Oops ! Even Comey admitted DNC docs did not come to @Wikileaks from Russians #falsenarrative https://t.co/ZwHLhcZSoU — Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) March 25, 2017

That’s a former Donald Trump campaign adviser sharing a thread at a West Virginia Mountaineers fan board to dispute allegations of Stone’s involvement with Russian interference in the presidential election. A West Virginia Mountaineers fan board, I said.

No clue how my #WVU site became part of the national political scene but admittedly it's quite funny. https://t.co/rDDdjTlUiB — Vernon Bailey (@RivalsVernon) March 25, 2017

To avoid the manipulation of the Deep State one must turn to West Virgina sports discussion boards for one's investigative journalism needs. https://t.co/xMmvSLVLkV — Edward DeRuiter (@edwardderuiter) March 25, 2017

Big day for Rivals https://t.co/ORkAbvwYX6 — Hugh Kellenberger (@HKellenbergerCL) March 25, 2017

What Stone’s seemingly attempting to cite are the large portions of a Gateway Pundit article pasted into that thread. The article misleadingly claims FBI director James Comey said Russians didn’t send Democrat emails to WikiLeaks; Comey says in the article’s embedded video that Russia did so via a third party.

(Also, by linking to a discussion page, Stone is linking to a thread where multiple commenters point out the article’s flaws, including one who writes, “And it's quite possible that Roger Stone is your 3rd party.”)

That’s all beside the point. The main thing here: A WVU message board is now a part of the national security debate:

A longtime advisor/mentor to the president just sourced national security intel to the West Virginia Rivals board. https://t.co/VkDa5oyQVh — Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) March 25, 2017

Just went to UGA board and apparently Russians had Kompromat on Bobo and instructed him not to run the damn ball. https://t.co/06SImwYHIn — Eric Teusink (@EricTeusink) March 25, 2017

He is citing this from a WVU Rivals site?



I'm going to cite Bucknuts in my political opinions. https://t.co/QblmUAjXsO — Casey L. (@Casey__Ray) March 25, 2017

Come on. You should see the shit rumors in OU's Rivals forums, much less West Virginia. No offense, @SoonerScoop. lol https://t.co/ugeKJlpgSx — Shane (@getboyce) March 25, 2017

As a proud #WVU alumnus, I am truly confounded that he thought this would work https://t.co/2D0hRSH9sj — Robert Brady (@BradyAvalon) March 25, 2017

It’s especially funny that it’s a WVU site because every time conference realignment springs up as a topic, certain West Virginia fans are infamous for trafficking the boldest rumors. Among internet college football fans, a blogger who goes by the Dude of WV is synonymous with the concept of realignment rumormonger:

That's Senior National Security Advisor The Dude of WV, ma'am. Respect the title. https://t.co/vSazdtUZa2 — Patrick Southern (@patricksouthern) March 25, 2017

BIG 12 EXPANSION MESSAGE BOARDS HAVE NOW REACHED THE TRUMP PEOPLE



GOD IS GOOD EVERY DAYhttps://t.co/oR5snJV83h — Matt Brown (@MattSBN) March 25, 2017

Bruh we don't even trust the West Virginians with conference Realignment rumors https://t.co/N552hL2cRE — RedDirtSport (@RedDirtSport) March 25, 2017

Next thing you know, Roger Stone will be quoting WVU bloggers about FSU and Clemson going to the Big 12/ https://t.co/Ot4jp73Ybf — Jim Mogle (@FSUMogle) March 25, 2017

SB Nation’s own West Virginia site swears to use the Mountaineer sports fan community’s newfound power with diligence and great caution:

I will be taking my new role of liaison to our president very seriously.



CHEMTRAILS pic.twitter.com/P2hjS28Y2T — Smoking Musket (@SmokingMusket) March 25, 2017

The Russia thing just cannot shake Big 12 sports. Earlier in the week, the Texas-Texas Tech rivalry came up as a wounded analogy during the FBI’s hearing on the matter:

your shine is store-bought and you can’t clean your own gun https://t.co/LQkgV3eI29 — Holly Anderson (@HollyAnderson) March 25, 2017