Comments on: What exactly did AD Jim Weaver say about Virginia Tech and the SEC on Tech Talk Live last night?

By: kenroe

kenroe — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:10:02 +0000

The hokies could easily compete in the SEC no question in my mind and the SEC teams would love to recruit the 757 with some consistency trust cause it has some of the best talent in the nation year in year out. I mean look at the talent that comes from that part of the state every year!!!!! Iverson,Vick ,Bruce Smith LT(the greatest Lb ever harvin etc shall i continue? I remember when they went to the ACC and they were picked to finish 6th in the coastal thetre first year and i laughed cause i knew we would dominate the ACC like we have.

By: Marine Mike

Marine Mike — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:15:32 +0000

Culturally and athletically VT belongs in the SEC. We would bring the DC and Va TV markets that the SEC wants and our fans, atmosphere and game day environment are perfect fits for the SEC. We had a bad year this year, so did Auburn and they still belong in the SEC. To say that we couldn’t compete is total horsesh!t, as has been said we’ve beat LSU, Bama, Tenn, and Texas A&M. We are overall a very good football program but to be the best you have to play the best and by being in the SEC and playing hard games every week we will improve. Also by joining the SEC we would be able to keep a lot of this in-state talent here with us and be able to poach into the SEC footprint with more success during recruiting. While the 10 win seasons and conference championships might not come with as much regularity, when they do come they will be that much sweeter. We may not win immediately in the SEC but we can definitely win.

By: WarHog38

WarHog38 — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:15:06 +0000

I’ll respond to Red Wolf up there. The SEC did not refuse Miami in 1990, Miami refused the SEC. Miami and FSU were both Independent Powerhouses back then after having been sucko in the 70′s. The SEC offered them both before they took South Carolina for that East side. Rumored that they feared the power of the SEC would knock them off their lofty pedestals. Miami went Big East as FSU went ACC. SEC offered Texas and Texas A&M before it took Arkansas for the West. The West was decided much earlier as Arkansas was only West option. The SEC waited all summer in 1990 for FSU and Miami to weed themselves out.

By: Codyk

Codyk — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:31:53 +0000

Tech would do well to consider playing in the SEC. To the people saying Tech would bring nothing to the SEC is ridiculous, they actually bring a few different assets with them… The Washington D.C., Northern VA and Norfolk, Newport News and Virginia Beach markets as well. Tech also has a very SEC feel to their stadium. With the additional revenue Tech could add on to their stadium, possibly going over the 80,000 seat mark. Tech is also getting ready to build new athletic facilities and would give the SEC a significant bump academically. The recruiting boost and shared revenue would obviously be the biggest perks to a Tech team that significantly does more with less than most teams around us. Ole miss I’d one of the worst teams in the conference and They are the front runner for the number one prospect in the country, do that shows you the power of that conference and the ability to herd in the top talent in the country. Also the idiots who say that tech better get some new coaches obviously don’t realize that moving to a different conference takes between 3-5 years in most cases, which is basically the time that Beamer has remaining on his contract. What would be better than having a new promising coach lead us into a new promising era for the Hokies???

By: WarHog38

WarHog38 — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:56:19 +0000

The SEC is not taking FSU, GT or Clemson. If or when the SEC expands, they will take a North Carolina or Virginia school. Both of which are Old South states as all the other SEC schools are in. Excepting Missouri and Kentucky which were once Border States highly sympathetic to the South. This is the southern mentality, Period! Now the reason Slive wants one specific school in Va & NC. It has 100% to do with TV sets and the new burgeoning SEC Network. It is 100% about money! The reason VT or any team over there accepts an SEC invite will be 100% about money! I’ve followed this awhile, misquote or whatever? This Weaver dude has changed his tone! LOL He would be an idiot not to!!! The SEC would make VT football better as it does with every other team that has joined. Give Missouri some time.

By: Bob H

Bob H — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:14:33 +0000

Red Wolf

SEC said NO to Miami log ago. That’s how they ended up in the BE and later in the ACC. Miami is a pro sports city, doesn’t travel well, and doesn’t even come close to filling its own home games.

SEC would be better off with Southern Miss or ECU which have rabid fan bases.

FSU is obviously eyeing the SEC and vice versa. But, what does that do for the SEC? You already have the Florida market with UF. UF and FSU play each other every year anyway. FSU didn’t even dominate the weak ACC this year. FSU has been throttled by the likes of Wake Forest, and not very long ago. What do they really bring to the SEC?

Clemson voted for the $50M exit fee. Don’t kid yourself. That says what it says- we are staying in the ACC.

One has to question, I think, the prestige and “integrity” of the B10 who had to offer big $ to get a lower end and financially inept ACC school to jump ship. As opposed to the other BCS conferences that require an entrance fee.

Newflash to the Big 10: “Sometimes you get what you pay for”. Get used to playing in front of high school sized crowds at UM…..

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:33:41 +0000

I think VT could compete in the SEC if they ever end up there. There have been five teams from the SEC that have played and won the the championship and VT has beaten 3 of the 5 at some point in the past. Plus, VT has played in a BCS championship game so it could be said that at least they would be the sixth best team in the SEC if they were there. Oh, they also beat Texas A&M in two consecutive years, I believe. Going on to a replacement for Maryland, I think the ACC should invited UCONN, Louisville and Cincinnati into the conference. That would open up a market fairly close to NYC (UCONN has had a deal with SNY out of New York) and into Ohio. My two cents worth.

By: VTRedwolf

VTRedwolf — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:54:36 +0000

Okay, we’ve had a bad year and the doom and gloom is expected.

However, the thought that VT could not excel in the SEC is ridiculous. Yes VT lost to Alabama and LSU in convincing style, but I seem to remember beating Alabama and LSU in the last dozen year or so too. Pretty sure they were in the SEC then. Lost to UGA in Atlanta, practically a home game for them, in a game we dominated and took the foot off the gas pedal. Pretty sure we beat Tennessee. So don’t start saying we couldn’t compete in the SEC particularly when we would be more likely to keep some of that 5 star talent that leaks out of Virginia to the SEC. Probably wouldn’t be a dominant team like Alabama or LSU but we would be no slouch either. Having said that I can’t see the SEC being that interested. VT doesn’t exactly dominate any TV or media markets. More likely FSU, Clemson or Miami pushes over and the remnants of the Big East drift to the ACC or should I say continues to drift. The ACC is once again is commiting to becoming a basketball conference with the addition of Pitt, Syracuse and probably UCONN and VT is never going to fit that model. There’s nothing left for us here and a switch to the SEC would definitely be the way to go…I just don’t think the SEC is that interested. What you’ll here from current ACC members like VT is “We don’t want to leave the ACC” but out the side of their mouth they’re saying “but we don’t want to be left behind in a decimated ACC football conference either”. Hopefully Weaver is positioning us to be considered if someone is going to be poached.

VT can compete in any conference and a move to the SEC would only make us stronger.

By: pete

pete — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:26:22 +0000

nice points, Bob H

By: proof reader

proof reader — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:12:20 +0000

If a school ever would go into obscurity by going into the SEC, it would be VT. As they say don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Be happy where you are folks. 50 million is a lot of pesos.