VT vs. ODU: Good or Bad?

On Monday, Virginia Tech and Old Dominion agreed in principle to a two-for-one series for the years 2016, 2018 and 2019.  After glancing through the message boards, and looking at our poll, it seems that most Tech fans are okay with the series, though some are certainly not in favor of it.

Remember, when you think about this series, you can’t think about it in terms of what ODU is now.  You have to think of it in terms of what they’ll be at the time.  Right now, they are a very successful 1-AA program that was ranked as high as #3 in the country this year.  In 2016, when the teams first meet, they’ll be in their third year of competing in Conference USA, and they’ll have a Conference USA level of talent.

Old Dominion has been playing football for just four seasons.  Here’s how they’ve fared in those four years under head coach Bobby Wilder:

2009: 9-2
2010: 8-3
2011: 10-3 (Lost in the second round of the playoffs)
2012: 11-2 (Lost in the quarterfinals of the playoffs)

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