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Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer is carried off the field by his players after an NCAA college football game in Blacksburg, Va., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. North Carolina won the game 30-27 in overtime, but it was Beamer's last home game as coach since he is retiring at the end of the season. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; SALEM TIMES REGISTER OUT; FINCASTLE HERALD OUT; CHRISTIANBURG NEWS MESSENGER OUT; RADFORD NEWS JOURNAL OUT; ROANOKE STAR SENTINEL OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
IRVING -- In the four-plus decades I've spent reporting on football, I've seen coaches at all levels whiff on the obvious.