BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Bud Foster sits in the same office on the same campus he has worked at for 29 years, recounting how and why he decided to stay at Virginia Tech despite so many changes around him.
The gist of the story already has been told: he took a super-secret airplane ride to meet with Justin Fuente in Memphis, and the two agreed the partnership would work. But much more went into their confab.
The Monday before the Virginia game, athletic director Whit Babcock called Foster at 8 a.m. He asked what time Foster could get out that night to take a flight to meet the new head coach.