... tend to stereotype and hurl various slurs at one another; it may be wrong, but it's seems that it is just part of college football.

Bama fans are gumps, Auburn fans are barners, Rebels are retarded, and we LSU fans are corndogs. It is what it is.

But is it fair to call our friends from West Virginia rednecks?

Well, YES, historically speaking it is.

In 1920, shortly after what is known as 'the Matewan Massacre,' a shootout between hired 'detectives' of the Stone Mountain Coal Co. and local Miners that left 11 people laying dead in the street (including Sid Hatfield of Hatfield vs. McCoy fame) of a major mining town in Mingo County, W.Va., previously un-unionized minors joined the union ...

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