Quote Originally Posted by mcc View Post
I posted a version of this as a comment to Chris's article and wanted to see if anyone here had any further thoughts on the issue.

VT publicly seems to place geography above other concerns. I understand that we have about 5 or 6 ACC teams that are within a doable drive, and I understand that that's important to a lot of fans, cheaper for the school, and handy for the AD, but I think it's a luxury you can't have anymore if you want to have a "national team".

Definition of a National Team: nationwide recruits, having teams from all over the nation want to schedule you, being a prime goto spot for Gameday etc. Examples: UT, USC, the OSU, Okla., Michigan, Florida, formerly PSU, 'Bama, Nebraska.

Right now I think VT is a very good regional team. Maybe that's what the BOV and everyone down to Beamer wants, and they are not interested in expanding.

Any Thoughts?
If the bov really just like the way it is with result a good regional program my question ie would that affect suppport and recruiting