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I'm Pete Sampson, joined as always by my co-host

Matt Fortuna in Chicago. And today, special guests from Blacksburg, I believe, unless he's

living in Richmond or something, is Andy Bitter. Beat writer for Virginia Tech at the Athletic

does an awesome job covering the Hokies and everything that's going on down there. Andy, first,

thanks for joining us. And I guess secondly, what, you know, I think when Notre Dame came down there in 2018,

it was billed as like this huge momentous game, at least, I think maybe for Notre Dame,

probably for Virginia Tech. What is, what's sort of the vibe around this one with Notre Dame

coming down there? Well, first, I'm coming live from Christiansburg, just south of Blacksburg.

So give props to the local town that I live in here.

I think it's an interesting matchup because this has happened so frequently in recent years.

This is the fourth time they've played in six years.

Second time they've come in here.

There are ACC teams.

They don't see as frequently as they see Notre Dame.

They don't play Clemson this often.

Florida State.

Anyone not named BC on that side of the conference,

they just don't see as frequently as they've seen Notre Dame recently.

Now, it's going to take a couple years off before they come back here.

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