Virginia Tech is Practicing Where for the 2011 Orange Bowl?

by furrer4heisman on Dec 29, 2010 10:38 PM EST in Virginia Tech Football

I pay attention to a lot of sporting events you couldn't care less about. For those of you unfortunate enough to follow me on The Twitter, you're probably aware that I'm excited about Team USA's defense of its World Junior Hockey Championship gold medal.

Because of this, I've heard of a lot of universities most sane people haven't. So when I had to do a double-take at the college hosting the Hokies' bowl practices, you know the place is obscure. Virginia Tech is practicing at Nova Southeastern University, home of the Sharks. Where is NSU, you ask? The answer is after the jump.

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NSU is in Davie, Fla., and has the Miami Dolphins training facility on its campus. The private university has almost 29,000 students, over 16,000 of which are postgraduates.

NSU doesn't sponsor football and the sports teams it does have on campus play at the Division 2 level in the same conference as Barry University (which I'd heard of), Stanford's host during Orange Bowl week. When you start comparing NSU to Barry, well, there really is no comparison.

From the looks of things, NSU has more students, better facilities and a better mascot than our rivals at Barry. NSU has Razor the Shark while Barry has Bucky the Parrot. I mean c'mon. A parrot? Look at that shark in the logo. Does that look like an Orange Bowl-losing shark? I don't think so.

If any of the folks at NSU end up reading this post, I have a new slogan for you guys*. Nova Southeastern University: Where Winners Practice**.

* - This has been trademarked so get out your checkbook if you want to use it.
** - Obviously this doesn't apply to the Dolphins.

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F4H, you aren’t the only one that’s pumped about the WJC. You’ll enjoy this celebration of John Carlson, the Real American Hero. (NSFW).

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Love my Hokies, Caps, Redskins, Wizards and Nats.

by The Miz on Dec 30, 2010 3:09 PM EST reply actions

posted that

on twitter the night of the opening game. hoping these guys start destroying people starting tonight. kid from my hometown was on last year’s team, which made it a lot more exciting.

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by furrer4heisman on Dec 30, 2010 4:25 PM EST up reply actions

And another great thing about Nova Southeastern University is its president is an alumnus of Virgina Tech. NSU is an awesome university . Read about NSU at www.nova.edu. Read about President George L. Hanbury below:

Dr. Hanbury is the University President and Chief Operating Officer of Nova Southeastern University. Prior to his appointment as executive vice president, he had a career in municipal administration totaling more than thirty years, and was the chief executive officer (city manager) to the following cities: Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Portsmouth, Virginia; and Virginia Beach, Virginia. In addition, he was an Assistant City Manager in the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Dr. Hanbury holds a Ph.D. degree in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University, a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Old Dominion University in Virginia, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a major in Public Administration from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). He has been certified through the Senior Executive Institute at the University of Virginia and was inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha, the national honor society for the field of public affairs and public administration.

His principal teaching areas are: Leadership, Organizational Development, Organizational Theory, Public Policy Analysis, Public Administration, Budgeting and Finance, and Comparative Government and Economics.

by juliespechler on Dec 30, 2010 4:59 PM EST reply actions