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Posted: 4:31 PM Sep 1, 2010
WVU to Honor Mine Victims During Backyard Brawl
The Mountaineers will suit up in black and white uniforms that pay tribute to the 29 men killed in the Upper Big Branch mine explosion.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- For one game only, the West Virginia Mountaineers will forgo blue and gold.
For the long-running rivalry known as the Backyard Brawl, the Nov. 26 game at Pitt, the Mountaineers will suit up in black and white uniforms that pay tribute to the 29 men killed in the Upper Big Branch mine explosion.
Nike is footing the bill for the gear, dubbed Pro Combat.
The white is a shade that appears as if it's covered in a fine layer of coal dust. The numbers are in smudged black.
Accents and footwear are brilliant gold, which doubles as a reference to the canaries miners used generations ago to signal trouble in the underground atmosphere.
Latest Comments
I absolutely LOVE these uniforms! I am from a small town very close to where this disaster happened and many of my husband's friends were killed that day. I was a super fan of WVU football already but now it just makes me love them that much more. Thank you guys for doing this. I would also like to add that I think the uniforms are so awesome that they should wear them all season.
I must say, although I am not a WVU fan, this makes me have a little more respect for the football program! I teared up when I saw this on the news! Thank you for the support for the 29 minors who lost their lives!!!!
I love the idea! I only wish they had done it at a home game, but I understand that Pitt is the biggest television stage for WVU due to the rivalry.
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