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It wasn't like ANY of them played badly, or somebody totally screwed up and that's why they lost.

They were borderline getting blown out, and scratched back into it.
Had a shot to win, almost overcame a 9pt deficit in under a minute.

Don't know how any of that = death threats.
 
Don't know how any of that = death threats.
My guess is that it has very little to do with the effort or lack thereof and everything to do with the awful life circumstances of these particular fans who did this, and their disgraceful response to take it out on someone else by threatening them.

I don't like WVU, but from an effort standpoint yesterday, any of their guys can come play for us any day. Both teams played hard and left it all out there. WVU couldn't deal with the zone, especially early. But they were fighting the whole game.
 
They burn couches when they win, fire off death threats when they lose.

Duh. :)
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That is just stupid.
WVU didn’t choke.
They played pretty well.
We just played better.
This wasn’t a choke and it’s stupid to send anything vile on social media to these kids in a year they pretty much lived in a minimum security prison so we could be entertained.
 
E J Liddell of Ohio State got them too and he was their leading scorer in the loss to Oral Roberts. I don't understand a lot of things that go on nowadays. I hope all the threats are coming from gamblers, that would make it ever so slightly comprehensible.
 
It wasn't like ANY of them played badly, or somebody totally screwed up and that's why they lost.

They were borderline getting blown out, and scratched back into it.
Had a shot to win, almost overcame a 9pt deficit in under a minute.

Don't know how any of that = death threats.
Even if someone played badly or someone totally screwed up.

It's still a game. Society's entitlement is ridiculous.
 
That is just stupid.
WVU didn’t choke.
They played pretty well.
We just played better.
This wasn’t a choke and it’s stupid to send anything vile on social media to these kids in a year they pretty much lived in a minimum security prison so we could be entertained.
Honestly, it wouldn't mattered if they choked. You just don't do something like this. the work of cowards to be sure.
 
That is just stupid.
WVU didn’t choke.
They played pretty well.
We just played better.
This wasn’t a choke and it’s stupid to send anything vile on social media to these kids in a year they pretty much lived in a minimum security prison so we could be entertained.

You don't need the disclaimer about the pandemic on your last sentence. It's stupid to send anything vile on social media to these kids under any circumstances.
 
As a professional gambler, I would be pretty surprised if these came from gamblers very often. I don't bet sports often, maybe once a year on average if I love a spot. Like if we get to +7 or higher I'll really consider it.

Anyway, people who bet sports a lot lose all the time. They often say stuff like "I wanna kill that guy," but the anger usually wears off in a couple minutes and they're on to the next game. I see it all the time at the poker table.

IMO the people who get angry enough and stay angry enough to actually make death threats are more likely to be diehard fans who are too invested in the team emotionally and also a little unstable.
 
It's just the social media culture. It is pure poison. I fully expect it to happen to our guys when we lose. Twitter is the nuclear bomb of bullying. Everybody loves it! Yay!
Athletes receiving death threats has been happening WAYYY before social media was around.
 
It's just the social media culture. It is pure poison. I fully expect it to happen to our guys when we lose. Twitter is the nuclear bomb of bullying. Everybody loves it! Yay!
This. It’s a spill over from all the political rancor and culture wars. We haven’t quite yet reached South American soccer craziness where an own goal will get you killed.
 
When I see reports like this it just chills me something awful. We're talking about kids playing college BB for goodness sakes. I could maybe see something like this if it was quite obvious a player was purposely trying to shave points, but I can't recall that example in my 40 years of following 'Cuse BB. Yes, the world is gone nuts in so many ways. I really feel for the kids getting the threats.
 

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