Late Monday afternoon, what had been rumored for weeks became reality for Virginia Tech fans when former Penn State coach James Franklin was officially announced as the school's next football coach.
This is a massive hire for the program and its future. Fans have been begging for a coaching hire that moves the needle, and this hire certainly moves the needle. The biggest free agent college football coach on the market picked Blacksburg over SEC schools and other Big Ten openings.
Franklin is going to be introduced as the next head coach on Wednesday at 10 a.