As a life long Hokie, former student, dad to 3 Hokie students, husband to a Hokie alumni wife, I think this is exactly where we are headed. UVA is kind of the wild card, but they bring a ton of academic street cred as well as a an endowment that is one of the tops in the country. If they got them a coach and recruited well, they could probably be successful in the BIG10 football. There is no way they want to be in the cess-pool of the $EC. I do think when all is said and done, we end up in some mash up of ACC/BIG 12 and have solid rivalries with NC State and WVU. Heck, we may even get to play NC State more than we have recently. It could be fun and enjoyable. I guess i am a realist and think that we will never devote the resources to keep up with the Tennessee’s and Georgia’s of the world. And I am sure I am in the minority, but that’s ok with me. I’m so old I remember back when Bruce Smith played at VT, they had rec football day and church day, where large groups of people could get in the stadium for like $10 a ticket. And the place was still only 60% full. So even as bad as we stink now, compared to where we have been this feels like the big time, even if we may end up competing to be the tallest midget.