W. Virginians Asked To Stop Being W. Virginians

You wouldn't ask the sun to stop shining

The West Virginia men’s basketball team captured a big home win over Ohio State this past Saturday, but in turn may have lost…THEIR SOULS!  Ha, somebody is actually nodding his head in agreement right now.

The Vice President for Student Affairs at WVU, one Ken Gray, sent out a strongly worded email informing the Mountaineer student section that their ‘inappropriate language’ was completely unacceptable.  This of course leads to the question, what exactly is inappropriate language at a basketball game?  Because swearing is definitely appropriate.  Especially when that goddam ref can’t get his f*cking head out of his ass long enough to make a motherf*cking call!  It’s bullshit!

Gray’s logic really falls apart when he suggests that the students “follow the example of our players.”  We should be, uh, taller?  Darker?  Swear more?  I’m confused.  We should be getting paid to be here?  Agreed.  Ken Gray for President…for Student Affairs.

He also asks that students “show fans nationwide what it means to be a Mountaineer.”  Although I guess that plan may not include mandatory cursing, it most definitely includes moonshine, teenage pregnancy and impressive facial hair.  The swearing issue would be moot I suppose since everyone’s mouth would be filled with ‘tobaccy’.  Still, I wouldn’t expect that that would be an ideal image to show to the nation.

At the end of the day, WVU hired Bob Huggins to be their head coach so they’ve made their own bed.  You can’t expect the student section to be more collected and proper than your head coach.  Well, obviously you can, but I don’t expect it will work.  So Gray’s proposed “fun and friendly atmosphere” at games isn’t likely to come to fruition any time soon.  Ironically, if it did, Huggins would be promptly fired as it is damn near impossible to win games when your student section is congratulating the visitors for their hustle.

Tags: basketball, NCAA, West Virginia

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