West Virginia still obsessed with our coach

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January 14th, 2010 at 8:36 AM
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West Virginia still obsessed with our coach

So I was browsing google trends this morning, and out of curiosity, decided to see the trend for "Rich Rodriguez" over the last month and found something surprising.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=rich+rodriguez&ctab=0&geo=us&geor=all&dat...

the sheer number of search queries for Rich Rodriguez coming out of West Virginia over the last year is simply staggering. Morgantown does more searches on the subject than Ann Arbor, and West Virginia searches overall almost double Michigan's..

Another interesting snippet is that Columbus, OH and several other Ohio cities break the top 10 while if you search sweatervest's name.. Ann Arbor doesn't make the top 10 list..

Yet another interesting point is that East Lansing doesn't make the list. We don't make their list either..

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January 14th, 2010 at 8:41 AM | another funny trend is when (Score:1)
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Another funny one is when you search for the "university of Michigan" trend..

They're clearly obsessed with us in East Lansing and Notre Dame.. we don't make their top 10...

January 14th, 2010 at 7:12 PM | Deep down, they want him back (Score:1)
maizenbluenc
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So my brother in law is a huge West Virginia fan (the non-alumnus West Virginia kind). My sister (who went to Pitt ironically) tells me he and his buddies like to watch our games and root for us to loose. Then they sit around yelling "So how do they like him now!" and laughing.

IMO, they would care so much if they didn't want him back.

January 14th, 2010 at 9:29 AM | You didn't have to do a google search (Score:1)
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to figure out that WVU fans are still bat shit crazy over RR.

What the Hell. -Jack Burton

January 14th, 2010 at 9:48 AM | This is almost like (Score:1)
evenyoubrutus
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in 40 Year Old Virgin when the guy is obsessing over his ex-girlfriend and all of his friends think she is teasing and torturing him, and then Seth Rogan's character confronts her and says "leave my friend alone" and the ex-girlfriend says "He's a freakin' stalker we broke up like 2 years ago and he won't leave me alone..." and Seth Rogan, surprised by this says "I did not know that..." and we realize the creepy stalker is actually the former boyfriend not the ex-girlfriend. Of course Rich Rodriguez is the ex-girlfriend and WVU fans are the creepy ex-boyfriend.

"You smiled, luring me on
My heart was gone, you were temptation"
 

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January 14th, 2010 at 1:35 PM | I know how this plays out (Score:1)
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WVU Fan: We had this coach for seven years and it was the greatest greatest thing in my life. Until he went up to this school in Michigan, I think. And, you know, instead of, like, saying, "Okay, what am I doing that caused this behavior?" I dumped him. Stupid decision. I spent the last two years of my life regretting it.
Rosenbergr: Well, why don't you get him back right now?
WVU Fan: Oh, cause he's coaching this other team. Stupid, horrible decision. But, hey, that's his journey, you know. I gotta respect that. He wants to be some immature little bitch and leave everybody in West Virginia behind, that's... that's love, man.
Rosenbergr: It sounds horrible.
WVU Fan: Of course it's horrible. It's suffering and it's pain and it's... You know, you lose weight and then you put back on weight, and then you, you know, you call them a bunch of times and you try and email, and then they move or they change their email, but that's just love.

January 14th, 2010 at 9:49 AM | How many comments? (Score:1)
acnumber1
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How many comments will this thread need for a Morgantown google search of "Rich Rodriguez" to bring up this thread of us obsessing over Morgantown's obsession with RR?

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January 14th, 2010 at 12:49 PM | Now you're just obsessing (Score:1)
Eck Sentrik
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Now you're just obsessing over our obsession with WV's obsession with RR.

Wait, what?

all the dude wanted was his rug back...

January 14th, 2010 at 10:02 AM | Remember... (Score:1)
Tater
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They have a museum for the Hatfields vs McCoys feud. Something tells me they hang on to emnity for a long time.

http://tinfoilhatsportsblog.blogspot.com/

 

 

January 14th, 2010 at 10:08 AM | Tell me about it.... (Score:1)
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I live about 10 minutes south of Morgantown and I hear it every day how much they love to root against him now. One of the most popular t-shirts sold here has the phrase, "I root for WVU and anybody that plays against Michigan." I once went to my Doctor for a check up wearing one of my (many) Michigan shirts. He said I had a health problem. When I inquired as to what my aliment was, he said it was my Michigan shirt. He offered to pay me to take it off. I told him he could pound sand up his a** and if he wanted to become a better Dr then go to Michigan and get something that actually looks good on his wall.

January 14th, 2010 at 10:28 AM | If this is true (Score:1)
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It is awesome! I would love to have been a fly on the wall when you told your DR. to pound sand up his a**! That and the diploma thing. Good stuff. Thanks for the laugh.

