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If you’ve been keeping up with our Frogs O War articles, or tweets in the Horned Frog Twittersphere you might have seen a few tweets with the phrase “Western Virginia”. The joke was started from this tweet, which screengrabbed a graphic from an Eagles game in which the graphic said the CB Rasul Douglas went to “Western Virginia University”:
ITS WEST VIRGINIA!!!!! #WVU pic.twitter.com/HXDaigl4Zw
— WVU Crushes (@WVUCrushes_) September 17, 2017
And we at Frogs O War (and some other members of Frog Nation), seeing as we were to play WVU after the bye week, completely ran with it.
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And of course, the Mountaineers being Mountaineers just didn’t quite get the joke.
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OH GOD pic.twitter.com/BWAHDJZKfR
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 26, 2017
*Shrug Emoji*
Hey @SmokingMusket hey what are we doing wrong pic.twitter.com/RWpru1EVwI
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 26, 2017
“Have a blessed day”
Another satisfied customer pic.twitter.com/f8uo6ShAEI
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 26, 2017
Those of us here at FOW like the longer character count, because typing Western Virginia University all the time uses a lot of letters.
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 26, 2017
BREAKING NEWS: It's 2017 pic.twitter.com/nEII3WfdZI
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 28, 2017
#BeatWVU
— RIFF RAM (@RiffRamTCU) September 28, 2017
We've got the entire bye week to research fun facts about the State of Western Virginia:
Western Virginia State Bird:
•Cardinal pic.twitter.com/RhbigLErMR
More satisfied customers. #BeatWesternVirginia pic.twitter.com/id21nH39Rc
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 28, 2017
Did you know that ‘West Virginia’ has been a separate state since 1863? Because who knew?
Dear @FrogsOWar - It's not Western Virginia. It's West Virginia. It's a state. Thank you. Signed, this guy. pic.twitter.com/Ry6HpMDHlf
— Great Davey's Ghost (@Ace_Gagnon) September 28, 2017
@FrogPreacher Hey Jamie, WEST VIRGINIA is a STATE. Texas Corn Frogs are playing @WVUfootball not "western Virginia"
— Mary Berry (@MareBare64) September 28, 2017
OOOOOooooOooooohhhh Burnnnnnnn!
Again, you're an idiot too. GFY
— Mary Berry (@MareBare64) September 28, 2017
Your stuff is getting around on FB pic.twitter.com/CR1CHXJ2pN
— Bug Catcher Evan (@EvanWilson12) September 28, 2017
Ah yes because jokes mean that we are now not a REAL college... because that makes complete sense.
Moar pic.twitter.com/vZJBbGtmCC
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 29, 2017
"Apology should be made" pic.twitter.com/NRxNL9GzNc
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 29, 2017
I’m sensing a theme with the word “moron”.
The North, Western Virginia, The South, California, Texas, Mexico https://t.co/ddC2eHejJe
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 29, 2017
The guys at @FrogsOWar have rattled West Virginians so bad they are ready to leave the Big 12 https://t.co/WREUYVYvlb
— Burnt Orange Nation (@BON_SBNation) September 29, 2017
The POTUS of Western Virginia has spoken pic.twitter.com/szbCHiXvDZ
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 29, 2017
THE GREATEST. EVER. EVERYONE KNOWS THIS. IT’S A FACT.
We're not talking about Virginia Western.... pic.twitter.com/ptVT9A0SQ2
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 29, 2017
Gosh @sboasey do your job pic.twitter.com/pjUAa9anOC
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 29, 2017
If only we had Editors, *sigh
Check a map pic.twitter.com/7e4K3dSPRw
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 29, 2017
EVERYONE'S NEW FAVORITE GAME. WESTERN VIRGINIA BINGO. pic.twitter.com/DMvpV2Jnes
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 29, 2017
BINGO! BINGO, BINGO, BINGO!
We really do need to research our geography more. pic.twitter.com/X8z065YOvv
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 29, 2017
Spells 'familiarize' correctly ✅
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 29, 2017
Basic joke flys over head ✅ pic.twitter.com/fQ1VT8X9Ia
Yawn* sorry what?
@FrogsOWar please share pic.twitter.com/z8dJ4dm2FT
— #BeatWesternVirginia (@_NickPix) September 29, 2017
Another one pic.twitter.com/yUPrOvzgrz
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 29, 2017
Hold us to a higher standard @sboasey pic.twitter.com/lEJsCcFjjU
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 29, 2017
Pretty sure this one is reverse trolling... pic.twitter.com/bEDJmrUJMO
— Geography Expert (@FrogsOWar) September 30, 2017
Where* Virginia* Any* and the states don’t belong to you good Mountaineer.
#BeatWesternVirginia pic.twitter.com/EUaj0abuWp
— mitch (@itmemitch) October 1, 2017
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“Namen”
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All I want to know is the amount of Google Searches for “West Virginia Independence” because of this bit. Because how many of you Mountaineers actually knew the exact date without looking it up?
I don’t expect this Western Virginia bit to die down anytime soon. Especially with College GameDay in town (#BeatWesternVirginia will make great signs Frog Fam). So sorry not sorry Mountaineers.
Sincerely,
Frogs O’ War
Take a Joke, Long Live Western Virginia, and Go Frogs