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[Capt. Ed]

Blue blood Virginians are actually worse than Yankees. Always have their nose in the air, look with disdain at states south of them, believe NC is peopled by barefoot cousin marrying banjo players, and think their god awful b-b-que is the best. They think VTech is one step above a community college. Richmond is the center of blue bloodedness for Virginia natives and it spreads out from there.

If you doubt it, try living in Richmond for a while as I did or read the James Madison forum on CSNbbb.

[JTApps1]

I submit this as evidence that Virginia is in fact (no matter how you spin it) in the South.

civil_war_map.jpg

Proof? So is Florida on that map. You either have yankee mentality or you don't. Where you are or where you live does not matter. Trust me!

I have always thought you crossed out of the South when you asked for chili on a hot dog and they gave you something with beans in it.

You're dead on with that. Add to it Canadian bacon instead of country ham on a biscuit.

[appchicago]

Blue blood Virginians are actually worse than Yankees. Always have their nose in the air, look with disdain at states south of them, believe NC is peopled by barefoot cousin marrying banjo players, and think their god awful b-b-que is the best. They think VTech is one step above a community college. Richmond is the center of blue bloodedness for Virginia natives and it spreads out from there.

If you doubt it, try living in Richmond for a while as I did or read the James Madison forum on CSNbbb.

Perhaps there's still some lingering truth to the idea that NC is a ""vale of humility between two mountains of conceit."

[hapapp]

Blue blood Virginians are actually worse than Yankees. Always have their nose in the air, look with disdain at states south of them, believe NC is peopled by barefoot cousin marrying banjo players, and think their god awful b-b-que is the best. They think VTech is one step above a community college. Richmond is the center of blue bloodedness for Virginia natives and it spreads out from there.

If you doubt it, try living in Richmond for a while as I did or read the James Madison forum on CSNbbb.

Perhaps there's still some lingering truth to the idea that NC is a ""vale of humility between two mountains of conceit."

The fact that you see yourselves that way dispels the notion of humility.

[appchicago]

Blue blood Virginians are actually worse than Yankees. Always have their nose in the air, look with disdain at states south of them, believe NC is peopled by barefoot cousin marrying banjo players, and think their god awful b-b-que is the best. They think VTech is one step above a community college. Richmond is the center of blue bloodedness for Virginia natives and it spreads out from there.

If you doubt it, try living in Richmond for a while as I did or read the James Madison forum on CSNbbb.

Perhaps there's still some lingering truth to the idea that NC is a ""vale of humility between two mountains of conceit."

The fact that you see yourselves that way dispels the notion of humility.

I was raised in the other mountain of conceit.

It's an old saying that rang truer back when Virginia and SC were flush with money from plantations, but a lack of long navigable rivers kept NC largely out of that game. It took generations for NC to shake the image of the "poor cousin." While there's a certain degree of shaggy, everyman pride in the saying, it was a reaction to snobbery rather than a proclamation of superiority.

[Saint3333]

I do see NC as being more humble than VA today (although the gap has shrunk since the time the phrase was first uttered), but not SC (outside of Charleston of course).

It's all relative.

[hapapp]

I do see NC as being more humble than VA today (although the gap has shrunk since the time the phrase was first uttered), but not SC (outside of Charleston of course).

It's all relative.

I guess I fail to see how you measure that in modern terms.

[Capt. Ed]

If Rocky Mount is your home, you've probably never experienced the conceit of flatland Virginians. I lived in Roanoke, one of my favorite places in the country, and we loved it there. Nice, friendly people, who didn't care where you were from or what family you came from. Not so in Richmond/Petersburg area.

You're lucky to live in Franklin county.

[Saint3333]

I do see NC as being more humble than VA today (although the gap has shrunk since the time the phrase was first uttered), but not SC (outside of Charleston of course).

It's all relative.

I guess I fail to see how you measure that in modern terms.

I've visited northern VA. :lol:

[AppinVA]

I lived in Midlothian for 15 years. I never saw this from anyone south of the James River. It could be different for those who are in the West End or The Fan, but I didn't see it beyond a little kidding. I had my responses -- like having to put a roadside marker on any storage shed put up more than two weeks ago, on the off chance that George Washington may have slept there.

But your mileage may vary.

[hapapp]

If Rocky Mount is your home, you've probably never experienced the conceit of flatland Virginians. I lived in Roanoke, one of my favorite places in the country, and we loved it there. Nice, friendly people, who didn't care where you were from or what family you came from. Not so in Richmond/Petersburg area.

You're lucky to live in Franklin county.

Born in Petersburg, raised in Hopewell, and married a girl from Richmond.

[hapapp]

I do see NC as being more humble than VA today (although the gap has shrunk since the time the phrase was first uttered), but not SC (outside of Charleston of course).

It's all relative.

I guess I fail to see how you measure that in modern terms.

I've visited northern VA.

That is a different animal!

[Capt. Ed]

If Rocky Mount is your home, you've probably never experienced the conceit of flatland Virginians. I lived in Roanoke, one of my favorite places in the country, and we loved it there. Nice, friendly people, who didn't care where you were from or what family you came from. Not so in Richmond/Petersburg area.

You're lucky to live in Franklin county.

Born in Petersburg, raised in Hopewell, and married a girl from Richmond.

How did you come to go to App?

[hapapp]

We made several summer vacation trips to the area when I was a kid. Just liked the area and wanted to be a teacher.

[bcoach]

The kind of person you are has nothing to do with where you are from. Every person chooses how they wish to conduct themselves. I have seen no better example of that than Roanoke VA. Roanoke VA is a Midwestern feeling small city plunked down right in southwest VA. They don't really care where you are from.

[DoubleA]

Regarding JMU, I would be thrilled for them to join us in conference affiliation, since we have so much in common in terms of background, academic rep and resources. JMU, like ASU, has grown from a former teachers college into a large, regional university with solid academic programs and growing academic reputation. I just hope we don't start measuring our academic programs and rep against Sunbelt schools, rather than true peer universities. It would be nice to be in a conference with true peers, both on the field of play an from an academic perspective. This might look more like the MAC, rather than the Sunbelt.

[Charfan]

At some point, I'd like to see CUSA and the SUNBELT Conference agree to become two more regionally aligned conferences with each conference having 12-14 teams, 2 divisions, and a championship game. It works out pretty nicely.

When fans can day trip to away games, it helps to keep the stadiums across the conference filled. Players and fans will attest, playing and cheering in sold out stadiums makes for exciting football.

I've edited this post based on good comments/feedback about adding UAB and keeping MTSU and WKU together.

Conference A
Appalachian
Marshall
Old Dominion
Western Kentucky
MTSU
Charlotte
Coastal Carolina

Georgia State
Georgia Southern
South Alabama
Troy
UAB
Florida Atlantic
Florida International


Conference B
Arkansas State
ULL
ULM
La Tech
Southern Miss
Rice

Texas State
North Texas
NMSU
Texas - San Antonio
UTEP
Idaho

This Charlotte fan would love this. So much better than what we have now and would probably save bundles of cash on travel.