As much as I REALLY want this to work and look good, I have a bad feeling we didn't do enough marketing for this to look like Iowa's, WV's, OU's stripped effect.
Nothing you can do on the secondary market, but I would ask the Marketing team at VT a couple questions to see how well they prepped...
Does the ticket say what color you should wear?
Did they send out emails to remind them what color to wear?
Why isn't NEZ stripped?
I hope they prove me wrong, because if they pull this off, Lane will look badass.
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It took them about 5-10 years before the Orange Effect really started to come together. I don't think this is going to work that well. They'd be better off just leaving free shirts on the seats.
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NEZ is student section, which ebbs and flows with where the students stand. No amount of planning orange/maroon would work there...so they picked a single color.
It's not difficult to figure out what color you should wear. Will everyone adhere to it? No way. But if you get a high enough percentage in each section, it will look cool on tv. There are factions that HATE orange within the VT circle. There are others that wear orange to balance it out. And that's no matter what some chart says. Let it play out before saying it's a failure.
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See I disagree with the student section. Have the color on their ticket or just email them with the same email they get their tickets to say which color to wear. Sure, they NEZ is perfectly sectioned off, but it isn't that hard to get a solid stripped look over there.
And yea, everyone knows not EVERYBODY is going to wear the right color. Watching the PSU whiteout game this past Saturday, there were still a bunch of donkey's wearing blue, but overall it looked awesome.
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I don't think you understand, the NEZ is anarchy. Hundreds or thousands of students sneak in after using SEZ or East sideline tickets to enter the stadium, and even then most people ignore their assigned seats and go wherever their friends are.
Honestly I'm surprised that whoever set this up had the foresight to just make the whole damn section a single color, because otherwise we'd be looking at a garbled mess there.
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I agree. When Tennessee did it for the first time, they thought it was going to be a failure. They did some decent marketing and had an online app where you input your seat and it returned your color. I'm not going to the game so I haven't been looking for it.
Anyway, they all thought it would be a failure because so many Tennessee fans refuse to wear anything but that sickly apricot color to games, but it turned out to be a success and now they do it once a year.
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There is a place on Hokiesports to input your section and it'll tell you your color. Anyone who doesn't bother to look at the relatively clear graphic isn't going to seek that out though.
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I hope you're right, but they've never been to the Red River Rivalry. I saw the Texas twitter page was already asking Gameday to come. Also noon isn't ideal but they'd make it work.
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Eh, considering that 5 teams between #20 and #25 lost this week, Florida might juuuuuuuuuuust sneak in to #25 or so just in time for their matchup vs. #5 LSU.
In any case, I'd say we have at least a 50% shot at GameDay.
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Ok, since we now know we have a night game I have an unofficial poll here. For the Lot 18 tailgate, should I smoke 8 racks of ribs or 2 chickens and 4 racks of ribs? Alright, go.
EDIT: It seems 2 chickens and 4 racks of ribs have taken the lead. That will be my contribution to the Lot 18 tailgate next weekend.
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I have to work on Friday and I live in NoVa so that is a no go. Friday night I will be driving to the in-laws in Danville to drop the child off and get some sleep.
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Gonna be good eats along the Guardrail! It sounds like we are going to be bringing the pizza oven again and doing a bunch of those. We will talk more on that soon.
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Have they ever gone to another network's noon game? Nooners already put a bit of a damper on the crowd, but at least if it's on their channel, they probably have better access to stadium locations.
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That actually makes it easier for them logistically then. Either way, this is the most compelling Red River Rivalry in years, so I wouldn't blame them for jumping back on that. Then again, they love us.
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Surprised the announcement hasn't been made yet. They're probably really thinking hard about it. Probably were set on RRR earlier today, but with ND and VT both winning convincingly over ranked opponents and VT likely back in the rankings tomorrow, it opens back up as an option. Plus RRR is a nooner and they would have to fly Herbie from Dallas to Blacksburg to call the game at 8.
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In all seriousness if you're a Metallica fan and don't have many options to see them live go to that show 100%. There will always be VT Football, but those guys aren't gonna be able to play forever.
If you can find a way to one of their other shows though just watch the game.
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That's my line of reasoning as well. Plus last time I skipped a concert to watch a game it was Clemson. So obviously if i don't watch the game we will win this time.
