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1 November 28, 2010 An Interview With: FRANK BEAMER THE MODERATOR: With that, we'll bring on Coach Frank Beamer, whose Hokies are the Coastal Division champions and are the first team since 2000 to go through the league during the season -- during the conference season unbeaten. Virginia Tech today is ranked 12th by AP, 11th by the Coaches. With that, we'll bring on Coach and ask for a brief opening statement and then go to questions. Coach? COACH BEAMER: We're really excited to be back in the championship game. We had a hard road getting here, but I'm proud of our players and coaches for hanging in there after a rough start and coming back and going undefeated in conference play, which is tough to do - Had a lot of challenges there -Tough to do. Excited about playing in Charlotte - I think we'll have to play tough, and that's the way the ACC Championship game should be in front of a full house. Look forward to playing there and look forward to the challenges of playing Florida State. Haven't done a lot of work on them yet - Just finished up the meeting going over our game yesterday, going over the film from yesterday. But we're starting on Florida State right now. Certainly, a quality opponent, a team that's beaten three good teams here in the last three ball games. So you know, any time you play Florida State, you're going to play a good football team. We know that's in line there. So questions? Q. Hey, Coach. I know you haven't played Florida State in a couple years, and as you said just now, you probably haven't had a whole lot of chance to see it, but maybe snippets on TV or whatever you've been able to see. Is there anything in particular that they've done this year that impresses you? COACH BEAMER: Well, I've seen them some in crossover tapes and so forth. But I know this, they can get after a passer. I think they lead the league in sacks. I believe that's true. I know the scoring defense, they're second in the league. I know their defense has improved over last year. Every time we've ever played Florida State, they had good defensive players, and they got after you. I think that's exactly what they're doing there. Of course, they've got an excellent quarterback in Ponder, and he's back playing. I'm not sure -- I understand he played through some pain yesterday, but an excellent quarterback. You know they're going to be good players. They're going to be well-coached. That's the way I've always known Florida State to be, and that's the way it is now with Coach Fisher. Q. Thank you. COACH BEAMER: Thank you. Q. Frank, I wanted to ask you about your defense, having to replace all those starters coming into this season. How far have they come as a group and just where do you think they've made the most progress? COACH BEAMER: I think we've come along. You know, probably the consistency, and then I think maturity a little bit, making adjustments during the game because every game is not exactly the way you practice all week. I think, as the game has gone along here lately, we've been able to get better. That probably shows that we're able to adjust a little bit. But I think just playing, you know. There's just no substitute for experience. I think playing and playing against some good football teams. You know, we've gotten better. Q. Do you think that they have -- that they've come through with the stops? It seems like it's been sort of bend but don't break in a lot of cases. But when you really need them to Coach Beamer doc 1

2 come through like that, that play against Verica was a big play for them. That they continually have the ability to make game-changing plays. COACH BEAMER: Yeah, we had some big plays yesterday - The fourth down stop and the early interception and breaking up the pass, which our defensive unit was in there on that. I've been impressed with how they're coming up with the play. They've gotten several turnovers the last few ball games - Been able to get some big plays out of their defense for sure. Q. Thanks. COACH BEAMER: Thank you. Q. Hey, Frank, I know you're a big proponent of the ACC moving this game to Charlotte. The fact that you clinched early and a lot of your fans were able to scarf up tickets, could that be the answer for you with the crowd in your favor? COACH BEAMER: We're going to have a bunch of people there, and I like Charlotte just because of the location and how it's central, I think, to the ACC. More teams can -- you know, it is closer to it. That's why I think Charlotte's the place for it. Jacksonville and Tampa, I think they worked hard, but I think we're more centrally located in this one. And then I think people can buy tickets even if your team's not in there. You know, being more -- or closer to a lot of schools. I think the main thing is whenever we play that game, it's always sold out, and I think that's going to be the case. Hopefully, that will be the case. Q. Feel like with you guys and Florida State, two of the biggest states in the league, does it add a little more to this game nationally, do you think? COACH BEAMER: Yeah. Both of us are going to be ranked, and, you know, I know we sold out, I guess, when we played Jacksonville that first time. I know that thing was sold out. You know, Florida State's just got that name. I mean, they do, and I think we're getting that name. Like I said yesterday, I'm proud of the fact that we're the only team in the country that's gone seven straight years with ten wins. And that's hard to do. So I think it's -- I think it's a match-up that a lot of people would look forward to. was 2007, you sort of got off the snide against Florida State. Of course, a lot of coaches have losing records against them over the years. But how big was that game just to sort of get you guys, get off that hump you had with the 'Noles and Bobby Bowden