re: Why was Virginia Tech playing at Old Dominion

Those are a little strange but none of those are as weird as Texas at Wyoming. Colorado at Toledo: Colorado is not on the same level as Texas and Toledo is at least in a state with a lot of football talent. Baylor at ULM: Baylor isn't isn't even close to Texas's level and ULM is in the state next door, full of talent. Texas at Tulane: Same thing about ULM above with the football talent state, and probably a good chunk of UT alumni in NO, cool city, etc. Similar for Texas at UCF. Texas at Rice and UTEP: in-state.

The Wyoming one's just weird. There's no recruiting rationale. It's not close to Texas. Not many alumni in the area, I'm presuming. Not a particularly desirable destination. It's just odd. I'm not saying it wasn't cool or that I didn't get a kick out of it, but it's the weirdest OOC road game I can recall (which is also why I thought it was cool haha) and likely will remain that way until Alabama plays at UMass or New Mexico State or Idaho.