Frank on FSU in '99: "Good enough to beat 'em straight up"

Dwight Vick interviewed Frank and Shane Beamer as part of his ongoing Vicktory Life Legacy Spotlight series.

There are too many great life lessons and anecdotes to summarize, so it's worth watching the entire interview. From a football perspective, it was interesting to hear Frank's assessment of why the Hokies came up short against Florida State in the national championship.

"I go back to the '99 national championship game and the one regret I have as a coach at Virginia Tech is we didn't get back, and win it. In that game I thought we were good enough to win it. We had good enough personnel to win that game. I thought back to the nineties when we played Florida State a lot, and knew how great a talent they had. And that influenced me into some of my decisions during that game. We faked a punt, didn't get it, and now you give up field position. We faked a field goal, didn't get it, and gave up field position. And we didn't have to. We were good enough to beat 'em straight up. I believe if we had kicked the ball, played field position, I think in the end we would have won that. I'm disappointed in some of my calls in that game. And then I'm disappointed in the fact we never got back to win it."