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Shane Beamer and the Hokies are behind the Dawgs....

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MSUDC11

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Or against the Hoos. We are, in fact, playing their arch rivals. That helps.

But yes, cool to see him showing his support.
 
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RocketDawg

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Must've have been a real minor role

Was he a grad assistant? And Dad hired him at VaTech?
 
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Barkman Turner Overdrive

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I think he was a position coach. My theory is he saw that the USS Slytanic was a sinking ship and went to a staff headed by someone semi-competent.
 
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Ishmael

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I think he started as a GA and then was a position coach before going to VT with his dad. It was definitely during the Croom era, as I watched part of a VT game in a hotel bar in Nashville in 2004, and he stopped by briefly to watch before State played (lost to) Vandy that day.
 
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Barkman Turner Overdrive said:
I think he was a position coach. My theory is he saw that the USS Slytanic was a sinking ship and went to a staff headed by someone semi-competent.
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I think this was early on when people had some form of respect for Croom as a football mind. I think it was a "hey, I want to earn my stripes on someone's staff other than my dad's but eventually I want to end up at VT" kind of deal, so he was in and out.

We had some quality assistants before anyone figured out Croom had the coaching ability of a Starkville Pop Warner volunteer. Jimmy... Clausen.. Klausen... however you spell it, his brother was also a GA I believe. I think he was actually a GA at the time Jimmy was going through recruitment too.
 
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