Appalachian Humor

WVU Fan Humor

Mountaineer optimism, football frustration, Country Roads and nervous couches. Follow the emotional side of West Virginia fandom through satire, fan reactions and jokes from The Holler Herald sports desk.

Sports · Satire

WVU Fans Accuse Schedule Makers of Hiding Michael Hawkins Jr. From Heisman Voters by Playing After Their Bedtime

Mountaineers sent to Lubbock for 9:30 p.m. kickoff, safely beyond the voting committee’s last conscious thought.

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A couch burning during a Mountaineer football celebration in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Sports · Satire

Morgantown Officials Urge Fans to Burn Couches Responsibly Following WVU Homecoming Victory

After a 3–0 start and three straight losses, one nervous sectional admits it had begun to believe it might survive the season.

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Josh Scott points at the camera while wearing a navy Fire Everyone hoodie featuring a burning couch.

Sports · Satire

Mountaineer Fans Demand Entire Staff Be Fired After WVU Plummets to Unacceptable 3-3 Record

Supporters say the coaching staff, athletic department, equipment managers and whoever selects the stadium music should begin packing immediately.

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A frustrated navy-and-gold football fan holds a More Money donation bucket while blaming other fans as Arizona leads 52–31 and the defense misses another tackle.

Sports · Satire

WVU Fan Blames Other Fans for Loss, Refuses to Consider Defense Allowing 9.5 Yards Per Play

Local man says additional donations and six more people in Section 128 would have prevented Arizona from scoring 52 points.

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A football fan experiencing five different game-day emotions

Sports · Satire

The Five Stages of Being a West Virginia Football Fan

Hope, confidence, bargaining, despair and the annual promise that next season will be different.

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Blue-and-gold-clad pallbearers lower a closed wooden casket unevenly into a grave at a West Virginia hillside cemetery beneath the words Let Down One Last Time.

Sports · Satire

Local Man Requests WVU Lower His Casket So Mountaineers Can Let Him Down One Last Time

Attorney says the unusually specific funeral instructions were added approximately six minutes after Saturday’s final whistle.

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A relieved blue-and-gold football fan on a couch takes comfort after a loss while a gloomy rival fan family looks on

Sports · Satire

Mountaineer Fans Take Solace After First Loss: ‘Things Could Be Worse. I Could’ve Been Born Into a Pitt Family.’

West Virginia supporters begin the healing process by remembering that some children are raised without Country Roads.

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Virginia and Maryland fans investigate Country Roads while a relaxed West Virginia fan says the song names his state in its first line.

Memes · Satire

Country Roads: West Virginia vs. Virginia and Maryland Meme

Virginia and Maryland build elaborate Country Roads theories while a West Virginia fan points to the song’s opening line. An Appalachian rivalry meme.

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A Holler Herald editorial graphic showing representatives of Virginia and Maryland arguing while a West Virginian declares the Country Roads debate closed

Opinion · Satire

Sunday Editorial: Virginia and Maryland Need to Stop Trying to Steal “Country Roads”

The song says “West Virginia” in the opening line. We appreciate everyone’s research, but the investigation is over.

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A disappointed West Virginia football fan sitting stunned on his couch after a loss.

Sports · Satire

Local Man Says He Expected WVU to Break His Heart, Somehow Still Appears Surprised

Longtime fan insists he knew better than to feel optimistic, despite spending the entire week explaining why the Mountaineers were definitely going to win.

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An anxious WVU fan sits with tissues, antacids and a paper bag under the caption Mountaineer Emotional Preparedness Kit.

Memes · Satire

Mountaineer Emotional Preparedness Kit — WVU Fan Meme

Tissues, antacids and a paper bag prepare one anxious Mountaineer fan for the fourth quarter. WVU football humor from The Holler Herald.

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A West Virginia hot dog topped with chili, mustard, onions and slaw beneath a Holler Herald headline declaring it chili, not sauce

Opinion · Satire

Opinion: It’s Hot Dog Chili. “Sauce” Is What You Put on Spaghetti.

West Virginia has survived floods, mine wars and several heartbreaking football seasons. Whether it can survive the hot dog chili debate remains unclear.

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A nervous West Virginia football fan in a packed stadium at night beneath an Afraid to Believe headline

Sports · Satire

Local Man Afraid to Get Excited About 3-0 Mountaineers Due to Previous Emotional Damage

West Virginia’s upcoming Saturday-night game has reportedly caused dangerous levels of hope throughout the state.

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