Diehard fan of UVA Sports since 12 (1969/70). Sometimes the truth hurts. Classless yes, but what is the program doing to shut up the VT crowd? Exactly!
Since VT joined the ACC: 4 ACC Championships, 5 BCS Bowl Appearances, 8 10-win seasons & ending the year in top 25, Top 10 in # of players sent to NFL, 9 straight years of beating your "rival" school...all while graduating 80% of players (the 20% includes those who left early to go to NFL) and running a clean program...yeah I'll take that over national championships in rowing, tennis or lacrosse or whatever the hell you Wahoos do in your spare time.
The culture of picking bow tie wearing nice guy coaches drinking hot cocoa with marshmallows by the powers to be have created a program that is soft. Ole George was about as far as the Clutch teethed academia types picking could stomach. Grandpa looking type coach from Navy that picked his nose. Groh and London same; too soft/easy going. Both COACH playing not to lose mentality. Instead of to win; big diff. The FFA crowd west at VT think totally different; players mindset different as well!
