The DUMBEST CONTROVERSY in CarQuest Bowl HISTORY | 1995 CarQuest Bowl

[@williammunny1844]

Hearing you mention National Travel reminded me… When I was in 4th grade, WVU went to the Sugar bowl (the one vs Florida). National Travel had an essay competition for single parents, asking the question “Why do you think you should win the tickets?”. My Mom won, National Travel flew us to New Orleans, put us up in the Sheraton for a week, gave us tickets to the game, tickets to a pre-game party, and gave us like $300 cash (which is at least $500 adjusted to today’s inflation). I will never forget that act of generosity.

[@DolFan316]

Gotta love how Carquest tried to penalize WVU for the fans not attending the previous 3 bowls that WVU had nothing to do with.

[@DolFan316]

I can totally see a bowl sponsor these days refusing to allow a team to play in it because the head coach or a player tweeted an opinion they didn't like. I'm telling you, it's happening.

[@sawyertuide7636]

Breaking News: Northwestern (alma mater of Darryl Morey!) has been banned from the Huawei Bowl because their Head Coach stated negative opinions about China’s invasion of Taiwan Too soon?

[@DolFan316]

@@sawyertuide7636 The way the world is going, people will be getting banned from the internet for speaking out against China's invasion of the United States next year. Not even joking.

[@mgb4692]

For a bowl game (assuming they rallied for him like they did with Dickert) that their original opponent was coved out of. I'm sure he probably would have started doing the upside down U sign and called them chickenshits in hiding.............

[@AbuctingTacos]

Bowls are dead anyway. The playoff is here to stay and expand

[@Onorrie]

Thank god DolFan316 is telling me it’s happening, wouldn’t have been able to believe it otherwise

[@marquan1976]

I’m sorry, WHAT? Is fast becoming my new favorite JG8/9 catchphrase

[@XDrang93]

There should be a list of his catchphrases. I can think of 3 of them off the top of my head.

[@DolFan316]

I'm making that my default response every time I see a far leftist say something insane on the internet.

[@51Dutchman]

@@XDrang93 Are the three catchphrases 39.6, “We need some context”, and “What’s the moral of the story”?

[@XDrang93]

@@51Dutchman 39.6 is one of them. The other two were "Click the card in the upper-right hand corner." and "...is just an understatement."

[@51Dutchman]

@@XDrang93 Haha, those are good ones too

[@DudeKentucky]

1997 UK team changed how teams throw the ball, Hal Mumme was head coach the OC was Mike Leach, the QB Tim Couch. Tim Couch had the most passing yards in the SEC until Joe Burrow broke it in 2019.

[@mdoerty13]

The ironic thing is that a few years later, WVU was getting better bowl bids because of its fan base’s reputation of traveling to games. Of course, there were not a lot of great fan bases in that old Big East.

[@inconnu4961]

College Football just isnt a big deal here in the Northeast, for some reason! Maybe because there are so many pro teams in a ssmall area, that sucked the energy out of pro football here? not sure . . .?

[@TrainsFerriesFeet]

@@inconnu4961 Most college teams in pro markets don't draw well, even UCLA and Southern Cal. Look at Boston College, Rutgers, Temple, Maryland, Georgia Tech and Miami.

[@anthony0358]

Excellent video! I read an article on sports illustrated which reported that all these bowl games are non profit corporations and that these schools have to pay for a minimum number of tickets. It sometimes leads to schools losing money by accepting bowl invitations

[@DolFan316]

Yet another reason why bowls should be done away with altogether. It's time, especially with so many other things being done away with.

[@jamessimms415]

True

[@CTubeMan]

This unofficial Jaguar Gator 8 historian will remind everyone you made a video about the selection process for the Las Vegas Bowl in 2003.

[@stephenbuus7535]

I half expected you to say CarQuest wanted WVU out because they had no stores in West Virginia. Now THAT would get the talking heads worked up for two weeks.

[@patrickracer43]

West Virginia: *exists* Carquest: "and I took that personally"

[@nasetvideos]

What a fascinating story--You told it so well. Your depth and detail for story-telling is awesome. This was a really interesting video that you put together. Nice job!

[@andrewfallon7963]

I was one of those 38,000 in 94. Granted I was about a month from turning 2 years old, but I was there.

