that can be created. yes, you used VT and i will do the saem but it could be any number of schools. Will Georgia fans care they play us? wull texas fans care? betterr yet will average joe want to watch 1-4 vt play 5-0 texas or georgia? To interest a large unaffiliated audience. maybe vt-a&m and VT-Tennesee but i dont t think you can throw us with any other team and say people ouotside of VT will love it. its not about getting VT (or whatever school) to watch it's about creating matchups EVERYONE wants to see. VT fans will watch no amyter what. their opponent's fans will watch. its getting the people with no vested interest to watch. I will give you an example. I lived in southern california in the mid 90s. after tech played at 9:00 am there was always some pac 12 games on. I just randomly started watching oregon and just had fun watching them. Next thing i know they start winning and did so in an entertaining way. To this day i try to catch games where oregon plays someone of note, like usc, UW or oregon state. if they are playing arizona i dont really care too much. I am not going to watch south carolina play kentucky, but i will watch auburn alabama. thats the kind of games that need to be created Now i would tell the SEC, let us in and we will play Tennessee in bristol every year. new (possibly "bigger") version of the world's largest cocktail party.