1st time poster, but i wanted to insert my thoughts on WVU after attending the game over the weekend. First, i don't want to completely bash Morgantown WV as i didn't see the entire town. I saw the campus area, the downtown area and i briefly crossed the river to go to Target. But from what i saw, color me unimpressed. Also, the WVU campus does not hold a candle to the KSU campus. The WVU campus is crammed right against the downtown/river area and at least one side of campus sits next to some atrocious student housing. My first thought was "people actually live in these houses?" I mean, when i was at school at KSU we had some pretty bad housing 3 to 4 blocks away from the campus on streets like Bertrand, Kearney Thurston etc., but those houses were decent compared the 3 story crap castles next to WVU's campus. Also, most of those shitty houses next to KSU campus have been since torn down and rebuilt or in the process of being torn down and rebuilt. Imagine this, take away the nice large landscaped portions of grass that sit between the campus buildings and the wall, the wall around campus and sit the buildings right across the street to a shittier version of Poyntz Ave., and you have the WVU campus. I did have blast down on High Street though and people were super-friendly and bought me several drinks. I will be honest here, i personally believe high street has better bars than Aggieville, but Aggieville is a better bar district if that makes sense. If High street was more compact like Aggieville, i would say High Street was better. But i do believe the WVU/Morgantown police are much more laid back than the RCPD. As for tailgating, I haven't been to many Big 12 tailgates scenes, but WVU's is the best that i have been to. Again, the people were super-friendly and offered me beer, food and moonshine. Overall, it had a much better atmosphere than KSU's tailgate, Blue Lot was awesome. But......after we left the game, every parking area was completely trashed. Think of the grass lots where the students tailgate at KSU after a game and imagine if the East and West side parking lots of stadium looking just like that after a game. That is what Blue Lot looked like. I would love to have tailgating atmosphere that WVU has at KSU, but the tucks in MHK would not have it if it meant turning the place into landfill every game. As for the stadium, Milan-Puskar is kind of blah. Not that i think BSFS is the greatest Big 12 stadium, but it is much better than Milan-Puskar. Also, thought BSFS gets much louder. In conclusion, IMHO the town of Manhattan, the KSU campus, LHC Bill Snyder's Family Stadium and Aggieville are much better areas/facilities at least aesthetically. But i do wish we had the atmosphere/spirit that WVU has.
