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**P-Rez25** · 07-30-2008, 12:12 PM

Can a team that has done so much good for the Big East actually be the most hated team in the conference?

After the ACC raided the Big East for three of its teams in 2004, West Virginia put the league back on college football's map by upsetting Georgia 38-35 in the 2006 Sugar Bowl (which was played in the Georgia Dome). Last season, the Mountaineers routed Oklahoma 48-28 in the Fiesta Bowl, giving the new-look Big East even more credibility.

But the Mountaineers still gets fans' blood boiling more than any other Big East team.

Maybe it's because West Virginia fans wouldn't let former coach Rich Rodriguez go to Michigan quietly. Rodriguez's departure before the 2008 Fiesta Bowl turned into a statewide soap opera. The university president was involved. The state's governor was involved. For weeks, college football fans read and heard about the never-ending saga, which was eventually settled in court.

Maybe it's because Adam Jones played at West Virginia -- along with Chris Henry, another one of the NFL's most notorious figures.

Maybe it's because West Virginia fans like to burn couches after big victories. Don't the Mountaineers know there are children sitting on floors around the world?

Maybe it's because the Mountaineers play a John Denver song after each home game. What's next? Celine Dion?

The real source of the hatred for West Virginia? Maybe it's because fans know their linebackers and defensive backs have absolutely no chance of catching quarterback Pat White and tailback Noel Devine once they cross the line of scrimmage.

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**M-247gunner** · 07-30-2008, 03:44 PM

The Longhorns? Hell they aren't even in my top three.

**P-Rez25** · 07-30-2008, 04:44 PM

thats what i thought? im not gonna hate Texas just because they have a bigger scoreboard than everyone else, im pretty sure that Colorado is in that top 3 of yours isnt it Gunner?

**M-247gunner** · 07-30-2008, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by P-Rez25

thats what i thought? im not gonna hate Texas just because they have a bigger scoreboard than everyone else, im pretty sure that Colorado is in that top 3 of yours isnt it Gunner?

sCUm, KSUcks, PSUcks and Missery are my most hated teams.

**P-Rez25** · 07-31-2008, 11:39 AM

for me its Florida, Miami, and Notre Dame, in that order

**P-Rez25** · 07-31-2008, 11:42 AM

with honorable mention going to UCLA, Clemson, and Texas

gatorfan · 08-01-2008, 01:11 PM

You hate the Gators??!! Waaaaaaaaaaaa - that's way harsh. Why would anybody hate a team that stopped the pretenders (Ohio State) from getting a NC?

My most hated teams?? Easy
Notre Dame, Ohio State, Notre Dame - and, uh, did I mention Notre Dame!?!?!

**P-Rez25** · 08-01-2008, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by gatorfan

You hate the Gators??!! Waaaaaaaaaaaa - that's way harsh. Why would anybody hate a team that stopped the pretenders (Ohio State) from getting a NC?

My most hated teams?? Easy
Notre Dame, Ohio State, Notre Dame - and, uh, did I mention Notre Dame!?!?!

heres why i hate the Gators, the 1996 National Title. #2 FSU beats #1 UF 27-24 in the last game of the year. you would think that it would be enough to knock the Gators back outta the NC game. but what happens, somehow the Gators get the NC invite against FSU anyways and win. same thing happened in 2006 but this time the roles are reversed. #1 Ohio State beats #2 Michigan in the last week of the season by 3. you wouldve figured that Michigan would get there rematch with them losing to the #1 but no the Gators cry there way into that game and win that one too. NO TEAM IN THE USA CRIES LIKE THE GATORS. THEY DONT EARN CHAMPIONSHIPS, THEY ARE GIVEN TO THEM. its just a coincidence that the head of the BCS went to school at UF isnt it.

gatorfan · 08-01-2008, 02:35 PM

1. We don't call it "crying" -- we prefer the term "lobbying".

2. They still earned it because they beat both teams - actually by a WIDE margin.

3. It's pretty much ALL political. Look at how many BCS games Notre Dame has gone to that they have NO business even being near.