Frank Beamer, the legendary former Virginia Tech football coach, won’t make his way to Norfolk on Saturday for Old Dominion’s first home game against the Hokies. He sometimes travels with Tech, but decided to pass this game up.
If he changes his mind, ODU athletic director Wood Selig says he can do the opening coin clip if he’d like.
“We owe so much to Frank Beamer for his willingness to schedule us,” Selig said. “Anything he asks, we’ll do for him.”
ODU was a relative newby to college football in 2012 when school officials announced ambitious plans to join Conference USA and move up to the Football Bowl Subdivision.