(06-16-2013 07:56 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(06-16-2013 07:54 PM)4x4hokies Wrote:  How many people advocating for WVU have ever attended a football game there (as the opposing team)?

Is it really that bad?

Yes. It really is.

I know a lot of people will try to tell you that it is all made up and exaggerated.

Things I encountered at WVU:
The section next to the visitors would chuck their bourbon soaked ice (I think some was piss-soaked though it's hard to be sure) over into our section every time they finished a drink. Besides the ice raining down on you there were random objects like cups, batteries (I was surprised when this one came to pass as well), coins, anything in their pockets pretty much.

You couldn't go anywhere alone. Some of the girls in our group were assaulted in the bathroom line. A few WVU fans took the door that was propped open and slammed it back into their nose bloodying up their face in front of the State Police. The officer just said if we wanted to stay safe we should stay in Blacksburg.

There was profanity everywhere. In addition to the profanity there was always someone stopping to try to start an altercation. We all tried our best to laugh it off and tell them how amazing they were to get them to walk along. I've never been anywhere where people wanted so badly to find someone to hit.

Then you have the oversized speakers in the endzone playing while you are on offense. This is probably only done for VT games though. The refs had no control over the stadium. There should be 15yd penalties doled out until it is corrected.

Things I didn't experience that contributed to VT cancelling the series included tour buses of fans and players being rocked by the crowd. Port-a-potties being turned over w/ VT fans inside. The players had to wear their helmets the whole game for many years at WVU. The crowd would throw objects at them. Marcus Vick famously flipped the WVU crowd off on camera (not that he was a saint by any means) but most people that had knowledge of the racial slurs being said to him thought he was well justified in doing so.

My friend went to the game as a guest of Grant Nole's family. Grant was from WV. His family questioned why anyone would wear VT gear to the game. It is just accepted in WV that you should abuse opposing fans. It isn't the rogue fan doing it. It is institutionally ingrained there. (Oh, I left out how the fans cussed at his family the entire game. About how he was gay, he f-ed sheep, pretty much any vulgar comment they could come up with. Because to them, treating your parents like sh!t is all part of the game).

I've been to a lot of games all over. I've come to accept that if someone cusses at me or pushes me I'll live. WVU takes physical threats to another level. I don't trust them to stop at cussing and pushing...someone is going to get killed in that atmosphere.