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The number that jumped right off the page at me is that Virginia Tech is No. 13 in the country in fan base. That's ahead of--among many others--LSU, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina and Arkansas in the SEC; Miami, North Carolina, Boston College, Virginia and Florida State in the ACC; Iowa, Nebraska and Michigan in the Big Whateveritis; Oklahoma and Missouri in the Big 12; everybody in the PAC12 (that includes USC, UCLA, Stanford, Oregon, etc.); everybody in the Big East and everybody else nationally except for Notre Dame (4th).
Frankly, when the talk began about a Tech-SEC affiliation, I laughed out loud. I'm not laughing any more.
Tech's base is 1.3 million fans. Ohio State leads the nation with 3.1 million and is followed in order by Michigan, Penn State, Notre Dame, Texas, Texas A&M (which is why the SEC wanted it), Auburn, Alabama, Florida and Clemson. Tennessee, which has a 104,000-seat stadium, which it regularly fills, is back at 21, which stuns me. I would have thought the Vols--who draw 75,000 people for a band concert before a home game--would be in the top two or three. But, hey, them Hokies is rabid.
(Photo from MySpace: Brookes_Mommy)
Bet his mama is proud.
ReplyDeleteHis mama most likely taught him how to do it. One of many reasons I am happy to not be one of the 1.3M fans.
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