A match only the E8 could love. Convenience sure makes ugly bed-fellows. I wonder after a few years of having Huntingdon kick the crud out of them if the USAS will be wishing they had taken SV instead...
The difference is that they have Huntingdon for all sports, whereas if they'd taken SVU, it would only be for football, since SVU was committed to the CAC for all sports.
Forgot about that. I was looking at it from too limited a perspective. That being said, enjoy the bus rides NJAC. Long way to go (5 hour bus ride at least from College of NJ area), especially if you are the NY programs. SVU and Buena Vista were pretty much a non-entity 12.5 years ago when I left Lexington. Next time I hit W&L, I'll have to take a peek at SVU's campus.
I scouted out SVU's campus in the summer of 2011. It is really not impressive. Small, old buildings, not a lot of great-looking facilities. The comparables are not good -- it reminded me of Fisk, but less urban. Or Martin Luther.
Yeah. I wouldn't want to say anything bad without visiting the school, but Buena Vista is definitely "the wrong side of the tracks" compared to W&L and VMI in Lexington. Less than 5 miles apart. I don't think most of us in Lexington even knew SVU was there until the men's soccer team played them, around 1997 or 98 maybe. We visited Lex two years ago for my 10th reunion and we stayed in a campground in Buena Vista. Still pretty unimpressive town.
Yes, kinda the difference between old line Southern aristocracy (VMI and W&L) and an upstart Mormon
resurrection project that is less than 15 years old. I think that it will take about another 30-40 years, when the early graduates from the last decade are in the 50's and 60's to begin for the university to grow in stature relative to its nearby institutions of higher learning.
We know that Mormons tithe. Look at the philanthropic contributions that the Main Stream Media did not trumpet about Mitt Romney's generosity. He gave his inheritance to charities! The SVU alumni will support the alma mater generously.
