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Virginia Tech's USNW ranked 51 & SMU 91, now if you want to talk oil money,

they got us there. :-)
Posted: 04/28/2025 at 02:21 PM ET
(In response to this post by marcbvtgm)

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Those wondering what UNC 🏈 is investing 😳 UNC’s Risky Bellichek Math! 🔗**
Stech • 04/27/25 09:44 AM ET
The wildcard in all the $ insanity is….
MrBayAreaHokie • 04/29/25 08:02 AM ET
more from Zuck on X**
MrBayAreaHokie • 04/29/25 05:17 PM ET
My wife and I are already having this debate for our kids
HokieAl • 04/29/25 09:35 AM ET
Not a kid, but I talked with a former Navy aircraft electrician (AE) who...
EDGEMAN • 04/30/25 04:55 PM ET
Same here
I85Hokie • 04/30/25 02:05 PM ET
I'm right there with you.
MP4VT2004 • 04/29/25 01:31 PM ET
Getting an associate's degree from a Virginia CC is an inexpensive way...
EDGEMAN • 04/29/25 01:40 PM ET
It won't be long before CC costs start going up dramatically. Just read an
HokieToph • 04/30/25 10:33 AM ET
Make everyone enroll in person!
EDGEMAN • 04/30/25 01:14 PM ET
Successful people do what they love doing! Engineers that hate engineering
Stech • 04/29/25 11:12 AM ET
One of my HS and VT friends was studying Chemical Engineering, and...
EDGEMAN • 04/29/25 12:35 PM ET
Please tell he actually
mancunian • 04/30/25 09:05 AM ET
Don't know if he said it out loud, or wrote it on his test paper he...
EDGEMAN • 04/30/25 09:07 AM ET
Yep I had my kids do a book called Be What You Are in Middle School. GPA⬆️
Stech • 04/29/25 12:57 PM ET
Let that be their motivation to shut up the doubters!
EDGEMAN • 04/29/25 01:22 PM ET
the truth is though....
MrBayAreaHokie • 04/29/25 11:30 AM ET
Big organizations are often built on Followship not Leadership, I have
Stech • 04/29/25 12:38 PM ET
Had a friend who was studying "Building Construction" at VT back...
EDGEMAN • 04/29/25 12:42 PM ET
I'm a VT BC grad. Really enjoyed the program.**
MP4VT2004 • 04/29/25 01:34 PM ET
I thought that degree was brilliant! Way to go VT!**
EDGEMAN • 04/29/25 01:36 PM ET
Yes I referred to it in another post, I ❤️ they created that major, do more
Stech • 04/29/25 01:05 PM ET
If VT has "studies" majors, they can create something useful like...
EDGEMAN • 04/29/25 01:26 PM ET
I love what your relative did, changed his life and his students, don’t be
Stech • 04/29/25 01:39 PM ET
Exactly!**
EDGEMAN • 04/29/25 01:42 PM ET
The numbers are way up @ some schools (Virginia Tech) & way down for others
Stech • 04/29/25 08:18 AM ET
LOL I thought this post was about UNC spending 10’s of millions on 🏈, but
Stech • 04/28/25 09:33 PM ET
Sue Estroff must be really clutching her pearls right now.**
MP4VT2004 • 04/28/25 01:24 PM ET
This is the interesting thing, the tale is wagging the dog, Academics dwarf
Stech • 04/28/25 02:16 PM ET
Interesting that they see UNC as different from SEC type schools
Sunsetunderground • 04/28/25 12:52 PM ET
Don't underestimate the concern over potential lost research & overhead $$
marcbvtgm • 04/28/25 09:45 AM ET
I would hope so**
VT ChemE 1986 • 04/28/25 01:07 PM ET
Does a school that transfers academic funds to athletics sound like...
EDGEMAN • 04/28/25 07:07 AM ET
As I have said in previous posts, UNC has made a high risk gamble
tarheelblue • 04/27/25 03:44 PM ET
I take the part back that UNC can’t lose with Belichick after reading this.
