We are BIG West Virginia Mountaineer football fans here. My husband attended WVU in the late 80s and competed in track and was an invited walk-on for the football team. I can remember rooting for WVU for as long as I can remember. Big news came down today about the former coach of the Mountaineers...Rich Rodriguez. It's all the buzz here in the Mountain State.
Rich left the Mountaineer football organization abruptly three years ago to join the Michigan Wolverines during a time when the Mountaineers were at the top of their game...Fiesta Bowl/Sugar Bowl wins, many other bowl appearances and several NFL draft picks. His leaving caused, to say the least, a bad taste with most Mountaineer fans. Rich is a West Virginian, born and bred. He played football at WVU and when he first took the WVU coaching job he said he planned on remaining at WVU, coaching football for a long time. Fans embraced him, loved him and depended on his dedication to his alma mater to lead the Mountaineers to national prominence. He left. Abruptly. Wanting more money and organizational demands than WVU could promise him. It was a betrayal WVU fans will long remember.
He lost his job with the Wolverines today. Losing to Ohio State three years running he just couldn't get the momentum at Michigan up to Michigan standards. WVU fans are commenting he's getting what he deserved. He left his home state and alma mater for an impossible reach. Some sports columnists are suggesting he may take a job as Pitt, WVU's biggest rivalry. I say take the job Rich. Wear the team you so long loathed, played and coached against.
As for us, we remain strong and true to our Gold and Blue!
Go Mountaineers!
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