Not only were they born in the same end of Marion County, WV, you Wolverines may not be aware that Yost PLAYED at WVU in 1895-96 - and, like RR - abandoned WVU in the lurch.
In 1896, WVU played THREE games in three days (Oct. 15-17) against Lafayette, losing 18-0, 6-0, 34-0, after which Yost, applying a bizarre "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em," transferred TO Lafayette. A week later, Yost was playing for Lafayette against Penn. Two weeks later, after pressure by Penn officials and the Philadelphia Ledger, Yost was back at WVU.
To add insult to injury, in their only meeting in 1904 at Ann Arbor, Yost coached Michigan to a 130-0 (sic) victory over WVU.
Given that debacle, plus the thefts of Beilein and Rodriguez (not to mention the subsequent wooing of our talented womens soccer coach), to say WVU owes UM is an understatement. Perhaps in my lifetime...
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RR second coming of Fielding Yost?
Perhaps.
Not only were they born in the same end of Marion County, WV, you Wolverines may not be aware that Yost PLAYED at WVU in 1895-96 - and, like RR - abandoned WVU in the lurch.
In 1896, WVU played THREE games in three days (Oct. 15-17) against Lafayette, losing 18-0, 6-0, 34-0, after which Yost, applying a bizarre "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em," transferred TO Lafayette. A week later, Yost was playing for Lafayette against Penn. Two weeks later, after pressure by Penn officials and the Philadelphia Ledger, Yost was back at WVU.
To add insult to injury, in their only meeting in 1904 at Ann Arbor, Yost coached Michigan to a 130-0 (sic) victory over WVU.
Given that debacle, plus the thefts of Beilein and Rodriguez (not to mention the subsequent wooing of our talented womens soccer coach), to say WVU owes UM is an understatement. Perhaps in my lifetime...