H********e
发帖数: 245 | 1 我们又要做Bama的垫脚石了。。。
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/vt-football-hokies-alabama-coul
While Virginia Tech is taking a break from its recent string of marquee out-
of-conference openers this fall – starting the 2011 slate with Appalachian
State – the Hokies are hardly out of the made-for-TV business.
Tech athletic director Jim Weaver confirmed Friday that he is in
negotiations for a potential rematch between the Hokies and Alabama in the
Chick-fil-A Kickoff to start the 2013 season, which would be broadcast
nationally on ESPN.
“There’s some potential to it,” Weaver said. “It’s nothing that’s set
in stone. The executive director of the Chick-fil-A Bowl, Gary Stokan,
approached us.”
Tech faced the Crimson Tide in the 2009 Chick-fil-A Kickoff, leading that
game in the fourth quarter before Alabama pulled away to jumpstart its run
to the national championship. It was a wild atmosphere in the Georgia Dome
and a ratings hit on TV, so what's holding up the rematch?
“I don’t know that there are any sticking points,” Weaver said. “We just
have to go through the process, agree on everything. It’s just a little
premature at this point to set it in stone.”
If the deal gets done, it will mark another bold non-conference scheduling
move by the Hokies. They opened 2004 with USC, which went on to win the
national championship (until the BCS took it away). They played LSU,
eventual national champion, in Week 2 of the 2007 season. They started 2009
with Alabama and kicked off last season against a top-5 Boise State team.
Tech also played a home-and-home series with Nebraska in 2008 and 2009.
It’s worth noting, though, that other than a sweep of the Cornhuskers (who
weren’t quite on the level of those others), the Hokies lost all those
marquee games. So why do it again? Weaver said he and coach Frank Beamer
have no hesitations.
“We’ve talked about it and we’re on the same page,” Weaver said, noting
that even with Tech’s struggles in those games, “It’s good for our
program.”
Weaver doesn’t have a timetable for a final decision on the 2013 opener,
but if the Chick-fil-A people want it, and Tech wants it and ESPN wants it,
you can probably expect this to happen. What do you think of this
development, Hokies fans? | b**j
发帖数: 20742 | 2 chick-fil-a最近不错啊，每年都有个marquee kickoff classic. 今年是uga-bsu
out-
Appalachian
set
【在 H********e 的大作中提到】
: 我们又要做Bama的垫脚石了。。。
: http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/vt-football-hokies-alabama-coul
: While Virginia Tech is taking a break from its recent string of marquee out-
: of-conference openers this fall – starting the 2011 slate with Appalachian
: State – the Hokies are hardly out of the made-for-TV business.
: Tech athletic director Jim Weaver confirmed Friday that he is in
: negotiations for a potential rematch between the Hokies and Alabama in the
: Chick-fil-A Kickoff to start the 2013 season, which would be broadcast
: nationally on ESPN.
: “There’s some potential to it,” Weaver said. “It’s nothing that’s set
| d*****s
发帖数: 1407 | | H********e
发帖数: 245 | 4 we have been exposed a few times in a not-so-good way...
honestly, we need 2-3 games to settle down. 09 team was in fact our best
chance in years for competing NC. Had we beaten Bama, it may be quite
different
【在 d*****s 的大作中提到】
: Good exposure,who not?
| b**j
发帖数: 20742 | 5 我最郁闷的是你们输给bsu...
【在 H********e 的大作中提到】
: we have been exposed a few times in a not-so-good way...
: honestly, we need 2-3 games to settle down. 09 team was in fact our best
: chance in years for competing NC. Had we beaten Bama, it may be quite
: different
| s****h
发帖数: 3979 | 6 我去年赛季开始前就说了
去年VT常规赛+ACC冠军赛其实全胜机会很大
结果是输给明显实力稍差的BSU，加上士气为０之后输给D２队伍。 |
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