My thoughts as well. UVA will never be competitive. Va Tech is a different story....a lot more fan interest.
Good post . You are right about UVA being out of their league in the SEC or BiG 10 .
My granddaughter graduated from Virginia 2 years ago and now on her way to Medical School.
UVA is a Academic School above all else . They belong with Duke, Stanford , Wake Forest , Ga Tech . I would have included Vanderbilt and Northwestern but ,though schools have more competitive football and basketball programs , usually .
Va Tech is a excellent school, especially for Engineering but , it doesn’t have the cache of UVA.
Also the Demographics of Charlottesville is much different than Blacksburg , Va.