With the addition of Nebraska to the 2008 and 2009 football schedules,
Virginia Tech Athletic Director Jim Weaver has put the baying schedule hounds to
rest, at least for the next few years. The Hokies-Huskers matchups are the kind
of games that football fans drooled over when the 12-game schedule was
announced, and fortunately for Tech fans, Weaver was able to line up the type of
matchup that makes fans and TV execs sing.
First of all, kudos to Weaver not just for setting the games up, but for
keeping it a secret. Tech's Internet-unfriendly AD despises message boards,
because (among other things) they make it hard to keep anything close to the
vest. Athletic directors like to unveil news that impresses fans and makes them
happy, but thanks to the Internet, most news is already out there before the
press release is issued, and it steals an AD's thunder. That makes old-schoolers
like Weaver angry.