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Uproar over pep band's skit called overblown.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Mark Washburn
CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Virginia's pep band wasn't aiming to ignite a war between the states, its leader said Wednesday, but was merely trying to parody the TV show "The Bachelor" with its skit at the Continental Tire Bowl.
"A lot of people are trying to find something to be mad about when nothing's really there," said Adam Lorentson, 20, a University of Virginia junior who leads the school's often-irreverent pep band.
Saturday's halftime skit featured a takeoff on the TV show in which a bachelor had to choose between a refined woman from UVa. who was destined to become a pediatrician and a woman from West Virginia University whose ambition it was to move to Beverly Hills.
The WVU character _ barefoot and wearing bluejean overalls and pigtails _ square-danced with the bachelor and, after losing the contest, came to mock blows with the Cavalier contestant.
"I'm surprised that pigtails are offensive," said Lorentson, who is double majoring in foreign affairs and cognitive sciences. "And I saw plenty of fans from both sides in overalls."
But West Virginians criticized the oafish stereotype as offensive and demeaning. West Virginia's governor Bob Wise called for an apology from the University of Virginia.
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