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Big if true. This would be the next thing to fix, should be 65-35 Tech given the history of the last 20 years *cough* 13 straight *cough*.
My experience in Richmond from say 1986 when I was 3 and started liking watching sports until 2008 when I left VA not even half a community in 804 is split between LOLUVA and Tech. There are so many out of state fans in that area. My friends growing up liked FSU, ND, UNC, anOSU, UF and Texas. Besides us Tech fans and a handful of UVA fans. It's a tough sled for fandom in the state and always has been.
Yeah I remember reading things where Beamer was saying when he came to VT in the 80s, students were wearing hats and shirts from different schools to games. At that point in time VT had definitely not gained any national notoriety as a football program, and UVA hadn't either contrary to what many Wahoo fans will tell you and want to believe. Plus TV back then for games was very limited so you just didn't see a ton of games unless it was the big ranked teams. VT fandom really exploded in state in the 90s, and you can argue those were also really UVA's golden years under Welsh. Recruiting was competitive between the two schools as well.
Yeah growing up in Richmond in the 90s-00s definitely mostly uva and VT fans but still had the sprinkling of random schools like FSU, anOSU, and ND
Agree. Even in my hometown, so many transplants from other areas led to many different fans.
You see when they mean any, they really mean Charlottesville, as it probably has a 50 50 split