[@inconnu4961]

We appreciation your dedication to mountaineer football. even at a young age!

[@dylinwelty]

@@inconnu4961 why do u say it like ur the owner🤔

[@jmed412]

In WVU's defense the school is not far from Pittsburgh and recruit heavily from the area so viewers could come from Western Pennsylvania

[@inconnu4961]

Cincinatti is also relatively close; they could draw viewers from there!

[@brianmitchell9513]

At 11:53 the newspaper say West Virginia is not responsible for any of the 24,000 tickets not sold and I saw nowhere in the next article where it said $35 anywhere.

[@marcus813]

A note on markets: West Virginia University mainly caters to its state, but it's actually on the southern end of the Pittsburgh DMA. I'm not sure how much of the Pittsburgh DMA follows the Mountaineers, though. As for Syracuse, the Orange's popularity isn't confined to its own DMA. It's popular in much of New York as well.

[@DolFan316]

I still remember Rich Rodriguez tanking the Pitt rivalry game in '07 with WVA being ranked #1 at the time just so he could start the Michigan job sooner. I repeat, a team's head coach actually tanked a game with his team's national title chances on the line so he could leave for another job sooner. This was a thing that happened.

[@marcus813]

@@DolFan316 I'm not sure that the Mountaineers tanked. They just played like garbage at the worst possible time. I know Pitt's its biggest rival and rivalry games can be tricky, but that was an awful look.

[@pronkb000]

Meanwhile, BC is in a big market but in a market where no one cares about college football (except when Doug Flutie was playing for them), and it's a private school without the big alumni bases of the big state universities.

[@DolFan316]

@@marcus813 The players didn't tank, their coach did. He literally announced right after the game that he was taking the Michigan job. As a Memphis fan I know about things like this, Justin Fuente tanked the last half of the 2015 season right after beating top 10 Ole Miss. At that point he might as well have been working for Virginia Tech, who hired him at the end of that season '"officially". When a coach tanks the players know it and you can't expect them to succeed under those circumstances.

[@DolFan316]

@@pronkb000 Yeah, TV markets really don't mean squat. Just ask the NFL about the LA market.

[@mountaineernews2]

Finally He acknowledged that West Virginia exists so thank you

[@teen_laqueefa]

Love WV

[@PAGoTribe1963]

That first game was going to be an outlier attendance-wise. JoePa v. Bobby B. near the end of their respective careers? Plus, PSU fans travel very well and FSU was just up the road.

[@LostLakeTribune]

Congratulations on two references to The Office

[@tigercap100]

All bowls should only be decided by on the field results.

[@inconnu4961]

college football is a business first! All the conference realignments should have shown you this!

[@tigercap100]

@@inconnu4961 they have. But I don't like it. And I think they're killing their golden goose

[@brianmitchell9513]

Why do you always say, "you can learn more about....., by clicking the bubble in the top right corner." But you never have a bubble.

[@JaguarGator8]

That's odd. There should be a card that pops up in the upper right corner. I just checked on my device and it pops up for me

[@brianmitchell9513]

@@JaguarGator8 your page is the only one I have ever seen to not have one pop up.

[@williamhild1793]

Would $160,000 be enough to cover the travel and lodging and meal expenses for the team?

[@jamessimms415]

Not even close. A team charter usually runs $250,000 for a Delta 757 (probably much more now w/higher fuel prices). Add in two or three additional planes for coaches & staff families (usually a second or third their charter outfit), hotel rooms, food, @ least two semi trucks to handle all the team equipment, trainers equipment, office supplies, etc…. If the bowl games close enough to campus, the equipment managers & band will travel by charter bus, if not; then add in an additional plane or two. It adds up quickly.

[@ghumphre11]

Man Chad Johnston had a cannon for an arm. How good was Aaron Beasley? Yeah, do a video on that pitt game. It was literally the worst game of all time. But we won, so it was awesome 😂

[@TheAtkey]

Ah I remember that game it was such a dumb game that we won.

[@higgy04]

10:31 - Should become a T-shirt in the JG9 shop

[@JaguarGator8]

Working on it for sure

[@Gopitt100]

You have to do a video on the 1994 Pitt v WVU Game I was there and I couldn't believe what I saw. I watched the full game on KZbin recently and still can't believe it.

