WVU’s fan base gets beat up all the time, which often leads to impassioned defenses of the people and the place. Let’s not get into that here, please. What I will do, though, is pass along a note from Steve Levack, from Middletown, Conn. Consider it ammunition for your fight, if you choose.

Steve was at the game Saturday and witnessed the Mountaineers marching band put on a show — people were stunned … I mean, I actually noticed stunned people — and a rather sizable gold-clad contingent party in the bleachers from start to finish.

Just a note from a UCONN fan regarding Saturday’s game.  I really enjoyed the game from the standpoint of being shown what a great football program WVU has and the great support that goes with it.  You showed us what it can be like and what it should be like to be one of the premiere programs in college football.  UCONN fans are impatient, often delusional, and a very critical bunch.  I understand the program needs to be given time to develop.  I never believed we would be as competitive at this point of our membership in the BIG EAST as we are today.  But I saw that the development is needed not only in the football program but in the fan support also.  Randy Edsall gets killed week after week by the media and fans but here we are thinking about a bowl for the second year in a row.

Mistakes are going to be made when you play WVU with a freshman QB.  The fans have to get real and enjoy the ride rather than complaining about every bump. 

I thank the WVU football team and its fans for providing an enjoyable afternoon in our house even if the outcome on the field was not to my liking.  Your team was impressive, your band was entertaining, and the WVU fans I encountered were vocal and passionate in their support but enjoyable to talk to.  We may never equal the storied success of WVU, but I will look forward to your visits.  

Between this and Fat White Guy, it’s going to be awfully difficult for WVU fans to despise UConn fans.