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Nothing like a little spy scandal to spice up the football rivalry between West Virginia and Marshall.
Heading into only their second matchup in 83 years - and it took the governor's involvement to help set this September's game - school officials on both sides confirm a West Virginia student was caught spying at a Marshall practice this month.
The student was confronted April 11 after he was spotted sitting in the bleachers at Edwards Stadium taking detailed notes in a stenographer's notebook.
Thundering Herd practices have been open to the public this spring, but NCAA rules prohibit opposing coaches or football program representatives from attending another school's practice without permission.
The student works in the building where West Virginia's football offices are located. His name wasn't released because he wasn't criminally charged.
"We're treating it as a student conduct incident," Marshall Public Safety Director Jim Terry told the Charleston Daily Mail.
The teams are set to play Sept. 2 in Morgantown. They last met in football in 1997 - that was their first game since 1923.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/5527078
Heading into only their second matchup in 83 years - and it took the governor's involvement to help set this September's game - school officials on both sides confirm a West Virginia student was caught spying at a Marshall practice this month.
The student was confronted April 11 after he was spotted sitting in the bleachers at Edwards Stadium taking detailed notes in a stenographer's notebook.
Thundering Herd practices have been open to the public this spring, but NCAA rules prohibit opposing coaches or football program representatives from attending another school's practice without permission.
The student works in the building where West Virginia's football offices are located. His name wasn't released because he wasn't criminally charged.
"We're treating it as a student conduct incident," Marshall Public Safety Director Jim Terry told the Charleston Daily Mail.
The teams are set to play Sept. 2 in Morgantown. They last met in football in 1997 - that was their first game since 1923.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/5527078