In spite of the weather that seemingly hasn’t moved all week, Morgantown’s had a nice little time with College GameDay these past few days. The celebration of the event is more organized, energetic and impressive than it was in 2011 — Tent City, for example, was not around like this last time, and the ESPN people, who are conditioned to such showings, were taken aback by the scene atop the Mountainlair — and the town and the campus have almost uniformly been represented and reported in a way that trumps the other recent headlines.

And no one’s had a better time than Gordon Gee.

Working on some signs for @CollegeGameDay! Here is one for my friends at @TCU_Athletics. pic.twitter.com/IVJw0wm3wY

— E. Gordon Gee (@gordongee) October 31, 2014

In case you get confused today … pic.twitter.com/Ib4DU7jtIa

— E. Gordon Gee (@gordongee) November 1, 2014

Of course I know what bae means. pic.twitter.com/T1Y36Lqj29

— E. Gordon Gee (@gordongee) November 1, 2014

Let’s hope he picks the Mountaineers! pic.twitter.com/oKNH725nxP

— E. Gordon Gee (@gordongee) November 1, 2014

Let’s go Mountaineers!!! pic.twitter.com/gSjk4knLFw

— E. Gordon Gee (@gordongee) November 1, 2014

Lots and lots and lots of other great signs in the GameDay crowd, and you can only hope the energy makes its way across town.

Because these conditions? The opposite of bae.

It’ll keep hands in pockets and people huddled closely together. It’ll also slow the offenses, which is sad because when you have two groups that go like these two, you’d like to see them do what they do, but also because their exploits tend to bring people out of their seats and their hands out of their pockets.

Anyhow, biggest home game since? I’ll hang up and listen.