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Message: [QUOTE="CoastAtlantic, post: 1025123, member: 5174"] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494675656265850880']Jul 30[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] I wasn’t right. My friend was right. Everything he has shared with me has been accurate. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494677007314063360']Jul 30[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] An hour before the news broke about Smallwood he texted me & said it wasn’t serious. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494677240672567296']Jul 30[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] But I do want to make the distinction that when I’ve been wrong it’s because I listened to the wrong people or made assumptions. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494677519434407937']Jul 30[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] So when I’m wrong it’s100% me. He’s never mislead me. [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot'][B]WVU.Matt[/B] ‏@[B]bagelknot[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot/status/494677807327240192']Jul 30[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV']@[B]theDudeofWV[/B][/URL] the whole SEC thing was a mess and very disappointing. Hate Mizzou because if that. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494678042040471554']Jul 30[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] It wasn’t Mizzou. WVU would have been the choice had Mizzou said no. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494678231446863874']Jul 30[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] What killed WVU’s SEC hopes was the lack of state support for necessary upgrades. [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot'][B]WVU.Matt[/B] ‏@[B]bagelknot[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot/status/494678409855766528']Jul 30[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV']@[B]theDudeofWV[/B][/URL] really? Now that's a damn shame. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494678564470398976']Jul 30[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] I’ve verified that with people in the SEC & certain members of WV’s media. It took me nearly 2 years to find out. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494678810755735554']Jul 30[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] The SEC wanted stadium expansion. They wanted assurance WVU wouldn’t be another Miss St or Vandy. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494679079430266880']Jul 31[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] The key player wasn’t Luck in regards to the SEC. It was Whit. He made the inroads prior to leaving WVU. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494679426538283008']Jul 31[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] The SEC contacted WVU. They gave WVU credit for the Pittsburg & MD markets. Had support from Bama & a former SEC commish. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494679697075093506']Jul 31[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] It was WVU’s talks with the SEC that lead Pitt & Cuse to apply to the ACC. Complicated story. [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot'][B]WVU.Matt[/B] ‏@[B]bagelknot[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot/status/494679968685625344']Jul 31[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV']@[B]theDudeofWV[/B][/URL] god I wish that would've happened. That's where we belong. That or ACC, but hate those snobs. I luv the big 12, but come on [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494680532072927232']Jul 31[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] If WVU had received the subsidy Marshall receives then the Mountaineers would have been in the SEC. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494680752525553664']Jul 31[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] of course this is all my imagination since no one will go on record since it never came about. [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot'][B]WVU.Matt[/B] ‏@[B]bagelknot[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot/status/494681672671977472']Jul 31[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV']@[B]theDudeofWV[/B][/URL] can u imagine us in SEC? I would've been able to attend so many games. I still think we end up in ACC somehow in the future. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494681799226703872']Jul 31[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] WVU found out on Oct 19th of 2011 that Mizzou had accepted & right after called Chuck N. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494682069302120448']Jul 31[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] Just think: If WVU were getting the same. $10 million in athletic subsidies that Marshall received. [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV'][B]Christopher Lambert[/B] ‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/494682391231737857']Jul 31[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] Marshall has a new indoor practice facility. WVU gets 0 dollars. [URL='https://twitter.com/MurrDCU'][B]Murr[/B] ‏@[B]MurrDCU[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/MurrDCU/status/494981483673964544']4h[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV']@[B]theDudeofWV[/B][/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/bagelknot']@[B]bagelknot[/B][/URL] so is WVU executing a plan to meet those marks when the next round of expansion occurs? ME: It could well be that one of the SEC mascots is his source. ;) [/QUOTE]

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