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oh come on, someone had to have hit uncle owen, right?
Is BB hungry?
...no BB-8!
The problem with that is there aren't many people wealthy enough in Virginia to own a team. On top of that you have to find a place for it. Richmond couldn't support a Triple A baseball team and doesn't have space for a venue. Nova is out because it's too close to DC. That leaves the 757 which I'm not confident could support a major team either.
DRIVES THE FURY ROAD
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# | Jalen Hudson Leaving the Hokies After Two Seasons with Buzz Williams We just picked up a CB on this guy, for what it's worth.
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses Fair points. I am of the mindset that winning will cure all. If we can get a spark on the field and a little momentum going, I think fans will become reinvigorated with the program and donations. We've just been in a funk for several years now where the costs are rising and the on-field product continued to spiral downward. Things can turn around if Fuente can get us there, but he has his work cut out for him.
Me in this entire thread.
I like the big pictures. I can almost taste the beer.
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...the bitter plan v2.0?
also, if ND joined as a full member they would bring Navy with them.
If ACC goes to 16 teams, I'm not sure we stay in divisions. We may go to four 4 team 'pods' instead of two 8 team divisions. Although, this would require some innovation from both Swofford and the NCAA, so I'm not too hopeful.
The Force for bowling:
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# | Justin Fuente Reflects on His First Spring in Blacksburg Trying to Fill Beamer-Sized Shoes FYI, not sure if this was posted somewhere else, but it's a short interview with Fuente:
http://www.campusrush.com/justin-fuente-virginia-tech-hokies-football-17...
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses I think the philanthropic message is getting lost in the shuffle a bit as most are (at least initially) focusing on the seat donation minimums. The Hokie Club spent the first 12 pages of the Donor Guidebook to explaining the philanthropic need. The guidebook and the other communications that are going out are highlighting the fact that Hokie Club donations go towards paying for athletic scholarships and right now we have a multi-million dollar gap between donations and scholarship expenses.
100% understand your point about the cost of attending a game. That is a challenge for almost very college in America. Nebraska had season tickets available to the public in 2015 for the first time in years. They kept their sellout streak going (347 games now), but the inability to sellout season tickets to your donor club is generally a forwarning that the sellout streak will die as well within 2-3 years (as we saw at Tech). The focus has to be on creating a memorable gameday experience-- giving fans something they can't get by sitting at home and watching on the couch. This is part of why Whit started the Hokie Village and expanded concessions. I know they have been working on other initiatives as well. I've sent Whit some ideas in the past and he's very receptive to suggestions. Several of the ideas I've sent were things they were working on and have either come to fruition or are coming in the future.
Football (and maybe basketball) ticket priority will always be the biggest perk for an athletic donor club. They added a few additional perks last year (e.g. discount at Hokie Shop, opportunity to get professional on-field photographs taken of your family, opportunity for guided tours of practice facility, etc.). I'm sure they will continue looking at this and tweaking things to try to find small perks that people find attractive (esp those that can't physically attend games), but at the end of the day there is only so much they can offer and eventually it comes down to whether fans want to support the program. FWIW, our perks for the $100 Hokie Club level are on par with those offered by Clemson for their $160 level.
I'm so glad this is still happening.
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses You also don't pay malpractice insurance...
I think they're saying they want LESS beer. That's some UVA strategy there.