The WVU Board of Governors had approved plans for premium seating at Hope Coliseum and also gave the go-ahead to proceed with plans for more premium seats and a long overdue update to the press box at Milan Puskar Stadium, projects expected to cost in the neighborhood of $150 million dollars.

It was a bit ironic that this announcement came just three days prior to the anniversary of the last game at old Mountaineer Field; for 55 years from 1924 to 1979, the home of WVU football.

The last game at old Mountaineer field was on November 10th, 1979 against Pitt. I was a student at that time, living in Sunnyside and passed the old stadium every day when the sprit moved me to make it to class on time. More on that in a moment.

But what were the factors that made the University take the stadium

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