back then. COACH BEAMER: Generally speaking, when you play teams with good players and good coaches, it's hard to beat them. Florida State is just hard to beat. There's just no question about it. That was back then. You know, again, they've got good players, and they're well-coached, I'm sure. So they're going to be a hard team to beat now. Like you said, we've had a tough time over the years beating Florida State, that's for sure. Thanks. Q. Hey, Frank, can you talk about just where the team was emotionally after those first two games and what it's -- you know, what it's taken to get them -- what could get them back on track. COACH BEAMER: Well, I think the way we run our program helped to get them back on track, or helped us. I'm not sure we ever got off track. We just had two tough losses within a week. Played on Monday, played on Saturday, and got beat. But I think we've got good kids. I think we had good leadership. I think there's a strong caring within our program, coaches for players, players for coaches. If you got that, I think then you've got a chance to come back from two tough losses like that. But it was just -- it's been tough. We played some good people and gone to some games on the road that have just been tough. But our guys have hung in there and found a way to win. So I'm proud of that. I think it really goes back to people and, you know, the consistency. I've said this a couple different times, but we practice the same way Monday before Boise State, when we were all hyped up and ready to go. We practiced the same way Monday after James Madison as we did the Monday of Boise. We went about our business, had good tempo. We were ready -- I think everybody was ready to get back on the winning way and cracked what was wrong. We weren't trying to find blame or pin something on anybody. We just wanted to correct what was going wrong and get it right and try to get some wins. Q. One more from here. When you beat Florida State in Blacksburg in, I think it Coach Beamer doc 2

3 Q. Hi, Frank. How are you? COACH BEAMER: I'm good. Q. Frank, three of the last four years we've seen Florida State's record, did you ever doubt they'd come back? Did you look at that as kind of a blip on the radar for them? COACH BEAMER: Well, it's a quality program. You know, they -- I've said this -- I mean, there's a thin line in this business, there's such a thin line between winning and losing and getting a little momentum and being okay next week. You know, you look at some programs in the country this year, and, you know, Texas, you know they've got good players and good coaches, but they just got on a bad roll there. And two teams that played for the national championship, I think Alabama's got like three losses right now. So it's a thin line between winning and losing and being okay in this business. Q. And just talk about what you know of Jimbo. You met him, had any kind of relationship with him? COACH BEAMER: I've been around Jimbo a little bit. I know him a little bit. Everything I've ever heard about has been good. There's no question about the quality of coach he is. You know, they've got a good guy, a good man there and good coach. He's doing well, no question. Q. Good afternoon, Coach. COACH BEAMER: Good afternoon. Q. What do you remember of that '05 game, the first game over in Jacksonville and you guys came in, I think, ranked fifth nationally and I think a pretty good favorite. What's your recollection on that night? COACH BEAMER: It was a -- I thought it was a ragged game in a sense there was a lot of penalties in the game and some that weren't called in the game. I think Florida State had just come off not looking real great against Florida, but, you know, the one thing you better know about Florida State is I don't care what they look like or what their record is, you'd better get ready to play because they've got guys that can play. Every time I've ever played Florida State, I'd always thought they'd been a well-coached football team. That's the one thing that I -- over the years, I've learned about Florida State -- we haven't had a lot of success against Florida State. You know, I respect their program and what they're all about and how they play the game as much as anyone could. Q. I know that none of the players that would have been involved in that game are still around on either side, but do you -- since that probably crossed you guys a lot in terms of where you went at season's end and that was largely regarded as a pretty big upset, did you bring that up at all this week with your kids? Look, we can't go in there. COACH BEAMER: I don't live too -- I don't think we'll have any trouble talking about what Florida State is all about to our kids. They understand what a challenge this is. I don't talk much about the past. What's happening right now, and, you know, our game here a couple years ago doesn't mean much in this game, and that game there doesn't mean much in that game. I think what's important is how we play Saturday night. Q. Hey, Coach, I want to ask you, following up a little bit on the David Scott question. Was there anything specifically that turned it after that 0-2 start? Was it something somebody said? Was it anger? What was it that actually turned it around, maybe just winning the next game, specifically that turned it around and made the season what it was. COACH BEAMER: I think when you -- our coaches around here work every day for the problems that are going to come up during the season. Somewhere along the way, there's going to be an issue. You know, you'd better -- these kids better know that you care about them and you trust each other. So having said that, I really just think it got back to the type of kids that we have in our program. It wasn't a lot of change going on. It was just -- you know, we had two tough losses. When you line up and play, you know, you'd better be ready to play. We had a tough loss on Monday night at Boise and came back and played a good James Madison team on Saturday and got beat. That was a fact. But we have good players. They are more than even good players, I think we had great character people. You know, Tyrod Taylor and John Graves, and I could kind of go on and on with kids on our team that, you know, I think they had a team meeting. They took over. They -- I think Coach Beamer doc 3

