There is only one way the 2015 season will be remembered at Virginia Tech: The year Frank Beamer stepped away.
The final 7-6 mark? A footnote, considering the seismic shift that occurred when Beamer announced last Nov. 1 that he would retire at season’s end. While it became clear over the last several years that Beamer’s teams were not playing up to the lofty standard he set during the heyday of his tenure, the announcement still sent a jolt through the college football world despite its inevitability.