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Better to like a team from another state for over 20 years and be loyal to them than to jump on a bandwagon for another in-state team almost solely due to the success of a lefty from the other side of the state...most of your VT fanbase that have loaded up on the wagon here recently have maybe 6-8 years worth of history that they've seen and followed with their squad, me, I've seen Miami since '83. 22 years of my life.

It's kind of like Redskins fans asking Carolina or Dallas fans around here why they don't like their "regional" team. I'm a 49ers fan myself...at least I can like a team on their own merits, not because of their proximity to my abode. That Va Tech being "SWVA's team" is a played out &amp; lame attempt at flaming--I'll support any kid that goes up there from around here, but that doesn't mean I have to like the rest of the team that's from Newport News &amp; Hampton or whereever else.

Besides...who cares about that conference record thing you've got up there...if you want to talk team to team, head to head, Miami's got that matchup on lock if you want to look at recent history for about the past 5 or so years. Then let's look at the overall--still Miami. VT's a good program, I've never said they're not, but Miami's an elite program, regardless of the hard times they're probably going to fall on given all of the coaching changes...and that's the difference for me. Miami's a great program with a really good history over the last quarter of a century, VT's a rising one with maybe 10 years max of successful history. Everyone's gotta start somewhere though, and competing every year is the beginning. VT's there to compete in the top 10 for the most part unless something happens...which is highly commendable, but still not enough to make me turn by back on 22 years of loyalty to UM's football program, even if VT is just up the road on 81.


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nice post football fan, you and Mega are truly loyal fans, I respect that!