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In VT's case I'll go with Title.
VT consistently goes to bowls, but doesn't consistently win them.
VT consistently does well in the ACC, but everyone thinks the ACC sucks.
The U's number one supporter.
Too good to be true?
Golden to UT— LUTHER R CAMPBELL (@unclelukereal1) November 28, 2012
I'm confused as well but agree...
I don't think any university's general student demographics really relate to their football program.
We seem to be the only team in America that has constant trouble with stopping the triple option.
After i read what i wrote I didn't explain it right...i meant i didn't think Clemson would want go to the conference. I don't care if FSU and Clemson go as long as we do. I remember being so excited about VT going to the ACC years ago and now it could be amazing to get in the SEC. I sure hope it happens.
They'll take neither or both. That's why it's VT and NCSU as the pairing. And we'll need the Governor to set up UVA to the B10 at the same time.
Half of the ACC (including us) now can beat the triple option on a routine basis.
How about we go out and hire the oline coach and oc from Oregon? These dudes are killing it over the past couple seasons on offense, and its not like its far fetched from out style either, we have a mobile qb and so do they, they just create plays that work to their strengths and they RECRUIT the oline that can block for them and the players that work in their system.
I'm confused by the African American comment? If you mean that it will be hard to get athletes (mostly black these days) to come to Blacksburg, I say this: If we win big games, show these young black guys that we can put them in real national spotlight, and get them drafted to the NFL, then they won't care where Blacksburg is or what the black population is. These kids want to play in good programs and go to the NFL. As long as we can do that, they'll come. Plus, once they get to Blacksburg they're local celebrities, black or not.
What if i told you that we do have a rb? He just didnt play this year? There will be changes at rb this offseason i bet. The guy they keep comparing to kevin jones, how is he not on the field!
the greatest oc ever!
Poing being we have been the most constitent team in the whole nation for the past 10 years, coming close to a title but lost it on a last min play, but if the overall end game is a national title then you need to do whats nessacary to win that. We dont bring in the recruits, we dont ever play up to par on a national stage, and we seem to lose to a team we should beat year in and year out. 2nd point is GT, we seem to be the only team that has a problem with them every year, sure we have pulled out the wins, but byu is beating them 49-0 and other no name teams as well as our foes in the acc, this seems strange to me that we always have a knock out drag out with them every year. My goal is for us to be like the sec without being the sec. We can win titles but I really dont think that is the preperation every single year. Maybe when Beamer thinks we are stacked then maybe he gets into the NC title talk, but year in and year out we dont play like the world is gonna end and there is no tomorrow and with that we underachieve every year.
You always want your goals to exceed your reach, so to say "VT's goals should be to fight for ACC titles, be nationally relevant, beat UVA" then it would be really easy to fall short of those goals.
Personally, I don't hold a national title as our "goal" per se. I don't go into the season thinking we're going to win them all and play for the big title. I don't care about the empty trophy box and I understand why it was put up and why it won't come down. If, by chance, we get another shot, then great. But we don't have the resources to contend every year.
So, I wouldn't say I'm a Title guy because I don't expect it will ever happen. But, I understand if it is a "goal." I also greatly value consistency and I feel that our 10 win streak was golden. We should never have done that, it is far better than we should have ever expected. We're a school with 4.5% African American population in the middle of nowhere. I expect we will never see anything like it again.
I'm so tired of hearing the word "consistency" coming from the Jameson Athletic Center. Perhaps we just need a qualifier term to go with "consistnecy". You can be consistently bad, consistently mediocre, consistently good, or consistently great. I think we have cornered the market on being consistently good. What we want is to be great (aka winning a title). The ultimate place to be is consistently great.
Well, it makes sense, what with South Carolina being USC East...
The best way I can answer is: I like being VT. I would like to be Auburn. I would love to be LSU.
I like being VT = "Virginia Tech fans know their holidays are always going to include a trip to a bowl game, which is a heck of a lot better than most programs."
I would like to be Auburn = It would suck to win a title then completely flop, but the championship and Heisman trophy won during that year have the ability to keep them relevant for the foreseeable future, so we shouldn't be too quick to judge them. They could be back in the championship in two years.
I would love to be LSU = they have championships and they're consistently at the top. They have the best of both worlds.
If I had to pick one, I'd pick title. Just because you win the championship doesn't mean you can't be consistent for the following years.
We've proven consistency alone can't get you a title, but a title (with other elements we already possess) can get you added consistency.
Now, if you're question is either/or: I'd still take great seasons with a title here and there in exchange for lean years versus 10-win seasons and zero titles
Would your opinion be different if we had won a title before?
Title
I'd rather be in a football conference that takes the greatest sport ever devised by man seriously, than the one which increasingly is the biggest joke in the FBS.
...is stability. Dykes looks like a good coach, but as Ellis and Embree have demonstrated this year, that is a 1 to 2 year window....maybe 3 (right, London?)
If someone like Franklin has a choice between VT and NCSU, he has to look at not only Frank's stability, but the very likely scenario that Frank's successor is already in house. You will not likely have to deal with regime change at VT, whereas at NCSU, it's almost guaranteed.
I see a bunch of people thinking we are going to SEC sometime soon....i hope they know that WE voted increase the exit fee to $50 million dollars. why would we vote to increase to exit fee if we were planning on going to SEC anytime soon. Us going to the SEC is incorrect speculation.
on the topic of Louisville their football and financials are better than Maryland's. so i'm fine with the addition
Even though Cincinnati is higher on paper than Louisville, it has tough competition from tOSU (which basically dominates the state), and the bengals. Louisville and Hartford metro don't have a football powerhouse instate school and/or a NFL team with a black-hearted owner to consider when factoring in positives/negatives of a new market.
IMO, UConn lost its footing because of Jim Calhoun's retirement. Tobacco road wants hall of fame basketball coaches and, hypothetically speaking, if Calhoun had stayed, we may have seen a different decision. I'm sure the recent sanctions had some involvement too. I don't buy the football statements because I think UL and UConn football is a wash when you consider markets, fan involvement, and the risk that Charlie Strong could leave and take UL's relevance with him (see UL after Petrino's departure).
And politically, they are the more likely choice. Frankly, as long as we're part of the deal, I don't care with whom else the SEC comes to terms.
Dunno, the Dinich division seems a little weak. 3 of the 4 teams* that seem to have dominated the ACC in recent history are Chop Block... I guess you're assuming Miami and UNC will stop cheating?
*Other than freak years by Wake and BC, it's only been VT, GT, FSU, and Clempson in the ACCCG