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ACL here we go! I'd be less concerned if I thought phones would work, but they never do at festivals. Not sure if the suspense will make the show better or worse.
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Gonna have to find me another bottle of Buffalo Trace for this Saturday. Go Hokies! We beat um in South Bend... now we can do the same in Blacksburg. Come on liver, you can do it!
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Yes a private plane can make that trip in less than the 5 hours he really needs. I'm pretty sure one game they followed him with a camera and he made it to the booth with only a few minutes to spare. So this would be easy.
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Metallica is actually playing Austin City Limits music festival Saturday night during our game. I'm going to be at the festival all weekend, but am skipping that set to go watch the Hokies.
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Yea, i was thinking that it would conclude at 11am and the RRR was going to start at Noon local time - looking back, I am not sure why I thought that would matter when I typed that at 6am on Sunday morning haha
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I think GD in Blacksburg is the better draw. ND is a national brand (arguably Texas and Oklahoma are as well) but all the other games, including Texas/Okla are regional games with more of a regional audience/fan bias. No one on the west coast cares about Auburn/Miss. St or LSU/Florida. ND being in the national spotlight helps college football as ND draws a national audience, which means better numbers for ESPN/ABC, plus it's a night game in Lane, which typically ESPN/ABC favors.
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Just depends how you define best. Most storied, most traditional, most respect, sure. Most national championship implications, nope. Auburn and Bama, Mich and OSU both have tradition and national championship implications.
I'm not saying one is right, just depends on what you want to use as qualifiers. OU and Texas use to be there but Texas has faded.
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Well, it only extends the idea a couple years, but the implications continued into the Colt McCoy era. A quick glance at the history shows that the 2008 matchup was #1 Oklahoma vs #5 Texas, where both teams ended up with 1 loss and Oklahoma ended up in the natty (even though they lost RRR).
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This is they way I was leaning, with OSU-Mich as #1 (I think I saw a stat where they have met 21 times with both teams in the top 10) followed by Auburn-Bama. I would have OU-TX third in that list with heavy weight being given to championship implications, otherwise Army-Navy would be higher on my list.
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Iron Bowl and it's not close. I lived in Ohio, that OSU-Michigan rivalry is dumb. Both sides act like they're in high school. The Iron Bowl is true hate, I have friends whose families don't talk at Thanksgiving because of that game.
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Yeah thats an easy announcement if it was RRR... Im honestly surprised they haven't already announced they're going there by now... Best ranked matchup in a national rivalry. If we get it, color me shocked
And there it is, RRR for Gameday
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Yeah. If anything, the quick turn around, at least in my mind, has helped me understand that with a young team, shit happens. Don't get too worked up about it. I still feel pretty good about the program's trajectory, and losing a stupid game like that in a year I expected to have 4-5 stupid games (different ones of course), doesn't change that for me.
My annual fall weekend of golf, drinking, and football with my cousin is this coming weekend and it can't get here soon enough.
Let's go!!
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Maybe just me, but I'm just fine if Gameday does not make an appearance. I'm not sure of our exact record when they host from Blacksburg, but I can only recall 2 wins (both in '99). In other words, we dont usually have a great result when they're in town. Anyone have the true stats?
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Notre Dame recruits well, but they are almost always between 10th and 15th in recruiting. Good, but they shouldn't outclass us talentwise the way some programs can.
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Any Austin, TX TKPers want to meet up at the Shiner's Saloon watch party? I'm gonna be at ACL all weekend with some fellow Hokies and we're skipping out early on Saturday night to go to Shiner's.
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Yeah that doesn't really matter, FOX won't mind the publicity. Much like how ESPN has an in stadium setup for the super bowl, college championship games, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, etc even when they aren't broadcasting the games.
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So what are some last minute hotel options? I was planning on taking the hokie club bus from RVA but waited too long and that is now sold out. Hotels and Air B&B looks sold out for Bburg/Roanoke/Salem area.
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You've got some hotel options of off exit 150 nears Hollins/Troutville. I also work up in Natural Bridge. I know that hotels around the Lexington area still have availability but are booking up quickly.
I know it's not right next to Blacksburg but the options are there for now.
