Frank Beamer Team Quotations

We called a couple more plays to get him running in the second half ... Other than that, as we go back and think about our offense, I think getting him more involved in that regard, and getting our receivers more involved when teams are bringing so much pressure, which N.C. State did quite a bit there in the second half.

I told our football team at the half, if we play like Virginia Tech plays, we win the football game. That?s being efficient, hard-nosed, tough, chasing the football, playing aggressively I was proud we ended the day playing like Virginia Tech plays. I thought our kids gave great effort. They hung in there and kept battling and kept coming back.

Every team is different, some teams fit better than others. I think the leadership on this team has been very good, pointing everybody in the same direction. They respect each other.

Last year, we just had a group of players who came together and played as a team. Hopefully, this year's team can do the same thing.

It seems like it's always an important game, ... I think both teams play extremely hard when we play each other. The stakes have always been high.

More years than not we've played better than we were. Last year, I'd be the first one to admit, we had a better team than our record.

I think sometimes you're a better program than people realize you are. And I think that might be Louisville's case. I mean in the last three years they have won 29 games. They're for real. I think this team can play with anyone.

That day was very important, ... We were 0-2 and going against a good football team. Miami, for the past 10 to 15 years, had been the premier team in college football. To be able to beat them that day jump-started our program a little bit.

My thing is that the two football teams respect each other. I just hope the fans will do the same thing in the stands, show respect for everyone. I just hope that we keep respecting each other ...

We have a football team that is extremely well coached and plays hard. They really took it to Pittsburgh. It wasn't a fluke.

You kind of find out a lot about people when your backs are against the wall and people aren't saying nice things about you, people trash you a bit on TV, ... To come back and perform like we did against a great football team is a great win for the program. Exactly how big depends on what we do next week and the week after that.

This is our last opportunity to show we're a good football team. I believe this is one of the best football teams Virginia Tech has ever had. Getting to 11 wins would be something--and so would finishing in the top 10.

But that good football team - we fumbled five times, we threw three interceptions and we had 13 penalties for 115 yards.

They're a team that just won't go away.

We thought with Marcus against a team like Miami, you get a guy who can really run it and it helps you some at that quarterback position. I think Marcus showed you that a couple of times, with a burst there and a couple big first-down plays.

Vick was a great team leader tonight and played with poise.

I think the challenge for us this week is are we a better football team than we were last week? As many good things as we did in the N.C. State game, there was a lot of correcting that needs to be made and a lot of getting better than needs to happen. I believe ... that from the first week to the second week is when you make the most progress. And we have to take advantage of that situation here.

I think the best two teams are going to end up playing for it, whether it's us or not,

I'm really glad to get out of here with a win, ... I thought it was a hard-fought game. I said coming in that I thought N.C. State was really going to be one of the best teams in our league and I really believe that after playing them.

I'm very disappointed that this didn't have a better ending. We wanted what's best for this football team and Marcus. I certainly wish him the best.

We made a couple of plays and I really think that game gave us some momentum going down the home stretch. We were a team last year that got better as we went along, and I think that game was very instrumental in doing that.

I think in the long run, this is what needed to happen, ... We think this is what's best for our football team and for the player. We talked about it for some time. In the end, we think he's going to be a great offensive tackle. He was a very good tight end, but we think he's going to be a great offensive tackle.

They got us field position and then the offense stuck it in. It's still a team game. I still believe our offense is going to get more consistency as we go along.