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Need to take in WVU and UConn- they are the most available land grants- -- KnoxHokie 06/30/2016 5:31PM Either Navy or UConn would be okay -- CHEQM8 06/30/2016 1:28PM This highlights the quirks of ACC membership... -- lawhokie 06/30/2016 11:24AM Agreed. Rutgers is as good as any of them NOW, except WVU. -- chuckd4vt 06/30/2016 3:41PM But Rutgers prostituted themselves and is in the B1G ** -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:28AM How can you say Rutgers "prostituted" themselves by going to B10? -- Atlee Hokie 06/30/2016 5:29PM Rutgers has been openly courting the B10 since the 1980's -- BigCrumpy 07/03/2016 2:59PM Here is a LONGSHOT -- SoCloseHokie 06/30/2016 08:57AM I think both Toledo and Ohio should be given consideration ** -- BigCrumpy 07/01/2016 10:39AM I have no objection if it's ND and Ohio. -- Maroon Baboon 06/30/2016 12:48PM Maybe you are correct -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:17AM Re: Maybe you are correct -- SoCloseHokie 06/30/2016 12:18PM If they decided to step up commitment to athletics, good choice. -- HOO86 06/30/2016 11:16AM Large school with statewide alumni base. -- hokieball 06/30/2016 10:38AM Possibly better than WVU and UConn If they made the commitment, it would -- daveinop 06/30/2016 09:48AM I don't know if they would be better than UConn or WVU. -- HOO86 06/30/2016 3:32PM Hence the caveat. I don't see any slam dunks out there. Give ND who they -- daveinop 06/30/2016 4:01PM I would agree with you that Cincy is suspect -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:23AM West Virginia is good argument for contraction to 49 states. I'd add -- daveinop 06/30/2016 07:45AM Agree ** -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:18AM Not sure why anyone wants expansion...contraction would be more profitable -- EDGEMAN 06/30/2016 04:42AM You are correct but your wants will not happen ** -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:19AM Hopefully expanding with "non-contributors" won't happen either -- EDGEMAN 06/30/2016 1:18PM Some of Your Choices Give Me Heartburn -- VT Rockie 06/29/2016 7:50PM Go Cincy! Of course I am biased since I did my surgery resdiency there -- techcutter 06/30/2016 12:59PM At first I'd agree with you -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:22AM Re: At first I'd agree with you -- VT Rockie 06/30/2016 2:10PM I've evolved on this. But West Virginia. -- HOO86 06/29/2016 7:38PM Re: I've evolved on this. But West Virginia. -- Muddywolf 06/30/2016 6:18PM WVU is sitting ranked 58 in 2016 Director's Cup with only baseball left. -- HOO86 06/30/2016 8:13PM The state has been going to heck and an handbaskert for 66 years ** -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:29AM And yet they have been strong athletically for that 66 years. -- GusDaMan 06/30/2016 11:39AM I agree, I can't stand WVU, but they are the best realistic choice. -- Mr. Touchdown 06/30/2016 09:35AM By 2030 they may look like Delaware, Maine, or North Dakota ** -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:30AM It could happen, but the flip side.... -- Mr. Touchdown 06/30/2016 2:01PM Connecticut hasn't been close to VA's population in a long time.... -- Old Line Hokie 06/29/2016 7:18PM Based off US Census that is a bold faced falicy -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:31AM No it isn't. Only one state lost population from 2010 to 15, WV. As you -- Hokies23 07/01/2016 09:20AM So do mine. ** -- Old Line Hokie 06/30/2016 11:40AM If we're looking for land grant, UConn is land grant. -- HOO86 06/29/2016 7:59PM In a state loosing 3-4 thousand people a month ** -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:32AM Why do people care whether a school is a 'land grant' school? -- lawhokie 06/30/2016 11:11AM Because it is almost guaranteed to have a strong fan base within a state- -- KnoxHokie 06/30/2016 6:44PM I'd estimate less than half of land grant schools have that -- lawhokie 07/01/2016 08:02AM I would agree- but that does not mean that what I said is wrong- -- KnoxHokie 07/01/2016 12:53PM The term doesn't tell anybody anything about a school -- lawhokie 07/01/2016 1:48PM We do not in terms of UCONN ** -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:33AM They are Connecticut's "cow college"...... -- Old Line Hokie 06/29/2016 9:19PM Andf how many cows are in connecticut? ** -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:34AM If the ACC wants to promote itself in that region, -- HOO86 06/29/2016 9:54PM I agree with your assumptions ** -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:34AM It doesn't seem like anyone is beating down the door... -- Mr. Touchdown 06/29/2016 10:17PM Well consider this -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:37AM When the ACC gets a network, and the timing on that is still unknown. -- HOO86 06/30/2016 4:02PM Not considering UMASS was smart, I agree with you on WVU... -- Mr. Touchdown 06/30/2016 2:22PM I agree 100%. The New England area has primarily -- RJHokie 06/29/2016 10:23PM I know many have this love affair with Navy -- VaTechie 06/29/2016 6:43PM When was the last time you went to a VT game there? ** -- Stech 06/29/2016 7:03PM I have watched a ton of Navy football -- VaTechie 06/30/2016 12:42PM The last time we played them in Anapolis ** -- BigCrumpy 06/30/2016 11:38AM 1995? -- hokieball 06/30/2016 08:24AMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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