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<blockquote data-quote="Rootmaster" data-source="post: 129452070" data-attributes="member: 1428050">Conference games are conference games....important yes...but true rival games not so much...yet.No Pitt. No Penn State. No Syracuse.&nbsp; No Virginia Tech. No Maryland.&nbsp; None of these guys on a regular, &quot;look forward to next year&quot; basis.&nbsp; No bus trips. No day drives.&nbsp; Instead we have our made for TV schedule...with games against teams in places most of us have never visited..I like looking at the schedule and seeing Oklahoma, Texas etc on the schedule.&nbsp; Big games for sure but still miss the neighborhood fights with other regional schools that WVU played since the turn of the 20th (not the 21st) century.They had a different level of emotion.Perhaps a schedule that calls for two old rivalry games a year...one away and one home along with another power conference game would be the ticket. It could be done at a target date in the future. Certainly beats a paid for victory at home against the likes of William and Mary, Liberty, Georgia Southern etc.&nbsp; Would also add to fan involvement and RPI as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rootmaster, post: 129452070, member: 1428050"] Conference games are conference games....important yes...but true rival games not so much...yet. No Pitt. No Penn State. No Syracuse. No Virginia Tech. No Maryland. None of these guys on a regular, "look forward to next year" basis. No bus trips. No day drives. Instead we have our made for TV schedule...with games against teams in places most of us have never visited.. I like looking at the schedule and seeing Oklahoma, Texas etc on the schedule. Big games for sure but still miss the neighborhood fights with other regional schools that WVU played since the turn of the 20th (not the 21st) century.They had a different level of emotion. Perhaps a schedule that calls for two old rivalry games a year...one away and one home along with another power conference game would be the ticket. It could be done at a target date in the future. Certainly beats a paid for victory at home against the likes of William and Mary, Liberty, Georgia Southern etc. Would also add to fan involvement and RPI as well. [/QUOTE]

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