We played Texas in the Sugar sold out, Georgia in the Peach sold out, TV
ratings were fantastic too. Auburn in the Sugar Bowl, sold out and great TV ratings. We did a home and away with Texas A&M, sold out and again TV ratings were great, even with a hurricane in Virginia. Alabama in the the Georgia Dome sold out and great ratings.
I went to the Florida vs Florida State game in the Swamp (winner would go on to play Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl for the National Championship). The Florida fans I saw all loved Virginia Tech and were excited they might be playing us. They could not stop talking about it.
I have a lifelong friend that went to Tech and lived in Santa Barbara and he told me that he would go to bars and watch the Tech game and it was packed with California residents that did not go to Tech, but pulled for them like crazy. They especially loved our fans.
Lastly games at Fed Ex with USC and Boise State. Away fans from Idaho and California everywhere. Games sold out and TV ratings were again great. Yes we pull plenty of fans when we are a good to great football team and sometimes like when we played at Ohio State and Notre Dame when we don't have a good team.
** Edited by Stech at 7/6/2022, 5:24:50 PM
Thread Replies (30)
Serious Question: Why more than 16 team conferences?
-- Paulvtjd03
Jul 06, 2022 at 01:05 PM ET
Paulvtjd03
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07/06/22 01:05 PM ET
Why focus on any specific number bigger than 10 or so at all? Clearly
-- TDVick
Jul 06, 2022 at 08:22 PM ET
TDVick
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07/06/22 08:22 PM ET
It's in college football's best interest that the Top 16 programs...
-- Old Line Hokie
Jul 06, 2022 at 06:28 PM ET
Old Line Hokie
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07/06/22 06:28 PM ET
Shoot - how many programs have won national championships over the past 20
-- VPI_1998
Jul 06, 2022 at 07:14 PM ET
VPI_1998
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07/06/22 07:14 PM ET
20 would work very nicely with a pod system
-- I85Hokie
Jul 06, 2022 at 04:58 PM ET
I85Hokie
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07/06/22 04:58 PM ET
Pods for no revenue sports, but I think football goes w'o divisions & Pods.
-- Stech
Jul 06, 2022 at 05:36 PM ET
Stech
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07/06/22 05:36 PM ET
Last I checked Virginia was 12th and North Carolina was 9th in population
-- hokieball
Jul 06, 2022 at 06:18 PM ET
hokieball
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07/06/22 06:18 PM ET
Thanks you are right, I have 14 in my head and it's 12. Also thanks for the
-- Stech
Jul 06, 2022 at 06:28 PM ET
Stech
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07/06/22 06:28 PM ET
it's all based on exponential media money- it will always increase
-- bigbadbird
Jul 06, 2022 at 01:51 PM ET
bigbadbird
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07/06/22 01:51 PM ET
No further expansion makes financial sense unless it is ND or UNC
-- Colonel Jessup
Jul 06, 2022 at 01:48 PM ET
Colonel Jessup
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07/06/22 01:48 PM ET
Amazon and Boeing feel differently about Virginia and I believe the SEC &
-- Stech
Jul 06, 2022 at 06:41 PM ET
Stech
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07/06/22 06:41 PM ET
The networks want more states and better games. Auburn VT, VT A&M, Fla VT,
-- Stech
Jul 06, 2022 at 01:24 PM ET
Stech
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07/06/22 01:24 PM ET
Those games are attractive to VT fans but not the rest of the SEC footprint
-- 133743Hokie
Jul 06, 2022 at 09:34 PM ET
133743Hokie
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07/06/22 09:34 PM ET
They all pulled good national ratings, where are you getting your
-- Stech
Jul 06, 2022 at 09:40 PM ET
Stech
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07/06/22 09:40 PM ET
I just want success for VT and the people of SW Virginia
-- OrlandoHokie
Jul 06, 2022 at 05:01 PM ET
OrlandoHokie
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07/06/22 05:01 PM ET
I really like your post. Agree completely. **
-- pine52x
Jul 07, 2022 at 12:42 PM ET
pine52x
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07/07/22 12:42 PM ET
I don;t believe there are that may games.....
-- vtka93
Jul 06, 2022 at 05:00 PM ET
vtka93
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07/06/22 05:00 PM ET
We played Texas in the Sugar sold out, Georgia in the Peach sold out, TV
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-- Stech
Jul 06, 2022 at 05:21 PM ET
Stech
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07/06/22 05:21 PM ET
That was all one, two or more decades ago. Different football landscape now**
-- 133743Hokie
Jul 06, 2022 at 09:38 PM ET
133743Hokie
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07/06/22 09:38 PM ET
Well Fuente will do that to you, but why did Finebaum have a guest on his
-- Stech
Jul 06, 2022 at 09:48 PM ET
Stech
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07/06/22 09:48 PM ET
oh yeah, and I lived in San Diego. when i went to watch in
-- vtka93
Jul 06, 2022 at 06:17 PM ET
vtka93
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07/06/22 06:17 PM ET
And what a surprse the peach bowl was sold out with UGA in it!
-- vtka93
Jul 06, 2022 at 05:53 PM ET
vtka93
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07/06/22 05:53 PM ET
Didn't cherry pick, I picked mainly SEC games & what happened for the most
-- Stech
Jul 06, 2022 at 06:33 PM ET
Stech
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07/06/22 06:33 PM ET
Key there is you picked SEC games. And
-- vtka93
Jul 06, 2022 at 07:56 PM ET
vtka93
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07/06/22 07:56 PM ET
and the rest of the country does not care if they get to see
-- vtka93
Jul 06, 2022 at 05:05 PM ET
vtka93
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07/06/22 05:05 PM ET