Any casual fan even on the West Coast is going to know Michael Vick, Tyrod Taylor, Frank Beamer, Bruce Smith, Bud Foster, Deangelo Hall. And likely the Edmunds and Fuller brothers, Khalil Herbert, Logan Thomas, Joey Slye, and others (Fantasy Football if for nothing else) Quick, name a famous U Minnesota player. I’ll save you the search: Bronco Nagurski (1930’s) and that’s about it. Marion Barber and Eric Decker maybe. And PJ Fleck (as the coach) and Tony Dungy if you Google search it (I didn’t know some of these and I am not a casual fan). VT’s got a better marketing presence than our own fans give credit for. Now do that same exercise with Indiana, Purdue, Iowa, Maryland, and Rutgers. They are not close to us in terms of nation wide marketing. Plus, everyone everywhere has seen and gotten goosebumps from the Enter Sandman entrance. Don’t forget the lunchpail defense, Hokie Bird (National mascot of the year many times), turkey legs at Lane Stadium, multiple Gameday appearances, Thursday night sweethearts for decades, and even basketball’s environment and the bacon giveaways that made USA Today and CNN and every other outlet. VT is highly marketable. Fans from other conferences will tune in to a Thursday night game of VT vs anyone because we are highly entertaining as a program even when we are mediocre on the field. But let’s fix that too of course. VT BABY!!!