tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193007137551439191.post8776039787663511530..comments2023-12-27T18:04:21.987-05:00Comments on From Old Virginia: uva football in the big ten; or, why that would suckBrendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10506945153264825303noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193007137551439191.post-90642024109028816822012-11-27T21:31:50.904-05:002012-11-27T21:31:50.904-05:00Dude, this post was written two and a half years a...Dude, this post was written two and a half years ago.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10506945153264825303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193007137551439191.post-29501056498365840402012-11-27T10:50:13.130-05:002012-11-27T10:50:13.130-05:00"Disaster" is too soft a word, so instea..."Disaster" is too soft a word, so instead you choose "Northwestern" to describe what UVA joining the Big Ten would be like? Please! NU is 9-3 right now, a record that 4-8 UVA would love to have right now. Add in the fact that UVA has better athletic facilities than NU, and you guys could very well compete at the highest levels in the Big Ten. Don't sell yourself short. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193007137551439191.post-77364033577292177502012-11-20T23:28:00.404-05:002012-11-20T23:28:00.404-05:00Ooooops, apparently the ACC is a target of B1G exp...Ooooops, apparently the ACC is a target of B1G expansion...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193007137551439191.post-24699337377388287832010-04-22T10:44:58.378-04:002010-04-22T10:44:58.378-04:00Agreed 100%. Believe it or not I actually had men...Agreed 100%. Believe it or not I actually had mentioned that very problem in a paragraph I eventually scrapped (it was a lousy paragraph.) NC is where this would hurt the most: we always have a divisional road game there, and three out of six years, two road games (if you count Clemson as close enough, which it is.) Our success in North Carolina would be cut at least in half, if not more.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10506945153264825303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193007137551439191.post-48673342079277879322010-04-21T22:49:35.749-04:002010-04-21T22:49:35.749-04:00One understated reason that a UVA move to the B10 ...One understated reason that a UVA move to the B10 would suck: the parents of many recruits place a huge value on game driveability - can they easily drive every weekend to see junior smash into other large dudes?<br /><br />This hugely affected Penn State when they switched to the B10. For years they had the pick of the litter of recruits in NJ, DE, MD, and good pull in downstate NY - until some parents realized with the move to the B10 how difficult annual road trips from the NYC area to Iowa City, Bloomington, or Madison were. (This coincided with the late Welsh/early Groh raiding of eastern PA and NJ for talent like Schaub and Arlen Harris.)<br /><br />PSU figured this out and compensated in their recruiting - they get more guys from within the B10 footprint than before - but I think this simple factor (parents' ability to spectate) would toast football and probably most other sports.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10111261251379767528noreply@blogger.com