Stech • 05/01/25 09:01 AM ET
It's definitely a bad look, but I don't see how they can fire him.
tarheelblue • 05/02/25 01:40 AM ET
Agreed, it’s hard to believe they will do it, but at a minimum this will be
Stech • 05/02/25 09:14 PM ET
Hopefully it at least increases the ratings for UNC football games.**
tarheelblue • 05/02/25 09:56 PM ET
Probably will, still don’t understand how🐭🦊 don’t get in state rivalry
Stech • 05/03/25 09:27 AM ET
So much is at stake right now, not just P2 expansion, but unequal sharing &
Stech • 04/30/25 03:33 PM ET
Institutional investment in the publics will separate the
Big12 guy • 04/27/25 10:36 AM ET
NASCAR due to ESPN emphasizing well known teams stacked the sponsorship 🃏
Stech • 04/27/25 11:38 AM ET
I was referring to the establishment, the State, and the other
Big12 guy • 04/27/25 11:55 AM ET
I watched the Virginia Tech applications blow up in the 90’s w/ BCS Bowls,
Stech • 04/27/25 01:35 PM ET
Do you know what else happened in the 90's? Growth of the internet
HokieAl • 04/28/25 09:57 AM ET
It was more than football success, I’m tired of saying that, but there is a
Stech • 04/28/25 11:52 AM ET
Weren't we independent in football before Big East?
HokieAl • 04/28/25 01:05 PM ET
We became an independent after the Southern Conference...
EDGEMAN • 04/29/25 12:38 PM ET
Dr. Torgersen was president until 2000
Pylons • 04/28/25 01:21 PM ET
Application growth isn't a football thing
Pylons • 04/27/25 04:16 PM ET
This has been found to be true in recent data collection:
VTFan29 • 04/28/25 12:31 PM ET
We got n the Big East 🏈 n th early nineties, we started going to Bowls too
Stech • 04/28/25 07:32 AM ET
Explain the "correlation" in the last decade
Pylons • 04/28/25 08:52 AM ET
Your whole post wreaks of arrogance as usual, the only thing laughable is
Stech • 04/28/25 11:44 AM ET
I know it's opinion and not fact, I'm just confident in it
Pylons • 04/28/25 12:14 PM ET
Haha, no, it's none of that,
Big12 guy • 04/28/25 02:05 PM ET
Glad you said it's an opinion, your laughable comment was insulting and
Stech • 04/28/25 02:04 PM ET
I have no experience marketing,
Pylons • 04/28/25 09:50 PM ET
What I also find interesting is that it's occurring as the number of HS
anotherdamnyankeehokie • 04/27/25 10:05 PM ET
Cincinnati Languished in the 30,000 some odd enrollment
Big12 guy • 04/27/25 05:48 PM ET
Cincy has almost 10k online students counted in that enrollment
Pylons • 04/27/25 07:18 PM ET
I pulled Cincy as an example, with about
Big12 guy • 04/27/25 10:10 PM ET
I'm not saying online students count less,
Pylons • 04/27/25 10:36 PM ET
For the health of their athletics?????? Since the beginning
Big12 guy • 04/28/25 06:13 AM ET
"health" isn't just financial
Pylons • 04/28/25 09:28 AM ET
"Primarily for academic reasons"? no, I
Big12 guy • 04/28/25 09:36 AM ET
What is the source of the money that's going down the drain?
Pylons • 04/28/25 09:47 AM ET
OK, I'll respect your opinion, but
Big12 guy • 04/28/25 09:58 AM ET
What academic reputation does SMU have?
Brother Griswold • 04/27/25 06:44 PM ET
Give or take SMU's academic reputation is basically the same as VT's
marcbvtgm • 04/28/25 09:47 AM ET
Virginia Tech's USNW ranked 51 & SMU 91, now if you want to talk oil money, ◄
Stech • 04/28/25 02:21 PM ET
This isn’t a Rivalry Board, trash talking schools isn’t tolerated here, it
Stech • 04/28/25 08:28 AM ET
SMU is ranked only above Louisville, but
mrcaniac • 04/27/25 07:30 PM ET
Clemson before or after they started "gaming" the rating system?
EDGEMAN • 04/28/25 04:16 AM ET
Ouch. That wasn't the point I was trying to make, but
Big12 guy • 04/27/25 06:51 PM ET
Sorry - I just think taking SMU into the ACC was a really poor
Brother Griswold • 04/27/25 07:17 PM ET
Yeah, really poor...
SMU Pony • 04/27/25 08:30 PM ET
Harsh but fair**
mancunian • 04/28/25 10:08 AM ET
Look - I just don’t care about playing SMU, Cal, or Stanford
Brother Griswold • 04/27/25 08:37 PM ET
There it is.......
2hhoop3 • 04/27/25 09:53 PM ET
There’s a difference between dislike and disinterest
Tailgate Guru • 04/28/25 01:41 AM ET
THANK YOU.
Baltimore_Hokie • 04/28/25 12:29 PM ET
I get it and I do not.....
2hhoop3 • 04/28/25 08:51 AM ET
Ah, I see we're still perpetuating the line of BS-
Baltimore_Hokie • 04/28/25 12:26 PM ET
I see that as....
