The "thing" that has almost instantly exploded VT sports, Hokie Football, the sentiment of Hokie fans world wide........ is Alignment. The alignment of VT leadership with the realities of college football (and sports) today. Now we have alignment between VT leadership, James Franklin and the new VT football staff (in progress), all Hokie fans, and the college football (and other sports) world. THIS, is why it truly feels like Virginia Tech is (probably for the first time since the late 90's / early 2000's) truly going in the correct direction. This alignment can not be overstated, and is indeed a rare thing to find. VT has turned a corner now, and as a result, it really feels good from a fan's perspective, to sit back and watch this new "Hokie Football Machine" start up. I think of it like the movie "Man of Steel", where now the Virginia Tech Football Program is like the massive, tripod-like, ancient Kryptonian terraforming machines. Now that the machines have started, football players all over Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and the North East are sensing a "sucking" force pulling them to Blacksburg. Soon, the ACC will be impacted by the Rapid growth of a new football Power. The Media will have to start covering a new football Power. All football programs around us will feel the effects of Hokie terraforming. A new financial Model will be on display, showing what happens when a mid-tier ACC program fully financially backs it's football Program and evolves into a college football machine. Once again, VT has taken a leadership role in college football, and broken previous trends. How far this will go, how it affects the overall direction of college football, and where Coach Franklin can take us without the shackles of financial doubt, we shall soon find out. But the machines are running, the thunderous terraforming machines have started up. All thanks to this rare thing we call Alignment. Thank you Hokie Leadership. Thanks for joining the movement James Franklin. And for the first time in forever I can enthusiastically say without any doubts..... Happy Friday Hokies! It's a Great Day to be a Hokie!!