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As an ODU graduate, I can give my perspective on life in the 757. I also spent 8 years with a Norfolk based company before relocating back to this part of the state. Most people living east of Williamsburg between the James and York Rivers would rather be anywhere else. Corruption and gambling within the youth football organizations have led to a drop in talent production. When kids and parents are being shaken down and brutalized so gangs can fix outcomes, participation dwindles. Those that still participate become corrupted by the environment before having a chance to reach the college level. The quick cash proves to be too tempting. Another key contributor is baseball. The Norfolk, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach area is producing more high level baseball players than football ever produced. Which is drawing focus away from football at every level.

Ridgewood is the devil...but only because y'all have me craving it at 7am.

Tech would love to have ODU in the Coastal. It would be an easy win on the schedule and a chance to rest their starters. VT beat them 31-17 last year without Hooker starting at QB. They tend to lie to sell their product. See James Franklin or Butch Jones.

Al Gore's interwebs work in SWVA too. Just because you're sitting behind a keyboard in Virginia Beach doesn't validate your opinions. And ours aren't invalidated because we are in SWVA. The point is, you're perfectly entitled to be wrong even though you're in Tidewater!

No, his perspective’s pretty darned timely and accurate. Let’s use Maury as an example, since you brought them up. Maury did produce the #3 player in VA, KeAndre Lambert, who is a legitimate stud WR (and a Penn State commit). Maury also produced the #18 player in VA, Darian Varner, who projects as a DT (but is plenty undersized for that position at 6’1”, 250). He chose Temple, where he may crack the starting rotation if he can put some muscle on. The others of that “6 or 7 going D1” group are 2* guys going the FCS route (only 1 of them has committed, and that’s to Coastal Carolina). Aside from Lambert, that’s not really bolstering your argument much. Here are the area codes of the top players in Virginia: (1) 703 (2) 804 (3) 757 [Maury] (4) 804 (5) 804 (6) 703 (7) 757 [Portsmouth] (8) 757 [Virginia Beach] (9) 804 (10) 703 (11) 804 (12) 757 [Virginia Beach] (13) 703 (14) 703 (15) 703 (16) 703 (17) 703 (18) 757 [Maury] (19) 757 [Virginia Beach] (20) 804 (21) 703 (22) 757 [Portsmouth] (23) 804 (24) 757 [Virginia Beach] (25) 804 (26) 757 (27) 804 (28) 540 (29) 757 [Chesapeake] (30) 757 [Virginia Beach] So, let’s recap. 10 players from the “757” in the Virginia Top 30 for 2020. Half of them are from Virginia Beach. NOVA is killing the “757”, the Beach included. Take out strictly Beach kids, and the “804” is killing them too. And that doesn’t include some really wonky assessments (Darian Varner at #18 is just bizarre). TL;DR: The old gray mare known as the 757 ain’t what she used to be.

Virginia Beach is a world apart from Norfolk, Hampton and Newport News. The programs on the peninsula between the York and James Rivers are shrinking and producing less and less talent. The point is simple, the talent coming from the 757 is coming from a much smaller geographic area than it did two decades ago. Smaller geographic area equals smaller pools of talent! I would also challenge you to research the rosters of some of those Pop Warner teams to see how many of those kids are still playing today! https://www.virginiabeachmustangs.com/success.html https://www.virginiabeachmustangs.com/aascholars.html

Caribbean Jerk is my second favorite sauce from BWW lol.

Are people seriously arguing that ODU is a better football program or in better shape going forward than VT? Let's be real here, ODU beating VT was an outlier. They've played three times, all since 2017, and VT is 2-1 and won those games by an average of 26 points per game. Against P5 schools, ODU is 1-12. VT had a horrible year recruiting in 2020, finishing at 75th nationally, but they still finished ahead of ODU at 96th. And if you went by average rating, Tech would be much higher as they only signed 15 kids. In 2019, Tech signed the 26th best class, ODU 117th. So far for 2021, VT 50TH and ODU 122nd. I am in no way, shape or form a Tech fan, but playing ODU 10 times, they're winning at least eight. It would be a consistent win for them if they played every year.

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Yep Ryan, 1 of if not the best BQ around !! Also love their fries !

Ridgewood is undefeated.

Have you ever tried Ridgewood (Bluff City)? They are amazing!

I didn't even know they had food at Hooter's...