Earlier this week, football ticket mini-plans — and all that implies and carries with it — arrived in Blacksburg.

The Virginia Tech Athletic Department announced an interesting mini-plan being offered this week only. For $153, fans have a choice of a group of three tickets.

(I know which one I’d buy, if I was in the market: Maroon all the way)

We could slice and dice the choices and their pricing all day, but that’s not really the point. The point is, for the first time in the Beamer Bowl Era, Virginia Tech has had to resort to offering mini-plans, because they’re nowhere close to selling out full season ticket packages, and they need the incremental boost that mini-plans will provide.

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