He has supported the AD, and understands its function as marketing/outreach/PR for the university. He's the one that pushed to change the uni logo to the modified flying VT. He will make sure we have a seat a the table, from his time at Purdue he has lots of Big 10 contacts. IMO we are closing in on AAU anyway, imo we are better suited to move to the big 10 than UVA would be. Sands efforts to grow VT have NOT gone unnoticed in the college world. People see is is furthering the work of those before him to turn VT into a powerhouse. The amazon/nova stuff was a HUGE shot across the bow that VT will be a major player moving forward.