"Has something happened behind the scenes? I don’t know, but Miyares definitely wanted to talk about college sports realignment. I’ve been around politics long enough to know when a politician is trying to send a message and I got the clear sense that Miyares wanted to send a message. I’m not quite sure who needs to hear it, but here it is." “College football realignment is changing rapidly and I view my number one role as attorney general is to protect the interests of the people of Virginia, including protecting the interests of our public universities,” he said as he traveled east out of Danville following a visit there. He pointed out that his office provides legal representation for each of the state’s public universities. “College football realignment can have an absolutely seismic impact,” he said. “It is my fervent hope that Virginia Tech and UVa never make the decision to weaken the other institution.”