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Hokies can't afford to celebrate yet

By Jorge Milian
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 5, 2003

After their one-sided 28-7 loss to West Virginia two weeks ago, the Virginia Tech Hokies were the target of more criticism than a bad Jennifer Lopez movie. The Hokies were called a fraud, overrated and unworthy. And then the critics really got ugly. "People were questioning what we were, who we were, what we should be, where we came from," said Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer. "The whole works." But nobody is questioning the Hokies now after their 31-7 pounding of Miami last Saturday ...

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