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<blockquote data-quote="WVBlue" data-source="post: 129266290" data-attributes="member: 1481689"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php">http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php</a> By <a href="http://wvmetronews.com/author/ataylor/">Allan Taylor</a> in | April 14, 2015 at 12:22AM MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Mindful of resurrecting &quot;The Backyard Brawl,&quot; West Virginia athletics director Shane Lyons said he plans to reach out to Pitt once the Panthers settle on their new AD.During an hour-long appearance on MetroNews &quot;Sportsline&quot; Monday night, Lyons said both programs could benefit from restarting the always-intense football series, which has been on hiatus since 2011 when conference realignment intervened.Lyons replaced Oliver Luck as the Mountaineers' athletics director in February. Pitt has yet to hire a successor for Steve Pederson, who was fired Dec. 17.&quot;That's on my radar,&quot; Lyons said, &quot;Obviously at this point I'm kinda waiting to see who their athletic director is. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I have a relationship with that individual to be able to work something out.&quot;To that end, Pitt chancellor Patrick Gallagher told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he hopes the forthcoming AD gives &quot;strong consideration&quot; to scheduling West Virginia.LINK to continue<a href="http://wvmetronews.com/2015/04/14/shane-lyons-optimistic-new-ads-can-relaunch-the-backyard-brawl/">Metro News</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WVBlue, post: 129266290, member: 1481689"] [URL=http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php][/URL] By [URL=http://wvmetronews.com/author/ataylor/]Allan Taylor[/URL] in | April 14, 2015 at 12:22AM [B] MORGANTOWN, W.Va.[/B] - Mindful of resurrecting "The Backyard Brawl," West Virginia athletics director Shane Lyons said he plans to reach out to Pitt once the Panthers settle on their new AD. During an hour-long appearance on MetroNews "Sportsline" Monday night, Lyons said both programs could benefit from restarting the always-intense football series, which has been on hiatus since 2011 when conference realignment intervened. Lyons replaced Oliver Luck as the Mountaineers' athletics director in February. Pitt has yet to hire a successor for Steve Pederson, who was fired Dec. 17. "That's on my radar," Lyons said, "Obviously at this point I'm kinda waiting to see who their athletic director is. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I have a relationship with that individual to be able to work something out." [B][I]To that end, Pitt chancellor Patrick Gallagher told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he hopes the forthcoming AD gives "strong consideration" to scheduling West Virginia.[/I][/B] [B]LINK to continue[/B] [URL=http://wvmetronews.com/2015/04/14/shane-lyons-optimistic-new-ads-can-relaunch-the-backyard-brawl/]Metro News[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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