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Not only that but the middle names of the twins are Luke and Leia. I'm a Star Wars fan, but that seems a little much. Poor kids.

Living in West Virginia, it seems as if their fans began hating us after the series was dropped. Every week during football season revolved around 2 games for me: the Tech game and the WVU game. Most glorious weekend of my life was when we beat Boston College to win the ACC Championship and WVU lost to Pitt to miss out on the National Championship. Every year when bowl season got close, I wondered in what scenario we could play WVU, so we could see who truly was the better team.

The rivalry has lost its intensity since both teams began struggling recently, but I fully expect the rivalry to be rekindled as soon as the summer before this game starts. Can't wait.

Yeah, I figured the Pete Carroll USC dynasty "fights on!" in the minds of many a Trojan. That team was undoubtedly the most talented team in the country, yet we took them to the wire (and could have won that game). I remember Mark May yapping about how Marcus Vick was suspended, wouldn't matter if we had MV7 we would still lose against that team. Well, Bryan Randall and 21 other starters showed the nation our heart that night.

Rickon is in hiding ITBs. Skagos or Whiteharbor, but the whale of a man that is Ser Wallace? Manderly knows where.

Alright, look. I hate WVU. I can't stand them whatsoever. I have cousins (how ironic we call WVU the cousins) in WV who graduated there. Nonetheless, I cannot stand that school. Horrible fanbase.

BUT - this used to be a really, really great football rivalry. Not only a historical rival, but a geographic rival (hence the Black Diamond Trophy). Yes, we all know the horror stories of past experiences in Morgantown and elsewhere with WVU fans. I, personally, would rather us do the following if we really need a regular geographic OOC rival:

*****CALL VANDERBILT (holy crap, I would go to Nashville every other year in a heartbeat) (not great, but still $EC) (um, hello academic partner?? one of the best schools in the country)
Call UT
Call UK

Ok, so we're left with WVU. Yeah, I hate them. But let's renew what was once a very strong rivalry between two consistently top-25 teams. SUCKS it's in Landover, but hopefully this becomes a regular home-and-home again. I miss it...somewhat.

I've seen this news reported in several outlets today... this game has been on the books for a couple years, why is it being "announced" again? Did a specific date finally get settled or something?

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