Virginia Gold Cup Season "Officially" Underway

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OK, by now you should know the drill.

When March Madness is over, the ramp up for the Virginia Gold Cup, run the first Saturday in May, is in full swing.  At least that's how we do it at the Virginia Blog Cup.

Play time is over, people. 

When Kentucky dispatched of Kansas last night in New Orleans, your brain should have switched out of basketball mode and into Gold Cup mode: Do I have my tickets, transportation, tailgate and wardrobe all organized?

You only have a month, so if you haven’t figured all of that out by now, get busy.

Based on the unusually warm spring so far, it promises to be an awesome day...