West Virginia University revealed details of a new team walk which will take place before each home football game this season. It will make its debut before the Friends of Coal Bowl Sunday, Sept. 4.
MORGANTOWN -- The inaugural West Virginia football Mountaineer Mantrip, a team walk set to rally WVU fans before each home game this season, will make its debut Sunday, Sept. 4, according to a news release from WVU officials. The Friends of Coal Bowl will pit the Mountaineers against Marshall at 3:30 p.m. at Milan Puskar Stadium.
The walk is a tribute to West Virginia's coal industry. A mantrip is the shuttle that typically transports miners down into an underground mine at the start of their shift.
The Mountaineer Mantrip will begin when the football team is dropped off approximately two hours and 20 minutes before kickoff at the corner of the WVU Medical Center and Don Nehlen Drive.
Fans are encouraged to create a path, which will take the team and coaching staff, led by head coach Dana Holgorsen, through the blue and light blue lots and to the entrance of the Northeast gate at Milan Puskar Stadium.
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