[@rongamble8930]

My brother and I were at that game. He's a WVU fan; I'm the smart one in the family. WVU led big at halftime, and I had a paper due for grad school on Monday, so we left. We listened to the game on the way home, and couldn't believe we left.

[@austinmeyer3642]

Just got off work and now time too watch another 🔥 video

[@TheSonicsean]

1:30 also bizarre (at least to me) is that they put the full name of the state of West Virginia on there, but not the full name of South Carolina.

[@CTubeMan]

I’ll get a celebration penalty from college football officials for what you said at 10:31.

[@SpacemanEzy]

As a WVU fan, I need more WVU content please.

[@JeffW2000]

Watch the 2012 Kansas State vs WVU game, or the 2021 game.

[@SpacemanEzy]

@@JeffW2000 I’m not trying to watch WVU get rolled my guy. I already saw it live.

[@T.R.R.Jolkien]

You offended me and I’m really tender inside…

[@wvulockerroom]

Love your videos. WVU fans have always traveled well

[@gregadams558]

I don't recall, how many tickets did they end up sellling?

[@JJWestmoreland84]

wait, no stats on how many they actually sold? no bowl game TV ratings?

[@boxcarpornstar5779]

I’m pretty sure WVU was invited to the 1997 Gator Bowl over Syracuse because WVU traveled better.

[@ericweaver8155]

So how many tickets did they sell?

[@jayvillane]

We’re that school the NCAA hates because we don’t break the rules

[@DNSKansas]

That was a mediocre South Carolina team in the Carquest Bowl and that's being kind. The Gamecocks got that bid based upon beating a mediocre Clemson team in the finale, plus a one-point road win over a bad LSU team which was scared shitless to throw the ball.

[@briandonegan8480]

Okay so you never answered the biggest question. What was the attendance of the game and how many tickets did West Virginia fans buy of the allotment the athletic department purchased up front?

[@heythatsprettygood1237]

My dad was 1 of those "24,000" wvu fans

[@TrainsFerriesFeet]

I'm a SC fan and I was actually at this game.

[@DNSKansas]

WVU had zero chance to win the national championship in '93. Had Nebraska and FSU tied, Notre Dame would have won it based upon the win over the Seminoles in South Bend. Notre Dame STILL should have won the title over FSU even with the loss to BC.

[@TheAtkey]

Notre Dame lost to Boston College that WVU beat the following week.

[@donaldpaluga]

Carquest had NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER with the Coots playing in their bowl?-Clemson #IPTAY

[@alantherock225]

You lost 41-0 in your bowl game that year so…

[@adampender2482]

@@alantherock225 damn Tokyo didn't feel a burn like that in August 1945. A massage therapist couldn't rub that one out

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

I imagine the vacations that West Virginia fans plan are as easily changed as driving in a different direction...if they have vacation plans in the winter to begin with. It wasn't free money for West Virginia. It was $800,000 that CarQuest didn't have to pay to West Virginia.

[@GMUACW]

There are too many bowls.

[@DolFan316]

They ALL need to be done away with, especially now that players refusing to participate in them has been normalized. Just have the playoff games only and screw the rest.

[@chadwickwhite6107]

The CarQuest Bowl should have been RENAMED the TOILET BOWL. West Virginia and South Carolina are BOTH WAY BELOW a 39.6 and should NOT EVEN BOTHER to show up for their GAMES.

[@CarolinaJackpot]

Clown

[@teen_laqueefa]

Now Chadwick, take it easy, they ain't hurtin nobody.

[@johnwaffleh2p70]

Welfare program

[@ianjones2068]

Look it is a rare species...A Pitt Football Fan!

[@johnwaffleh2p70]

@@ianjones2068 funny you realize you have 0 national championships

[@ianjones2068]

@@johnwaffleh2p70 WVU has a winning record against Pitt since 1982. Edit: What does that say about Pitt in the pecking order of college football in the last 40 years?

[@johnwaffleh2p70]

@@ianjones2068 we won the Acc 😜

[@teen_laqueefa]

@@johnwaffleh2p70 Pickett looks hopeful for the Steelers

[@JoeBobTarheel]

JG9: BETA SJW