Shane Beamer offers blunt statement about Virginia Tech rumors

Kentucky v South Carolina | Jacob Kupferman/GettyImagesSince Brent Pry was fired at Virginia Tech, there have been several names linked to the opening. When you see names linked to it, one name keeps popping up. South Carolina coach Shane Beamer.

It is easy to see why he is linked to the opening after the job his father did in Blacksburg. Shane would be the first to tell you that he's not his father.

After opening the season with a win over the Hokies in Atlanta on Labor Day Weekend, the Gamecocks were seen as a dark-horse College Football Playoff team. Since that Sunday afternoon at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, South Carolina hasn't been the team a lot of people thought it would be.

After…