This is a day that will prove to be historic for the Virginia Tech football program. Last week, news dropped that the Hokies were in contact with James Franklin about him potentially taking over and injecting needed energy into the program.
While there was some concern that Franklin would be headed elsewhere, guess again. In a monster update from Pete Thamel on Tuesday afternoon, his sources are telling him that VT and Franklin are finalizing a deal for him to indeed be the new hire. There were were rumors flying around that Franklin was going to wait and see what would happen with Florida State, but that's not going to be the case:
Sources: Virginia Tech and James Franklin are finalizing an agreement for him to become the school’s next coach.