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Mr Monopoly Man said 05/17, 07:19 PM
Frank Beamer is the most underpaid coach in all of the FBS. He's the longest tenured head coach at his level, entering his 26th season at Va Tech. He's gone 209-98-2 at Virginia Tech, and led the Hokies to six BCS bowls (with two other appearances in current BCS bowls before the BCS was created). The six appearances he's bagged is second to only Bob Stoops in all of FBS.

Clearly, Beamer knows how to coach. Nobody doubts that. He's the best coach in the ACC by far, if not the nation. Then why isn't he paid like it?

Beamer has dominated the ACC. His teams won the conference in its first season, and has won the coastal 5 times in 7 seasons, claiming the ACC Championship Game three of those times. The lowest he has finished is second in the Coastal. Clearly he has this whole conference thing down.

Still, Beamer is not among the most paid coaches in the game. He currently sits as the fourth highest paid coach in the ACC. He trails three other coaches in a league that he has personally been the class of.

The man is the highest tenured coach in FBS. He's been to the second most BCS games in the nation. Bump him past fourth in his own conference.

Mr Monopoly Man said 05/18, 02:17 PM
Consistency in college football isn't always the easiest thing to find. Beamer has provided just that for VT. He has guided them from league to league, and he has done nothing but win the entire time. Sure, he has some loses that look bad but you cannot question how he has won year in and year out.

You can't play the Vick card and then throw out a coach who relied even more on his QB. Kellen Moore is the winningest coach in NCAA history. He was the driving force for Boise State over the years. If any other player was at QB, would Petersen have only 6 losses on his record? Would the be a BCS contender? Absolutely not. Moore made Petersen more than Vick did Beamer.

Beamer won before and after Vick. Petersen hasn't won at Boise without a strong QB (3 loses came when Tharp was the starting QB). I admit, Petersen is a good coach. But without a very good QB, Petersen hasn't shown he can keep Boise as a BCS threat. Heck, he can't even win a bowl game. Give it a few years. Let's see what he does now that Moore is gone and he's not in the weak WAC.

Beamer is the proven commodity. He's stuck around, been through it all. Dominated his conference. Pay him what he deserves.