Chris Colston Articles

Frank Beamer had to make some tough decisions after the 1992 season. READ MORE

Those close to the football program realized Frank Beamer wasn’t really the problem. READ MORE

The 1992 season went poorly, but it changed the trajectory of the program. READ MORE

Virginia Tech’s last game of the 1991 gauntlet came against #1 Florida State on October 12, 1991. READ MORE

Virginia Tech faced a really difficult schedule in 1991. READ MORE

If there is a line of demarcation regarding the rise of the Virginia Tech football program, it was first drawn in the orange groves of southern Florida. READ MORE

The 1990 season ended on a high note. READ MORE

Building on his first winning season (6-4-1) in Blacksburg, Frank Beamer—aided by his secret weapon—came away with one of the best recruiting classes in his 29 years at Virginia Tech. READ MORE

After two seasons at his alma mater, Frank Beamer was 5-17 and still struggling with Burruss Hall’s backlash against the perceived “athletics-first” culture Bill Dooley created. READ MORE

The 1988 season was a long one for Virginia Tech. READ MORE

Frank Beamer's career at Virginia Tech got off to a slow start. READ MORE

Believe it or not, Tech's players were not keen to change from Bill Dooley to Frank Beamer. READ MORE

Virginia Tech made two big hires in 1986. READ MORE

Chris Kinzer's field goal sent Bill Dooley out a winner. READ MORE

A closer look at the dramatic final drive in the 1986 Peach Bowl. READ MORE

Part 22 covers the lead up to the 1986 Peach Bowl and the first half of the game. READ MORE

Part 21 continues to focus on Bill Dooley's last season at Virginia Tech. READ MORE

Although it came as a shock to most people, Bill Dooley’s lawsuit against Virginia Tech had been brewing since the fall of 1985 READ MORE

Since the last installment of Go Tech Go, Virginia Tech athletics experienced a great loss when Jack Williams died on May 26, 2015, at the age of 85. READ MORE

Soon after the Roanoke Times & World-News series came out in the fall of 1985, several prominent alumni started pressuring Dr. William Lavery to pull Bill Dooley as athletics director. READ MORE

Examining the relationship of Bill Dooley and Moose Matthews and how it was one of the reasons for Dooley's downfall. READ MORE

On December 11, 1984 - just five days before the Independence Bowl - Outland Trophy winner Bruce Smith filed suit in Montgomery County Circuit Court on his own behalf against Virginia Tech and the NCAA to play in the bowl game. READ MORE

Bruce Smith, and the 1984 season. READ MORE

Part 14 of Chris Colston's series focuses on Mike Johnson and Tony Paige. READ MORE