Even from 1,400 miles away, the desperation was palpable. At every opportunity, West Virginia Mountaineers fans threw the horns down hand sign. Many wore shirts with an upside down Texas Longhorns logo or a hand throwing horns down.
The problem for West Virginia fans is that no amount of hate will make them a rival to Texas, as head coach Tom Herman explained after the 42-31 victory in Morgantown.
“You know, I define rivals maybe a little bit differently,” Herman said. “To me, they’ve got to have some semblance of history to it.