DownEastDeac
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Other than the "Ho....kies!!" chants back-and-forth from guys standing at the urinals, didn't think their crowd was too bad tonight. But one thing that did hit me (this being my first VT crowd) was that it reminded me of a UNC fanbase: pretty easy to tell who the alums and WalMart/ bandwagoners were. And that's the way it should be for a land-grant university, with it's "common man" connection to agriculture, mfg., etc. that touches everyday life for those who grind it out for a living; hard to picture those folks being UVA fans. Contrast that with here in North Carolina, where those same type fans should in large numbers naturally gravitate towards NCSU, but instead they're attracted to the "blue blood" culture that is UNC. I've had conversations with NCSU folks about how they've lost much of their non-alum fanbase to UNC over the years, and it's baffling for them as well.