Remember when Conferences were constructs of like minded academic

institutions that shared common scholarly traits and purposes for the practical execution of athletic competition and entertaining its STUDENT body......not as food chain fodder for ESPN's programming appetite....yeah...me neither.

Posted: 07/25/2021 at 4:06PM

Remember when Conferences were constructs of like minded academic -- hok1eboy 07/25/2021 4:06PM

Once that motive changed, it was the job of our administrators to be aware -- TDVick 07/25/2021 5:22PM

I love this post too! VT would have sold its soul to -- 91HokieBob 07/25/2021 9:25PM

I loved the Big East and was bummed that it broke up. -- Maroon Baboon 07/25/2021 10:10PM

VT is at a crossroads. Do we want to swim in the big water? -- Maroon Baboon 07/25/2021 11:59PM

Love this post! Must read. Agree! ** -- 91HokieBob 07/25/2021 9:19PM

Do you have a view whether the long term GOR will keep ACC together a bit -- TDVick 07/25/2021 9:13PM

I don't know much about it. But two things: -- Maroon Baboon 07/25/2021 9:46PM

Lawyers and loopholes. There's a loophole escape for just about everything. -- 91HokieBob 07/25/2021 9:28PM

Perhaps we could still be attractive to the SEC. I doubt they expand unless -- TDVick 07/25/2021 9:12PM

About UVa and VT to the B1G and/or SEC. -- Maroon Baboon 07/25/2021 9:57PM

I’m with ya. It was crystal clear back in 2012 that Swoff was a fraud. -- Backtothetop 07/25/2021 6:20PM

I remember when the Big East rejected Penn State because they were -- Maroon Baboon 07/25/2021 4:53PM

If P$U had joined the old Big East, VT probably wouldn't have .... -- Atlee Hokie 07/25/2021 10:08PM

WV and Miami were in our corner wrt the Big East. ** -- RJHokie 07/25/2021 10:17PM

Basketball was the driving financial force until the mid 90's -- mrcaniac 07/25/2021 7:14PM

Pitt was the reason that PSU was not offered -- Texas Hokie 07/25/2021 6:02PM

I don’t actually. In my lifetime, there’s been a hodgepodge collection. -- Backtothetop 07/25/2021 4:17PM

The Big East (and VT) has been front and center in all this -- Colonel Jessup 07/25/2021 4:16PM

We have one school to blame for the screwed up eastern conference’s. -- EEResistable 07/25/2021 4:13PM

Remember when Conferences were constructs of like minded academic

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