Hatred toward Marshall

I'm not a Marshall grad. I've never taken a class at Marshall, except for 60 minutes my employer had me sit through for a training session learning something about Microsoft Word that I already knew.

Anyway, the level of hatred against Marshall in some parts of this state never ceases to amaze me. I won't give any quotes from the callers and e-mails I've received in the past week, because I don't want the folks to think they've gotten to me.

About half the time, these folks start out saying, "I'm not a WVU fan, but. . . " A friend I had in college said one of her philosophy professors told her the word "but" negates all that precedes it. So these non-WVU fans proceed to gripe about what a penny-ante school Marshall is compared to WVU. They don't say anything about WVU's defects or faults, but they pour out the hatred toward Marshall.

For people who say WVU is so much better than Marshall that no "rivalry" exists, WVU folks and people who are not WVU "fans" sure are letting their feelings known abut Marshall this week.