How's the saying go? "Fool me once, I'll hire a good graphic designer and try to cover it up."
It's been about a week since the West Virginia Mountaineers have won the NIT Championship and were jumping around in shirts reading "West Virgina." Since that precious moment, WVU quarterback Pat White has stopped by here to trash the basketball team (yes, I fully believe that's him...), the team's coach John Beilein bolted town for Ann Arbor and major media outlets such as ESPN and Campus Confidential exposed the t-shirt blunder.
West Virginia could have hung its head in shame. The powers at be in Morgantown could have demanded a public apology from the t-shirt company. The Blue and Gold nation could have had a collective meltdown. But no, none of these things happened. As loyal reader Jeremy pointed out, the West Virginia website took the high road.
They either staged a new shot and got some guy to do a really great thumbs up or they hired a very skilled Photoshop artist. See below (below the website screen grab is the same picture I ran last week).
I know it's not the same exact photo. The one I grabbed was an Associated Press photo, perhaps theirs is an inhouse.
You almost got away with it, WVU. But almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades...not Campus Confidential.
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You should call WVU and look into it. I'd be curious whether it's restaged or photoshopped. Great catch.