OUR LEGENDARY COACH FRANK BEAMER D WE’LL HEAR IT IS SOMETHING HOKIE
FANS HAVE BEEN THE LAST THING
OVER FOR
2 DECADES, THE RETURN TO A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
YEAH AND RECENTLY I GOT A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR LIVING LEGEND HEAD COACH AND WE
TOOK A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE.
>>PRINCE ON HIS CRYSTAL BALL.
HOKIES FANS WERE HAVE HAPPY
TO OBLIGE 19 99 SAW THE COUNTRY TRANSFIXED ON THE Y 2 K SCARE. AND THE SINGLE THE GREATEST
SEASON IN VIRGINIA TECH PUT.
THE ARCHITECT OF
THAT TEAM HALL OF FAME COACH
FRANK BEAMER GATHERED WITH
MEMBERS OF THAT SQUAD IN
SEPTEMBER TO HONOR.
A PERFECT 11
REGULAR SEASON.
AND THE PROGRAM’S
ONLY TRIP TO THE BCS NATIONAL
TIME.
>>YOU KNOW YOU MAY OR MAY NOT
BE ABLE TO GO PLAY IN
THE NFL.
BUT HOW YOU ARE AS A PERSON AND
HOW
YOU DEVELOP MEANS A LOT MORE
WHETHER YOU DO OR WHETHER IN
BUSINESS OR WAS HERE TRYING TO
GET A
LAW DEGREE WHO YOU ARE AND HOW
YOU
TREAT PEOPLE IS THE IMPORTANT
THING AND SO I’M PROUD OF
THOSE GUYS.
>>THE CATALYST OF THE SEASON ON
THE FIELD REDSHIRT FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK MICHAEL VICK THE HIGHLY TOUTED
RECRUIT BURST ONTO THE SCENE IN
HIS FIRST EVER CAUGHT ALL
THAT ACTION WITH THE 3
TOUCHDOWN PERFORMANCE THAT BOTH
INC YOU’RE
TOO BLEAK AND LITERALLY TURNED
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL WORLD
UPSIDE DOWN.
VICK WOULD GO ON TO BE COLLEGE
FOOTBALL’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
>>HE WAS THE SAME AND
A GAME AGAINST COMPETITION AS WHO HAS FROM PRACTICE. THOSE GUYS BECAUSE YOU’RE
EITHER.
HE JUST A UNIQUE
TOWN HOW HOW QUICKLY HE GET RID
OF
THE BALL.
HOW ACCURATE HE WAS HE HAD
TOUCH FOR A
SCREEN PASS YOU GET TO HIT A 16
YARD DOWN
THE MIDDLE.
THE TAKEOFF ON THIS, I MEAN YOU
JUST TO COULD MAKE ALL
THE THROWS AND PUT THE TOUCH ON
THERE THAT YOU NEEDED
AND YOU KNOW IN MY MIND BILL.
NO NEVER BE ANOTHER
MICHAEL BACK.
>>VICK’S TALENTS ASIDE THE
HOKIES HAD 5 5 PLAYERS DRAFTED
AFTER
THE SEASON AND A SLEW MORE IN
THE YEARS
TO FOLLOW THE
2000 DRAFT INCLUDED A PAIR OF
SECOND-ROUNDERS ON DEFENSE.
JOHN ANGLE, BURGER AND
I CHARLTON AND THE LOW BAR D
AND NAGURSKI
AWARD WINNER.
COREY MOORE WAS SELECTED IN
ROUND 3.
THE DRAFT.
>>PROVE YOU KNOW, I MEAN THEY
WERE VERY VERY GOOD
PLAYERS.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, AND THAT’S
SOMETHING WE TOOK GREAT PRIDE
AND WE WANT TO GET GOOD PLAYERS
WITH GOOD CHARACTER.
AND
THEN DEVELOP AND I THINK
BETWEEN OUR STRENGTH AND
CONDITIONING THEM THE WAY WE
COACH THEM.
WE DID DEVELOP A LOT OF GOOD
PLAYERS SO THEY HAVE GOOD
TALENT START WITH.
WE DID A GOOD JOB DEVELOPING
WHO
THEY WERE.
>>ANOTHER KEY PIECE TO THIS
TALENT
LADEN APOSTLE, A DEFENSIVE
COORDINATOR WHO WOULD
PROVE HIMSELF TO BE ONE OF IF
NOT THE BEST OF ALL TIME.
FOSTER IS IN HIS FINAL SEASON
AT THE CONTROLS OF THIS UNIT
WHICH OFTEN DOMINATES GAMES
MAKING HIM THE PERFECT
COMPLIMENT IN COACH BEAMER’S
TIME.
>>THE QUICKER YOU CAN ADJUST TO
WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
HIS YOU THE BETTER CHANCE WHEN
THE
FOOTBALL GAME.
AND BUD HAS SEEN EVERYTHING
HE’S SEEN EVERY
MOTION EVER.
EVER FORMATION NEVER SHIFT.
AND SO HE KNEW
QUICKLY I WANT TO JUST
2 AND A THAT WAS A GREAT THING
TO HAVE FOR GOING IN CHINA WHEN
THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
>>THAT WAS A CUP.
FORGIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME. REALLY SPECIAL THINGS AND GIVE
ME AN OPPORTUNITY THAT.
GET A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE ON
THE DREAM OF A LIFETIME.
