I lived in Virginia for several years and had the opposite impression of VT fans. Yes, Southwest Virginia is one of the most backwoods places in the country, but they have a large alumni base and following in Hampton Roads. I used to spend every Saturday at Buffalo Wild Wings in Virginia Beach and the fans I interacted with were, for the most part, pretty good fans who would support their team through rough times (like after they lost to Boise St and James Madison in consecutive weeks in 2010).

UGA/VT would be a much more attractive game than UGA/UVA, because UVA has been an underachieving program for many, many years. UVA has a great city, awesome campus, and very fertile recruiting bases in Va Beach and DC, neither of which are far from campus. Yet they are an awful team almost every year.

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Posted by Crowknowsbest

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Posted on 5/28/14 at 9:54 am to VADawg

Maybe I've just spent too much time around them then. I know way too many VT fans who were UVA fans but switched to VT when Vick showed up. I also know way too many VT fans who are UNC basketball fans because VT sucks at basketball.

VT also sucks now, so there's that. Beamer's about to retire anyway. UVA sucks too but at least they're pleasantly indifferent about it. Nothing says we have to always schedule good teams.

ETA- I also think UGA would want to cultivate some sort of relationship with UVA, even if it's only minor.

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