Just keep the recruits away from the locals...(TIC) ** -- MP4VT2004 06/08/2021 7:53PM
The guy on Jeopardy last night sure knew about VT and Blacksburg. And the -- IB4TECH 06/08/2021 12:47PM
Agree and Fu knows getting a visit to see/feel Blacksburg is crucial... -- VT757to276 06/08/2021 10:24AM
Not sure why you think Blacksburg is hard to visit? ** -- uber hokie 06/08/2021 09:57AM
1 very quick example: You can get to Miami faster from Norfolk than -- hoosnowahokie 06/08/2021 1:42PM
It takes me 4 hours from Petersburg area -- TomTurkey 06/08/2021 7:24PM
It’s safer your way than the mostly interstate route. ** -- RJHokie 06/08/2021 7:29PM
More scenic. Nothing but trees and guardrail between Richmond and C'ville ** -- TomTurkey 06/08/2021 8:08PM
Yep. -- RJHokie 06/08/2021 8:11PM
Agree. I-81 is one of the more scenic interstates. -- Atlee Hokie 06/09/2021 02:29AM
It can get that way, but usually there’s always some “excitement” to -- RJHokie 06/09/2021 10:07AM
Because it is. Blacksburg is one of the most isolated P5 towns. -- marcbvtgm 06/08/2021 10:20AM
Well ... it was named after William Black a late 1700's deed holder and not -- VTVOICE 06/14/2021 04:46AM
Yep, Lubbock, TX & Pullman, WA are probably the most isolated... -- BROman Hokie 06/08/2021 11:57AM
Try Starkville, Oxford, ,Columbia Mo, Morganhole, Hattiesburg, -- sacramento hokie 06/08/2021 1:35PM
Hattiesburg isn't P5, the other towns are less than 3 hours from a big city ** -- BROman Hokie 06/08/2021 2:14PM
Didn’t know that Jackson Ms was a big city... you missed the point -- sacramento hokie 06/08/2021 2:21PM
It takes you 3 hours to get from Atlanta to Auburn? -- MPT20 06/09/2021 1:12PM
Hattiesburg is under 2 hours from New Orleans ** -- HartwoodHokie 06/08/2021 2:32PM
Ever visited State College, PA? Meh ** -- WildTurkE 06/08/2021 09:40AM
Yup. Clemson, SC and Gainesville, FL say hi ** -- Tombo 06/08/2021 11:33AM
Clemson is relatively close to a few big cities ** -- DownSouthHokieGA 06/08/2021 1:09PM
I just don't see the point of that line of thinking. Sure relatively close -- Tombo 06/08/2021 1:13PM
Agree! I have never understood this whole isolated geographical argument. -- uber hokie 06/08/2021 5:52PM
Re: Agree! I have never understood this whole isolated geographical argument. -- 87Hokie87 06/08/2021 10:26PM
Same. Both 2+ hrs. Blacksburg to CLT is under 3 -- WildTurkE 06/08/2021 2:26PM
Yes, and it's no wonder they out recruit us ** -- OldRetiredHokie 06/08/2021 10:57AM
I guess I missed those parts. It was very Blacksburg like to me ** -- WildTurkE 06/08/2021 11:22AM
It was Blacksburg like to me when I took a job there in 1981 -- OldRetiredHokie 06/08/2021 12:03PM
Standard defensive, O&M glasses, wishful thinking reply. -- marcbvtgm 06/08/2021 10:18AM
Okay, pick Iowa City. Unless we're moving Blacksburg to Nova -- WildTurkE 06/08/2021 11:21AM
Well, why isn’t UConn blowing everyone away. ?😳 -- VPI63 06/08/2021 10:48AM
Good point. If proximity to metro areas was the decisive factor -- Zanderhokie 06/08/2021 10:57AM
Bama isn’t that far from Birmingham....about 60 miles. -- RJHokie 06/08/2021 12:22PM
Have you been to Birmingham?🥺** -- VPI63 06/09/2021 03:10AM
Oh yes, quite a few times. -- RJHokie 06/09/2021 10:08AM
Man our brand sure has taken a hit -- crazylane 06/07/2021 11:06PM
We just never could win that big non conference game ** -- HokienGeorjaw 06/08/2021 10:13PM
They knew VT. The burg NO. They even mix it up with Blacksburg, SC ** -- fordham 06/08/2021 2:17PM
Does it really matter -- crazylane 06/08/2021 6:17PM
Funny story re: Blacksburg, SC -- WildTurkE 06/08/2021 2:32PM
Not quite the same but my high school girlfriend and her friend -- Tombo 06/08/2021 5:51PM
Even during the ESPN heyday people didn't "know" Blacksburg... -- Hokie4Heisman 06/08/2021 10:30AM
The brand has taken a hit… -- VPI47 06/08/2021 08:19AM
I just ran across this load of crap. SMH ** -- VPI63 08/09/2021 05:36AM
Blaming Beamer for the current incompetence is like a politician -- hokiewasp 06/08/2021 09:13AM
While there is plenty of blame to level at the current coaching staff, -- Tombo 06/08/2021 11:39AM
True -- 87Hokie87 06/08/2021 04:20AM