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Beamer, Hokies strive for emotional balance in opener

By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer knows Saturday's opener against East Carolina (ESPN, noon ET) at Lane Stadium will be as emotional as any game he's coached in two decades at his alma mater. Tears will be shed. The 32 victims of the horrific April 16 campus shooting will be remembered. But at the same time, Beamer knows his No. 9 Hokies have to win a ballgame, too. "We assume that just because there's going to be a great atmosphere in the stadium that everyth ...

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