So today I was thinking to myself about Mike London and trying to figure out how he's still around. My hypothesis was that maybe UVA is holding on to him in hopes that they can replicate Frank Beamer's career where he struggled early but eventually transformed his team into a perennial powerhouse. London is going into his 6th season as UVA's head football coach so I looked up how Beamer did in his 6th season at VT:
A couple things popped out at me.
- We were still playing ECU even then. Football's oldest rivalry.
- We still stomped JMU 49-20
- We lost 6 games by a combined total of 12 points:
- ECU - 3 points
- Louisville - 4 points
- NC State - 0 points (tie)
- Rutgers - 1 point
- Southern Miss - 1 point
- UVA - 3 points
- Our 2 big losses were to #1 Miami and #10 Syracuse on the road.
It makes sense to me now why VT would have held onto Frank. Even though they only won 2 games and lost to UVA, the team came very close to winning 6 more. The administration was right in holding onto Frank, as he rallied back the next year to win 9 games, including UVA and their bowl game. Just found this interesting and figured I would share.
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