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I just did a quick scroll through Saturday's games and realized our only competition for eyeballs are Kentucky @ A&M and Auburn @ Miss St. We'll be the only ranked on ranked all night. There are going to be a lot of neutrals watching this one.
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This but a big UFC ppv with McGregor Saturday night as well which will draw a lot of eyes especially late. On a related note, does anyone know bars in Blacksburg that regularly carry PPV fights? I've heard bdubs has in the past.
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It's all about ratings and given that we had such good ratings for the FSU game I think there is at least a chance. Plus, the ESPN crew likes Blacksburg...that doesn't hurt our chances.
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Count me in that camp. Seems like Vegas is as hot and cold on us as our secondary is on a weekly basis. We are only 1.5 points more of an underdog to ND as we were Duke? I don't care about venue that was definitely surprising to me.
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Is this where I start the Enter Sandman Live rumor?
Yessss.. another trip to Lane! #Metallica sets the pregame tone as always.. but with a wrinkle this time. (That's a tease). @VT_Football will need all the chaos they can create to stall @FightingIrish push toward the CFP. abc SNF back at 8ET this week pic.twitter.com/t0ZoEe2b6G— Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) October 3, 2018
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ENTER NIGHT
EXIT LIGHT
OFF TO NEVVA NEVVA LAAAAAAND
TAAAAAAAAKE MY HAAAAAAAAAND
Something tells me AME comes early this year
We should do AME for this game and Miami
The stripeout is going to look SOOOO sick at night in Lane!!!
As much as I REALLY want this to work and look good, I have a bad feeling we didn't do enough marketing for this to look like Iowa's, WV's, OU's stripped effect.
Nothing you can do on the secondary market, but I would ask the Marketing team at VT a couple questions to see how well they prepped...
I hope they prove me wrong, because if they pull this off, Lane will look badass.
It took them about 5-10 years before the Orange Effect really started to come together. I don't think this is going to work that well. They'd be better off just leaving free shirts on the seats.
I agree the shirts is probably the best way to do it.
NEZ is student section, which ebbs and flows with where the students stand. No amount of planning orange/maroon would work there...so they picked a single color.
It's not difficult to figure out what color you should wear. Will everyone adhere to it? No way. But if you get a high enough percentage in each section, it will look cool on tv. There are factions that HATE orange within the VT circle. There are others that wear orange to balance it out. And that's no matter what some chart says. Let it play out before saying it's a failure.
See I disagree with the student section. Have the color on their ticket or just email them with the same email they get their tickets to say which color to wear. Sure, they NEZ is perfectly sectioned off, but it isn't that hard to get a solid stripped look over there.
And yea, everyone knows not EVERYBODY is going to wear the right color. Watching the PSU whiteout game this past Saturday, there were still a bunch of donkey's wearing blue, but overall it looked awesome.
I don't think you understand, the NEZ is anarchy. Hundreds or thousands of students sneak in after using SEZ or East sideline tickets to enter the stadium, and even then most people ignore their assigned seats and go wherever their friends are.
Honestly I'm surprised that whoever set this up had the foresight to just make the whole damn section a single color, because otherwise we'd be looking at a garbled mess there.
Yea that is true... forgot about the whole sneaking in part.
I agree. When Tennessee did it for the first time, they thought it was going to be a failure. They did some decent marketing and had an online app where you input your seat and it returned your color. I'm not going to the game so I haven't been looking for it.
Anyway, they all thought it would be a failure because so many Tennessee fans refuse to wear anything but that sickly apricot color to games, but it turned out to be a success and now they do it once a year.
There is a place on Hokiesports to input your section and it'll tell you your color. Anyone who doesn't bother to look at the relatively clear graphic isn't going to seek that out though.
ALL THE WILD TURKEY IS MINE
I need some....buying a handle this evening....
The ODU game might have lost us gameday, but time to put that loss to bed next week!
Is the ABC game not usually the GameDay game?
Typically. We all but certainty got Gameday.
It typically is, but not always. They're most likely going to Texas vs Oklahoma
For a noon game though?
I hope you're right, but they've never been to the Red River Rivalry. I saw the Texas twitter page was already asking Gameday to come. Also noon isn't ideal but they'd make it work.
Gameday did Red River in 2001, 2008, 2009, and 2011.
