were your students spending the entire game parading in front of our section waving signs and making fun of Moss’s past problems and us being rednecks from WV.

CHARLESTON GAZETTE
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July 15, 2008
Manchin delares WVU must allow Marshall to use new hyperbaric chamber too.
By The Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Earlier this morning on the steps of the West Virginia State Capital Building, Governor Joe Manchin announced his latest demands for equality among the state’s two 1A/FBS football playing schools.

In a move that has been dubbed “good for the state,” Manchin announced that Marshall University’s football team must be allowed equal access to WVU’s latest addition to its football program, a hyperbaric chamber geared toward helping WVU’s athletes prepare for competing in higher altitude venues, such as Boulder, Colordo later this fall. Governor Manchin stated, “For far too long WVU has been the sole beneficiary of the money its Alumni donates to it own Athletic Department. This latest attempt by WVU to keep the Marshall program from sharing in its wealth will not be tolerated! All our state Division 1 football players should be allowed to use this technology. The financial rewards that will result in a joint effort of using WVU Alumni funds to help both state programs can not be overstated. It is a good day for the state, and this joint use of resources is good for the state overall. Financially, it just makes sense.”

Immediately after the announcement, Marshall Head Football Coach Mark Snyder released his comments: “I think this has been a long time in coming. Sure, sharing this new hyper-boring-what-cha-ma-call-it is a step in the right direction, but until those up north realize that we deserve our share of WVU’s bowl revenue, it’s still just semantics. We are on their schedule helpng them with their BCS rankings at the end of the year, so it is only a matter of time until Uncle Joey… er… I mean Governor Manchin rewards Marshall for their part in WVU’s post season successes. We were already promised a pice of the Rodriguez lawsuit pie to help fund our indoor practice facility. It just goes to show you what good things can happen when you win the first half of a ballgame against a bunch of hilljacks that never won a 1AA national title.”

Immediate attempts to contact WVU Athletic Director Edward Pastilong for a comment were not returned, but sources say the WVU Athletic Department as a whole is not please with the latest turn of events by Governor Manchin, but most don’t seem shocked by the Governor’s actions. One WVU fan was quoted as saying, “We’ve come to expect the shafting by Manchin. This doesn’t surprise me one bit.” More will be reported as it develops.

MAC’ers, lol, boo hoo

WVU’ers, wow, i mean i don’t see OSU fans on the akron board talking all this smack. you guys feel you are so far above MU, why spend soooo much time telling everybody?

UC fan talking smack about being in a bcs conf.?!?!?! roflmao…

Marshall can’t fill that place without letting women and children in for free.

Don’t forget, at one point, Argentina had the Hand of God on their side.

Let’s see. We’ve got a group that rode high in the late Nineties before being caught in nefarious activities, eventually got bombed to smithereens by the good guys (see Roethlisberger, Ben, circa 2003), faded off into near irrelevance by 2004, and last seen hiding out in the mountains.

I’ll go with the Taliban (or, if you prefer, Herdiban).

It’d be alot cooler if you did

(have a Matthew McConaghey reference)