Go Tech Go: The Inside Story Behind the Rise of VT Football, Part 12

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Derek Carter, photo courtesy of Virginia Tech athletics photography.
Derek Carter, photo courtesy of Virginia Tech athletics photography.

1983: A Year of Unrequited Glory

While Coach Frank Beamer’s football teams at Virginia Tech consider a bowl bid a birthright, one of the best teams in school history missed out on postseason play, and no, it wasn’t on probation.

Politics played a part, but more on that later.

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