the next 5 years. BEST HIRE if he can get us to national prominence. Top recruiting and strong NILs will be important part of his success. Can't be average/mediocre at $8.2 mil/year total $41.75 million, with $15.5 mil assistant coaches salary pool. Minimum 10 wins a year, win ACC championships, big bowl games, and get to playoffs. All this is possible with big investment VT made when we hired him. ** Edited by carhokies at 12/2/2025, 10:37:39 AM

ESPN extended their right to keep ACC teams poor until 2036; a no brainer. IF JF is successful, might it open some pathways?

I think we are past the realignment discussions being a pure 100% football oriented decision. That was the first true round for B10/SEC. The reality is if uva/VT moved to either conference, they are still 6-6 teams at best given the past 5 years. I see both teams as fighting to get to a Miss St type position. Playing for bowl eligibility in your last game against a top 10 team. JF maybe moves the ceiling to 8 wins in a P2 conference? But even then, what is the point for either conference wanting that. I think we have reached a point where it is more likely the acc experiences a revival than the chance that one of uva/vt ends up in B10/SEC.

...although the potential is there.

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Otherwise the potential is non-existent IMO

There remains the dissolution clause solution, but that’s a pretty high bar.

Missed the key phrase. I view success as 10 win in the ACC in the 3-year horizon. Hard to imagine that not being a variable. I’d prefer the continued ACC landscape if there were a little more money parity. Congrats on the season.

for the 2nd time in 21 years would have been a good start to this ACC revival.