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WVU working on keeping fans in stands

By Bruce Feldman
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, November 13, 2003

The Backyard Brawl between Pittsburgh and West Virginia Saturday will be huge with BCS bowl implications. However, the atmosphere is so charged that local officials around Morgantown are trying whatever they can to make sure things don't get out of hand Saturday night. Back on Oct. 22, when WVU shocked Virginia Tech 28-7, in another prime time TV night, Mountaineer fans fought with police in an unsuccessful attempt to tear down the 600-pound goal posts, then set more than 100 fires around town. ...

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