I think the fact that the game itself is in Fox and a nooner probably keeps them from doing it next week. Not impossible, but less likely
I stand corrected lol. Could have sworn I read they had never done it there.
I had to look it up myself. I have a mother in law and two sister in laws that are OU alum, I usually pay attention to them, but couldn't remember.
Well, if we don't count 2008 or 2011.
The game was on ABC those times, and at least one of them had Musberger and Herbstreit on the call.
Game is on Fox this year.
Damn, people are getting out of control with downvotes nowadays. I guess mistakes arent tolerated.
Now you know how our coaches and players feel. *ducks*
FYI, I didn't downvote
Well, they already did a Gameday for a game played at
Cowboys Stadium(although they were on TCU's campus). And Red River is on Fox.EDIT after realizing that they didn't move the game to Jerry World, unlike almost every other significant neutral site game in Texas.
I believe we'll be the only ranked on ranked other than the Red River nooner, and we have primetime on ABC. It could very well be happening anyway.
Eh, considering that 5 teams between #20 and #25 lost this week, Florida might juuuuuuuuuuust sneak in to #25 or so just in time for their matchup vs. #5 LSU.
In any case, I'd say we have at least a 50% shot at GameDay.
You are assuming the Hokies will be ranked. May not happen. ODU is a heavy weight.
My body is ready.
i'll see you all there but i sure as hell better hear you. lets fucking bring the terror dome back baby.
I thought we brought it back last year against Clemson, but we just lost....need to definitely bring it vs. ND...
I think we will always say this until we win a top 10 matchup at night again lol
I'll be there and I'll be yelling my nuts off
My throat is pretty sore after last night's game, but I will be ready next Saturday!
Now off to start the healing process with craft beer in Durham.
Ok, since we now know we have a night game I have an unofficial poll here. For the Lot 18 tailgate, should I smoke 8 racks of ribs or 2 chickens and 4 racks of ribs? Alright, go.
EDIT: It seems 2 chickens and 4 racks of ribs have taken the lead. That will be my contribution to the Lot 18 tailgate next weekend.
Yes
You aren't helping. I need to know what to buy,
Dammit.
Yes.
The chicken you made at the Spring Game tailgate was perhaps the best I've ever eaten. Yes, please.
12 racks of ribs and 2 chickens!
Uh, the game is at 8PM - park Friday night and smoke yourself a whole shoulder!
I basically did this before Ohio State and before he took over smoking the good stuff. Not fun. I had zero energy for the game.
All well and good. However we live in NOVA and have to drive to Danville Friday night to drop off our daughter and the dog....
I have to work on Friday and I live in NoVa so that is a no go. Friday night I will be driving to the in-laws in Danville to drop the child off and get some sleep.
8 racks and 4 chickens.
we are going to do some pit beef...
Gonna be good eats along the Guardrail! It sounds like we are going to be bringing the pizza oven again and doing a bunch of those. We will talk more on that soon.
You get a leg for that glass!
RIP my liver
Oh...it's on motherbitches!
Gameday could still go to Red River even though it is on Fox - they've gone to SEC games that were on CBS before.
Could also go to Starkville for Auburn/MissSt. That might be on CBS. Those are the only two games of currently ranked teams.
Hoping, of course, for Blacksburg. That they have given us the 8PM but not announced Gameday might be the hint that it's heading to Tx/Ok.
Pretty sure GD will be at RRR. Somebody on TSL was helping with GD at PSU this morning abd heard they would go to RRR if both won, which they did.
Believe it or not but that was my dad
I still am unable to get him to come on TKP after 3 years
Miss St. is on a two game skid. Probably not going to Starkvegas. It's down to the RRR and us unless they go FCS or some other lower division game.
Have they ever gone to another network's noon game? Nooners already put a bit of a damper on the crowd, but at least if it's on their channel, they probably have better access to stadium locations.
so far we are undefeated in night games..oh shoot its on the night of the Conor Mcgregor Fight....
I can live without Gameday seeing as we got the prime time spot
We get a lot of shit about not winning top 10 games. Here it is, take it. ND is beatable. Get them at home. At night.
Win it.
Didn't Gameday come to VT for a noon game vs. ECU in 2007?
That was a little bit of an exceptional circumstance.