2hhoop3 • 04/28/25 12:31 PM ET
Thank you - you said it better than me**
Brother Griswold • 04/28/25 06:54 AM ET
After going through year one with these three schools
Brother Griswold • 04/27/25 10:18 PM ET
All I ask is that you start taking revenue sports seriously, like we are.**
SMU Pony • 04/27/25 08:40 PM ET
We won a national title in basketball in 2019, made the NCAA tourney 9 out
Brother Griswold • 04/27/25 08:50 PM ET
You're talking about the Hoos. This a Hokie Board.
HOO86 • 04/27/25 11:47 PM ET
I don't even see any posts from you on The Sabre. Where are you from?
HOO86 • 04/28/25 12:09 AM ET
I’ve been posting on thesabre since the website was virginiafootball.com
Brother Griswold • 04/28/25 07:02 AM ET
Then I ask once more. What was/is your better plan for saving the ACC?**
Atlee Hokie • 04/28/25 09:12 AM ET
That is a great question and one that is hard to answer
Brother Griswold • 04/28/25 10:54 AM ET
What would you have done.......
2hhoop3 • 04/27/25 08:12 PM ET
Those three schools are nothing more than mouths to feed
Brother Griswold • 04/27/25 08:47 PM ET
They were added because Notre Dame pushed for them & Jim “Dame” Phillips
Stech • 04/28/25 03:27 PM ET
Where is FSU gone to?**
MrFantastic! • 04/29/25 06:36 AM ET
IMHO probably the B1G, but unequal sharing will likely prolong it until the
Stech • 04/29/25 07:01 AM ET
my guess
MrFantastic! • 04/29/25 07:42 AM ET
Maybe, a P1 when one of the P2 Commissioners retires is possible too.
Stech • 04/29/25 08:02 AM ET
Listen. When the current expires, the ACC is going to implode anyway.
Atlee Hokie • 04/28/25 12:44 AM ET
You lost the battle....
2hhoop3 • 04/27/25 09:51 PM ET
He said revenue sports. Everyone knows football is king
Brother Griswold • 04/27/25 10:21 PM ET
You should quit.....
2hhoop3 • 04/27/25 10:37 PM ET
OK omnipotent one - explain to me how adding these three schools
Brother Griswold • 04/28/25 11:30 AM ET
Just stop, man. He will do this all day. He will reply 100 times.
Baltimore_Hokie • 04/28/25 12:34 PM ET
Agreed - I follow all of this stuff very closely (why I enjoy this board)
Brother Griswold • 04/28/25 01:04 PM ET
I have already explained......
2hhoop3 • 04/28/25 11:51 AM ET
I'm confused?
Brother Griswold • 04/28/25 12:52 PM ET
Can you point.......
2hhoop3 • 04/28/25 12:59 PM ET
There was no immediate implosion forthcoming. That is where you are wrong.
Brother Griswold • 04/28/25 01:01 PM ET
Again......
2hhoop3 • 04/28/25 01:15 PM ET
I have answered several times. You continue to state that adding those
Brother Griswold • 04/28/25 02:05 PM ET
So your answer........
2hhoop3 • 04/28/25 02:20 PM ET
The settlement would have come with our without the additional revenue from
Brother Griswold • 04/28/25 02:42 PM ET
We disagree.....
2hhoop3 • 04/28/25 02:57 PM ET
This is so dumb. Please stop perpetuating this completely wrong line.
Baltimore_Hokie • 04/28/25 12:46 PM ET
Thank you
Brother Griswold • 04/28/25 01:00 PM ET
What's dumb...
2hhoop3 • 04/28/25 12:52 PM ET
I've said many times on here that the correct move-
Baltimore_Hokie • 04/28/25 02:50 PM ET
So you're saying......
2hhoop3 • 04/28/25 03:05 PM ET
I'm saying, were the decision entirely up to me, and I was making the-
Baltimore_Hokie • 04/28/25 03:37 PM ET
I don't recall you........
2hhoop3 • 04/28/25 05:31 PM ET
It wasn't vague. It means exactly what it said:
Baltimore_Hokie • 04/29/25 09:34 AM ET
Thanks for the reply......
2hhoop3 • 04/29/25 09:49 AM ET
I stand with Baltimore Hokie on this one - the correct answer was to do
Brother Griswold • 04/28/25 03:10 PM ET
Of course.....
2hhoop3 • 04/28/25 03:16 PM ET
LOL, rent free. I think the number of likes on my posts, and the fact-
Baltimore_Hokie • 04/28/25 03:44 PM ET