I entered VT as a freshman in 2004. I came from out of state, and was told of the rivalry with UVA, but had never experienced it in person. Regardless, I left thanksgiving break early and headed back to Blacksburg in time for my first Commonwealth Cup. The campus was buzzing. Everyone was fired up. I was fired up. Both teams were ranked, and the Hokies won 24-10. Hooray, in-state rivalries. It was fun, and I looked forward to the energy and excitement that the Commonwealth Cup brought in future years.
My sophomore year we won 52-14.
My junior year we won 17-0. By the way, that particular thanksgiving I slept in a bit, and had to listen to the game on the radio on my drive down 81. This "rivalry" already began to lose its luster. The rest is history. We then won 6 more times in a row, bringing the total to 9 straight wins. We're going to beat them again this year, bringing us to a decade of VT wins. We've beaten them 277-97 since I've started following college football in 2004. That's a margin of over 27 TDs. We've shut them out twice. Goodbye rivalry.
Serious question: What college football teams in America can say they beat their "in state rival" 10 times in a row? I tried researching this, but gave up. I couldn't find any. Maybe Ohio State vs The University of Ohio or something like that. Would Ohio State fans care if a 5-star from Ohio signed with Ohio University? They'd probably be confused.
My point here is that I no longer consider UVA to be a rival and will not until they demonstrate the ability to beat us on the football field. I do not care about what recruits they get just like I do not care about what recruits ODU or Richmond gets, just like Ohio State fans don't care about what recuits the University of Ohio gets and so on. Shoot, I almost care more about ECU recruiting at this point since they've shown the ability to sneak up on us. I am more concerned with VT developing teams that can win the "big games" and believe we should all really take "star rankings" for what they are worth - - a kinda, sorta, relative assessment of talent (and offers) developed by middle age dudes who've never played or coached a down of football in their lives.
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