>>PERHAPS OF THE TITLE TILT LEFT 7 CONTENDERS, LITTERED AT THE
SIDE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SUPER HIGHWAY, INCLUDING
CLEMSON BY 20 PEOPLE.
NUMBER 24 VIRGINIA
BY 24.
AND NUMBER
16 SYRACUSE BY A STAGGERING 62
TO NOTHING WHITE ONE.
THERE WAS THE MIRACLE IN MORGANTOWN NOVEMBER 6 1999, VIRGINIA TECH WAS
RANKED 3RD AND ON THE CUSP OF A
TITLE SHOT THE 3, 5 MOUNTAINEERS HAD SPOILER ON THEIR MINDS AND THE BLACK
DIAMOND TROPHY REVENGE IN
THEIR HEARTS.
VIRGINIA TECH FOUND THEMSELVES
DOWN 20
A 19 WITH ONE
11 REMAIN.
IT WOULD TAKE A MIKE THERE.
MIRACLE SCRAMBLE.
AND THIS SHAYNE GRAHAM PRESSURE
BOOT FROM 44 YARDS OUT
TO KEEP THE HOKIES TITLE HOPES
ALIVE.
>>ALL RIGHT BACK TO THE SEASON. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT
WEST VIRGINIA SCARE AND SHAYNE GRAHAM COMING THROUGH AND THAT WAS I MEAN
THAT COULD HAVE DERAILED THE
SEASON OH
MY GOODNESS.
>>WELL MICHAEL VICK HAD A GREAT
PLAY AND THAT ONE TOGETHER SOME
POSSESSION
OF A SOME A COUPLE PEOPLE MISS
CLUE TO DOWN
THE SIDELINE.
RUN A COUPLE MORE GUYS DOWN
ABOUT A
30 YARD LINE.
>>AND THEN A SHAME CAME IN AND
UH DOCTOR RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE
GUEST ON THE ON ONE OF MY GREAT FRIENDS LIKE COACH IN BUSINESS BUT UH NOW YOU THINK BACK
AND THEM, YOU WE
NEEDED THAT.
TO
KEEP THINGS GOING THE GREAT
ESCAPE COUPLED WITH NUMBER 2
PENN STATE’S ONE POINT UPSET
LOSS
TO MINNESOTA.
>>CATAPULTED THE HOKIES TO
NUMBER 2 BEHIND JUST TOP RANKED
FLORIDA STATE.
WINDS OVER 19 TH-RANKED MY.
AND NUMBER 22 BC IN THE FINAL
3 GAMES.
THE HOKIES A DATE WITH DESTINY
AND NUMBER ONE RANKED FLOOR,
THE STATE.
WHEN THE SHOWDOWN COMMENCED IN
NEW ORLEANS. THE SEMINOLES BUILT A 3 TOUCHDOWN MARGIN ONLY TO SEE
THE HOKIES
STORM BACK AND TAKE A ONE-POINT
LEAD IN THE
4TH QUARTER.
>>YOU KNOW YOU CAN GO BACK AND
SECOND GUESS YOURSELF A
YOU
KNOW I CAN I THINK I LET MY
EXPERIENCE WITH FLORIDA STATE
IN
THE 90’S.
AFFECT MY COACH IN IN
THAT GAME BECAUSE THEY WERE SO
GOOD, I MEAN IS THEY WERE IN
THE TOP.
WE PLAY THEM.
A BUNCH SO AND THEY’RE JUST SO.
BUT WE WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO BEAT HIM. THE PEOPLE
WE HAD WE’RE GOOD ENOUGH TO GO
TOE TO TOE WITH THEM AND
BEAT HIM AND AS I LOOK BACK WE
FIGHT
TO POT AND THEN MAKE IT SO YOU
GIVE UP FIELD WAS AS WE FIGHT
TO FIELD GOAL DIDN’T
MAKE IT GIVE UP FIELD
POSSESSION SO IF I HAD TO DO
OVER YOU
JUST TRY TO PLAY STRAIGHT UP
AND SEE IF WE CAN’T BEAT THEM
THAT WAY.
>>FLORIDA STATE’S 4629 WIN
MARKED THEIR SECOND EVER
NATIONAL TITLE AND REMAINS
VIRGINIA TECH’S
ONLY APPEARANCE IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL’S TITLE GAME.
BUT THAT SEASON
VALIDATED FRANK BEAMER STYLE OF
COACHING ON A
NATIONAL LEVEL.
IT WAS BUILT ON FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES LIKE FAIRNESS
HONESTY RESPECT HARD WORK AND
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
WITH PLAYERS VALUES THAT ARE
BECOMING SCARCE
IN TODAY’S WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
FOR ME LATELY CLIMATE VALUES
COACH
BEAMER SEAS AS CRUCIAL
MOVING FORWARD.
>>I NEVER WANTED TO BULLIED
KIDS ON THEIR OWN
AND WHAT I WANT THEM TO WANT TO
WIN BECAUSE FOR THEIR TEAMMATES AND THE COACHES FOR THEMSELVES, NOT BECAUSE
THEY’RE AFRAID NOT TO WIN YOU
KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN
TO ME IF WE
DON’T WIN.
AND SO I THAT’S WHY WE COAST
THAT’S MY COACHES COACH.
AND THAT’S WHERE I THINK IT SHOULD BE I THINK USED TO SHOULD BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT