different. First, there is only 1 protected rivalry, not 7, and they are willing to actually put in that tiny bit of effort to make the schedule work each year. Second, of course, is that they play 9 conference games anyway.

And they were the first P5 conference with a network.
Must be nice to have a competent commish; not something I have ever experienced as a VT fan (and somewhere in the distance, a trained goose honks).