I know, I was there. I'm just saying that a nooner is possible for gameday beyond the above mentioned circumstances.
That was a bit of a different scenario.
They did it for FSU vs. Louisville two years ago and that was a noon kick.
That they also broadcast, which is another key factor.
They have done Gameday before when another network had the actual game (usually SEC matchups), but it's not particularly common.
That actually makes it easier for them logistically then. Either way, this is the most compelling Red River Rivalry in years, so I wouldn't blame them for jumping back on that. Then again, they love us.
I just mean I can't think of a nooner that they've ever done that wasn't broadcast on ABC or an ESPN network
Surprised the announcement hasn't been made yet. They're probably really thinking hard about it. Probably were set on RRR earlier today, but with ND and VT both winning convincingly over ranked opponents and VT likely back in the rankings tomorrow, it opens back up as an option. Plus RRR is a nooner and they would have to fly Herbie from Dallas to Blacksburg to call the game at 8.
LET'S GO!! THE FALL WEDDING I HAVE TO GO TO IS AT 5PM I WILL BE WATCHING THIS ENTIRE GAME, FAM!!
It is nice to know you have your priorities straight. ;>)
Wait, are you going to the same wedding I am lol? Ceremony is at 5pm in central VA...on a farm...no TVs...this is why I pay for unlimited data haha.
That is why I pay for DVR.
I also have a wedding to attend, soul crushed I have to miss the game but they have an open bar and a flat screen so good enough right?
When my cousin got married it was the night of the Standford/ND game with the infamous run play that was down but wasn't.
Throughout the reception, RyanMFR was at the front table giving everyone updates on the game.
EDIT: I should clarify that Ryan was the groom
You could say ND runs in the family. And huge props to Ryan for it. His wife was cool with it.
Irish for a Hokie VicTory
That was clover.
It's a 1:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, I'm obliterated from a wedding.
Just saw Prime Time ABC, it's time for more drinks.
See you on campus boys...
How drunk is your brother?
It seems I'm in a bit of a perdicament, although I think I know the correct course of action.
I have the option of watching this game in a bar in Austin, or watching Metallica live and haveing no cell service from 8-10:30 pm.
Thoughts?
Tell Metallica to move their concert to Lane Stadium.
Win-win.
I am working to figure out a way to get them to the Miami game. 90% chance I'm successful.
In all seriousness if you're a Metallica fan and don't have many options to see them live go to that show 100%. There will always be VT Football, but those guys aren't gonna be able to play forever.
If you can find a way to one of their other shows though just watch the game.
That's my line of reasoning as well. Plus last time I skipped a concert to watch a game it was Clemson. So obviously if i don't watch the game we will win this time.
I will be in the same predicament
ACL here we go! I'd be less concerned if I thought phones would work, but they never do at festivals. Not sure if the suspense will make the show better or worse.
Man you're gonna be pissed when they play Enter Sandman live in Lane on Saturday night
Gonna have to find me another bottle of Buffalo Trace for this Saturday. Go Hokies! We beat um in South Bend... now we can do the same in Blacksburg. Come on liver, you can do it!
If they do Game Day at The Red River Rivalry, that does give them enough time to get Kirk to Blacksburg for an 8pm game, so both are likely.
Plus, Dallas is an hour behind East Coast time, so Game Day would conclude at 11am local time.
Yes a private plane can make that trip in less than the 5 hours he really needs. I'm pretty sure one game they followed him with a camera and he made it to the booth with only a few minutes to spare. So this would be easy.
He can make a connecting flight with Metallica once they cancel their scheduled show.
Metallica is actually playing Austin City Limits music festival Saturday night during our game. I'm going to be at the festival all weekend, but am skipping that set to go watch the Hokies.
The time zone difference doesn't affect travel time.
I think he was more referring to there actually being time between Gameday ending and the actual game starting.
E: nvm I wasn't thinking
Yes but RRR kicks off at 12 EST, so still 11 in Dallas.
GameDay also ends at 12 EST
Yeah, I realized that as soon as I hit post.
