"The Most Interesting Program in CFB in 2026"

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and potential revival of the Virginia Tech football program under new leadership.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Virginia Tech has had a rough decade. Has the cavalry finally arrived to save the program from irrelevance? Tech hired James Franklin and appears to appears to be throwing huge sums of cash at his program in the hopes of stopping a backslide that started late in Frank Beamer’s career and then spun out of control under Justin F…

People in this episode

Hosts: Richard Johnson, Alex Kirshner

Topics covered

• Virginia Tech
• college football
• program rebuilding
• James Franklin
• Frank Beamer
• Justin Fuente

Keywords

• Virginia Tech
• James Franklin
• college football
• program rebuilding
• Frank Beamer
• Justin Fuente

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Organizations: Virginia Tech

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