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January 14th, 2010 at 1:15 PM | I kid you not...it really happened.... (Score:1)
jaba
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It happened less than a month ago, right before Christmas. I'm a big Michigan fan and have been since 1976. I am not going to stop wearing anything Michigan just because Rich Rod left WVU for Michigan. That includes trips to Morgantown. I proudly wear my block "M" hat and my block "M" fleece (that I got from MDen!). It has caused some death stares my way but I figure it is still a free country. If the people in West Virginia can not get past the fact that he left, then that is their problem. Not mine. I was a Michigan fan well before he got there and I will be a fan well after he leaves or retires.

January 19th, 2010 at 5:22 PM | Dude (Score:1)
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All I can say is that I didn't know there were people out there who are as obnoxious as I am in their fandom. I would've told the doctor the same exact thing. God bless you. I cannot stand someone talking shit about U of M, and when they do so on a non-factual basis (such as a recent Sparty alum I was dating stating that U of M and MSU had the same admissions criteria- this led me to immediately open up the ol' internet and prove her wrong via U.S. News & World Report. We don't date anymore) I have to correct them.

Pride never takes a day off. Which is why I proudly wear Michigan gear the day after a loss. It's painful, but it's principle.

January 14th, 2010 at 10:41 AM | At least one WVU fan thinks (Score:1)
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At least one WVU fan thinks RR left the cupboard bare? What a crazy fan base.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/324531-bill-stewart-by-the-numbers

Yes I got him a gift. He had a kidney stone. You piss a rock through your pecker, you deserve more than just a pat on the fucking back.

January 14th, 2010 at 10:40 AM | Where does Beilein stand in (Score:1)
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Where does Beilein stand in the "we're jealous of Michigan" rankings?

January 14th, 2010 at 12:51 PM | Pretty low (Score:1)
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Only queries for Beilein have come from Michigan and New York. Maybe bad news? All those Beilein searches might be coming from the FREEP!

I just destroyed that toilet with a huge Rosenberg.

January 14th, 2010 at 10:49 AM | At least (Score:1)
jamiemac
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At least WVA fans have a connection here.

We seem to be uber obsessed with Kiffin and USC over here, based on the threads started and the holier than thou post on the main page. And, we have no personal connection to either.

In a way, we're throwing stones from a glass house in this thread.

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January 14th, 2010 at 11:16 AM | I'm not sure that's fair. (Score:1)
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I'm not sure that's fair. There is nothing else going on in college football right now. This is big news in the college football world. What else do you want us to talk about? More about factions? More about how long RR has? We have talked about those things a lot.

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January 14th, 2010 at 1:02 PM | Define "a lot" because that (Score:1)
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Define "a lot" because that seems like an understatement to me.

January 14th, 2010 at 11:34 AM | Yeah.. Umm.. This is a colle (Score:1)
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Yeah.. Umm.. This is a college football fans forum..

Go over to the trends website and Michigan searches for USC and Kiffin arent even a blip on the radar..

Next time you decide to be a total debbie downer, at least come with a valid point

January 14th, 2010 at 11:42 AM | wtf that happened YESTERDAY (Score:1)
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wtf that happened YESTERDAY

January 14th, 2010 at 11:49 AM | No personal connection? (Score:1)
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Isn't Rodriguez going to TN?

January 14th, 2010 at 11:11 AM | Perhaps that's because Ann (Score:1)
Seth
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Perhaps that's because Ann Arborites are using Yahoo?

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January 14th, 2010 at 11:26 AM | Larry Page (Google co-founder (Score:1)
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Larry Page (Google co-founder and Michigan alumnus) would e-kick your ass if he saw this!

January 14th, 2010 at 12:31 PM | Or Bing (Score:1)
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January 14th, 2010 at 8:06 PM | like when (Score:1)
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commercials cause threads to be started about 89 cent burritos?

January 14th, 2010 at 11:29 AM | like I've said before... It's (Score:1)
wvgoblue
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like I've said before...

It's been how long after the fact that RR has been at UM? I still get cussed on a regular basis by WV inbreeds because RR "sold his soul". I just think they're all made because Gomer Pyle (Stewart) is still around...

January 14th, 2010 at 11:47 AM | WVU (Score:1)
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I was visiting family in West Virginia this summer. We usually just don't talk about RR, so I didn't really think about the fact I was wearing my Michigan cap when we went to the Tri-County Fair. I've never had so many people try to start fights with me in my life. Every drunk within a 90 mile radius was there.

The hat stayed on.

Simply stated: Go Blue

January 14th, 2010 at 12:14 PM | So in other words (Score:1)
evenyoubrutus
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Everybody within a 90-mile radius was there.

"You smiled, luring me on
My heart was gone, you were temptation"
 

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January 14th, 2010 at 12:34 PM | Basically everyone was, as (Score:1)
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Basically everyone was, as that's all there was to do after 5:00 pm when everything closed. It was actually a really neat event, I was just somewhat improperly attired. Great people when not talking about football.

Simply stated: Go Blue

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