Yea, i was thinking that it would conclude at 11am and the RRR was going to start at Noon local time - looking back, I am not sure why I thought that would matter when I typed that at 6am on Sunday morning haha
I think GD in Blacksburg is the better draw. ND is a national brand (arguably Texas and Oklahoma are as well) but all the other games, including Texas/Okla are regional games with more of a regional audience/fan bias. No one on the west coast cares about Auburn/Miss. St or LSU/Florida. ND being in the national spotlight helps college football as ND draws a national audience, which means better numbers for ESPN/ABC, plus it's a night game in Lane, which typically ESPN/ABC favors.
OU-Texas is the second best rivalry in college football. Far from a regional game.
Interesting to see which rivalry you think is best?
I would probably say OSU - Michigan is best although Bama - auburn is probably the most passionate.
Is Army Navy the hipster answer now? Because that's always my answer to the best rivalry question.
Just depends how you define best. Most storied, most traditional, most respect, sure. Most national championship implications, nope. Auburn and Bama, Mich and OSU both have tradition and national championship implications.
I'm not saying one is right, just depends on what you want to use as qualifiers. OU and Texas use to be there but Texas has faded.
If national title implications are part of the criteria, there's no way that RRR is #2. It hasn't had playoff/NC implications since VY was there.
Well, it only extends the idea a couple years, but the implications continued into the Colt McCoy era. A quick glance at the history shows that the 2008 matchup was #1 Oklahoma vs #5 Texas, where both teams ended up with 1 loss and Oklahoma ended up in the natty (even though they lost RRR).
This is they way I was leaning, with OSU-Mich as #1 (I think I saw a stat where they have met 21 times with both teams in the top 10) followed by Auburn-Bama. I would have OU-TX third in that list with heavy weight being given to championship implications, otherwise Army-Navy would be higher on my list.
Sadly with all of the conference realignment it's killed a ton of great rivalries.
People forget how much Texas and Texas aTm despise each other.
Colorado/Nebraska every Friday after Thanksgiving.
The Border War - Kansas/Missouri - this one sounds weird because Kansas is turrible, but man they do not like each other. Played each other 120+ times
Maybe my personal favorite just knowing how fired up the folks in Mesa and Gilbert would get over this, The Holy War - BYU/Utah
Iron Bowl and it's not close. I lived in Ohio, that OSU-Michigan rivalry is dumb. Both sides act like they're in high school. The Iron Bowl is true hate, I have friends whose families don't talk at Thanksgiving because of that game.
All Maroon Everything...Matte helmets, please.
Maroon matte helmets, orange strip down the middle to fit the theme.
Give me OMO or MOM, haters be damned.
I'd put money on this being the exact combo.
Definitely all maroon but helmets gotta be these
Judging by the LSU jersey in the background, this isn't a game we want to emulate at all.
Rooting for this combo since it's the stripe effect... need a good dose of O and M
This but with a matte helmet so that it contrasts with ND's shiny lids.
yeah, matte orange could be slick
My understanding is that we will not see orange helmets for a good while. Meaning seasons.
I am, of course, not guaranteeing anything. But #sauce says that gameday wants to come to Blacksburg. Take that as you will.
My personal theory is they're waiting for us to be ranked.
When does this get announced? I stayed up to watch the end of the PSU OSU game mostly to see if they'd announce it during the broadcast
Ha, same here. Good finish to have to stay up and watch though.
Usually they announce it with the prime time announcement. Since they didn't, there's no timetable, other than probably sometime today.
If we go with the ranking theory, then I think the AP comes out around 2 PM.
I was thinking that too. Due to the loses yesterday and our own win causing one of those ranked loses, we will be too 25.
They just want to see where before they release the promo info.
Perhaps not, but I have a feeling if it was already decided to be RRR, it would have already been announced.
Yeah thats an easy announcement if it was RRR... Im honestly surprised they haven't already announced they're going there by now... Best ranked matchup in a national rivalry. If we get it, color me shocked
And there it is, RRR for Gameday
Remember when the ODU loss was going to crumble the program.
1 Week later: VT is the
best2nd Best draw for Game Day.Yeah. If anything, the quick turn around, at least in my mind, has helped me understand that with a young team, shit happens. Don't get too worked up about it. I still feel pretty good about the program's trajectory, and losing a stupid game like that in a year I expected to have 4-5 stupid games (different ones of course), doesn't change that for me.
