The rivalry between two schools separated by just 75 miles, and a rivalry that first started in in will resume on Friday night as West Virginia will host Pitt in the th Backyard Brawl.
For many who attend or who are fans of West Virginia, the first two things they are taught are the words to country roads, and to dislike Pitt. A four game series which was supposed to conclude last year, got moved to this season due to the COVID pandemic. Even though this recent stretch of games has provided close games and large crowds it is nothing like the Big East days.
Take the season for example; West Virginia lost the two regular season matchups but then beat No. Three matchups in one season means more anger, more hatred, and just more of a rivalry.
WVU seemed overmatched. One of the Hills scored on a yard kickoff return and I never was sure if I had the right one. His very introduction seemed to put the punch in the Pitt crew.
Arlin returned to Forbes Field on Nov. The memory of his second game—a Nebraska victory—was more vivid than the first, mainly because he knocked his radio station off the air.
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The Backyard Brawl moniker is also used for the basketball rivalry between the two schools, which dates to February 17, The teams began competing annually since , and have played each other at least once every season since then. Pitt began playing basketball in the Big East Conference in —83, with the Mountaineers joining in — The basketball rivalry has heated up over the last several years as each team has been among the best in the country and the games have taken on added significance.
On February 9, , for the first time in the history of the series, in the th edition, Pitt and WVU were both nationally ranked as they squared off in Pitts Petersen Events Center. Pitt won, but a few weeks later, the two ranked teams played at WVU Coliseum with the Mountaineers winning.
In the —09 season, the Panthers swept both games during the regular season and came into the tournament ranked No. During a February game when Pittsburgh visited West Virginia, several times during the course of the game, West Virginia fans threw objects at the Pittsburgh team. A Pittsburgh assistant coach was injured when an object was thrown at him. The actions received widespread attention. During the second half of the game, coach Bob Huggins used a microphone to address the fans.
Additionally, West Virginia vowed to address security, as the incident closing followed similar occurrences in games against Syracuse and Ohio State. This game was followed with a rematch nine days later in Pittsburgh, and while there were no off-court incidents, the game proved to be one of the most memorable in the history of the series as the 25th ranked Panthers upset the fourth ranked Mountaineers 98—95 in the first triple overtime basketball game to be played between the two schools.
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