[TN4Liberty]

When friends kid each other about their teams and schools, it is appropriate to say "get a sense of humor." When a state university seeks to degrade another state and the opponent for the game, that is just trashy.

One would think that UVa would be interested in having at least the illusion of good sportsmanship. I would be very disappointed if my community high school pulled a stunt like this. I expect more from a university. In their attempt to put down WVa, they instead made themselves look small and petty.

[Varda]

Good reply and I agree. It was poor sportsmanship and ill manners on display for U Va. I thought this school would have more class than that but apparently not.

[GeneD]

As they say on C-SPAN, your point is well taken, and I have nothing against either state, although both may be laughed at in different ways; but I live in the City of Brotherly Love, the butt of every conceivable joke since W. C. Fields said he'd put the words "I'd rather be in Philadelphia" on his tombstone. (He didn't.) As you say, perhaps the jest was uncalled for, and in poor taste; but the offense is rather tempered by the fact that West Virginia is, after all, the home of "Mr. White N----r," and the teams did play in a bowl game with a stupid name (almost as bad as the upcoming Diamond Walnut Bowl), and the whole corrupt, sleazy, money-besotted college sports system is ripe for ridicule. I think without an occasional questionable dose of mirth people keep their frustrations inside, and that's why the whole corrupt higher-education system is full of PC. Better this than a professor saying, "Anybody who can bomb the Pentagon gets my vote."

[Kevin Curry]

The W Va. crybaby governor needs to grow up. Grow a thick skin. Take it in good humor. Poke the same humor at Virginia.

We are indundated with professional snivelling-lipped boobs.