My annual fall weekend of golf, drinking, and football with my cousin is this coming weekend and it can't get here soon enough.
Let's go!!
They going to RRR
Gameday announced for Red River Rivalry
Ugh, I hate 8PM games, I'm getting old, i need my sleep. And Fuente is 1-4 in the games at tech.
But he is undefeated at night this year...
Notre Dame at night got me like:
They've got you staring at a corpse's rigor mortis?
you obviously haven't seen the movie.....
he's not dead....and he pops a chubb
Maybe just me, but I'm just fine if Gameday does not make an appearance. I'm not sure of our exact record when they host from Blacksburg, but I can only recall 2 wins (both in '99). In other words, we dont usually have a great result when they're in town. Anyone have the true stats?
We went 1-1 in 2005, and won the game in 2007.
Last year was a loss. Unless there's other appearances (OSU 2015 doesn't count), we are 4-2.
Just saw Notre Dame has lost one of it's top OL for this game can't remember the name.
Looks like Alex Bars, captain and preseason All-American.
Welp, next 5 star up!
Notre Dame recruits well, but they are almost always between 10th and 15th in recruiting. Good, but they shouldn't outclass us talentwise the way some programs can.
Any Austin, TX TKPers want to meet up at the Shiner's Saloon watch party? I'm gonna be at ACL all weekend with some fellow Hokies and we're skipping out early on Saturday night to go to Shiner's.
I will be at ACL as well I'll make an effort to get to Shiners for the game
Awesome. I'll be the tall guy in the maroon Tyrod jersey (2018 design).
The only thing I don't understand about them going to RRR is it seems like the crowd will die out in the last hour to make it in for kickoff.
The last hour is moved inside the stadium
Even though the game is on Fox?
Yeah that doesn't really matter, FOX won't mind the publicity. Much like how ESPN has an in stadium setup for the super bowl, college championship games, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, etc even when they aren't broadcasting the games.
I want to use this gif when I really don't like the post I'm replying to.
So what are some last minute hotel options? I was planning on taking the hokie club bus from RVA but waited too long and that is now sold out. Hotels and Air B&B looks sold out for Bburg/Roanoke/Salem area.
You've got some hotel options of off exit 150 nears Hollins/Troutville. I also work up in Natural Bridge. I know that hotels around the Lexington area still have availability but are booking up quickly.
I know it's not right next to Blacksburg but the options are there for now.
Staying in Wytheville, but we're coming from the south. Cheap hotel prices, about an hour out.
I just did a quick scroll through Saturday's games and realized our only competition for eyeballs are Kentucky @ A&M and Auburn @ Miss St. We'll be the only ranked on ranked all night. There are going to be a lot of neutrals watching this one.
This but a big UFC ppv with McGregor Saturday night as well which will draw a lot of eyes especially late. On a related note, does anyone know bars in Blacksburg that regularly carry PPV fights? I've heard bdubs has in the past.
Are you trying to watch the fight in downtown Blacksburg while we are playing Notre Dame?
No way. I'll be there. But once it let's out I'd like to try to catch the McGregor fight. The last fight doesn't usually start until at least 12.
It's all about ratings and given that we had such good ratings for the FSU game I think there is at least a chance. Plus, the ESPN crew likes Blacksburg...that doesn't hurt our chances.
Anyone else a little surprised by the spread on this one?
Count me in that camp. Seems like Vegas is as hot and cold on us as our secondary is on a weekly basis. We are only 1.5 points more of an underdog to ND as we were Duke? I don't care about venue that was definitely surprising to me.
It's more like ~4.5 point difference since this is at home vs an away game. Vegas usually has homefield worth around 3 points.
Little light reading on home field
Yea I had guessed about -8.5 so I'm definitely surprised. I wouldn't be surprised for it to grow a little as the week goes on though.
I'm waiting for the moneyline to come out on bovada. Worked for me this week, might as well go again!
I thought I had texted that one in...went to text my bud that it was a good decision a couple minutes into Q1....SAVED AS DRAFT dammit.
Yep, it is now -7
Psh lines don't matter #AME #AllMoneylineEverything
Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm still taking the moneyline!
ESPN is already running promos for the game. Just saw one on MNF.
Is this where I start the Enter Sandman Live rumor?
Naw you already missed it in here
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