4 you'd better have good kids when you go through a problem like we had right there. They led us out of it. I give all the credit to them. Q. Who was it that called the team meeting, and can you talk about how that changed things? COACH BEAMER: Well, I think Tyrod and John Graves and Andre Smithn - Rashad Carmichael maybe, Davon Morgan. I'm not sure exactly who called it or exactly what went on. But I do know that, you know, when you got a problem like we have, it really helps to solve it from inside. And those players inside, they were the ones, I think, that really just said, hey, let's get back to work. We've got good kids. They didn't point fingers at each other. They didn't blame this guy, blame that guy. Let's just get back to work and get better. That's what they did. Q. Good afternoon, Coach. COACH BEAMER: Good afternoon. Q. The way Tech has been since they entered the ACC and the great tests you guys have had, do you see yourself being able to possibly form the next, quote, unquote, dynasty, similar to what Florida State has when they joined the ACC? Or do you think there's too much parity nowadays that that kind of dominance doesn't happen anymore? COACH BEAMER: I think what they did back in the day was just amazing. I don't think you'll ever see that much dominance ever again. You know, in this league, I think there is too many teams, too many good coaches, too many teams getting better all the time. You know, it's too equal. That's why I'm so proud of us getting through the ACC without a loss. I understand how close it is and how competitive it is and how fortunate you are when you can do something like that. But I don't believe it will be a dominance like that again. I just don't think it's going to happen. Q. And can you talk a little bit about the match-up that's going to happen between Tyrod Taylor and Christian Ponder on Saturday? COACH BEAMER: Well, that's two good quarterbacks, two guys that have meant a lot to their programs. You know, two guys that rely heavily on the program -- the football team relies heavily on them. I think it's certainly two of the best quarterbacks in this league that's going to battle there Saturday night. Q. Coach, good luck on Saturday. COACH BEAMER: Thanks. Q. Frank, I just wanted to check in with you, just sort of see where you guys are health-wise. I know, particularly Dyrell Roberts was definitely out for the remainder of the regular season. Is there any chance you have him back for this game? And just in general, with the rest of your guys, where are you guys health-wise? COACH BEAMER: Dyrell, no. He's working hard. He's around here. He's not going to be able to play in this game. Rashad Carmichael, we'll find out here. We've got a week to get him better. And then Chris Hill, he's going to be checked there tomorrow and see if he can possibly play in this game. Those are the two that I would think would have a chance to play this week that didn't play last week. And then everyone else came out of the game okay. Q. And I guess the last one for me, just sort of talking about memories. I know you said you don't want to talk too much about the past. But what do you remember thinking in the '07 game when Tyrod as a freshman, facing third and 31, rips off that 38-yard run. Seemed like kind of that's sort of one of those highlights, even all these years later, all the things he's done, really stands out. I know Bobby Bowden said he didn't expect the second coming of Michael Vick after he saw that. What did you think about him in that game, maybe one of the best games of his career? COACH BEAMER: I think Tyrod stood over it many times. He just has a knack for making the right play at the right time. Certainly, that was the right play that I think got us over the hump in that game. But that's Tyrod and what he can do. You know, he gives you a chance to win every Saturday. So that's just an example of, I think, many times that Tyrod's made the big play when you need him. Q. Good afternoon, Frank. When you were 0-2, what was Tyrod's role in -- leadership Coach Beamer doc 4

5 role in getting things going again? Did he sort of -- I know you have a lot of guys involved. Did he sort of take the team and put it over your shoulders. Or how did he help? COACH BEAMER: I think he directly affects this football team. He doesn't say a lot, but when he says something, people listen. They know that it's going to be something important that he said. You know, I think he certainly was involved with getting this thing turned around from the leadership standpoint. But then I think from a team standpoint, I think there's so much trust and belief in Tyrod and that he can get it done for the football team. As you well know, we've fallen behind several games this year. You know, the team didn't ever panic. I think the reason they didn't was they knew Tyrod could bring us back. I mean, he has that kind of ability and that kind of leadership. So I think he means a lot, through his leadership, and I think he means a lot just being there and kids relying on him during the game and know that, you know, the next play could be a score with Tyrod in the game. Q. So he's the one -- one of these guys that doesn't get real fiery in pregame, halftime or anything? COACH BEAMER: No, that's not Tyrod. Tyrod is -- yeah, he doesn't speak a lot. He's not the guy that's doing a lot of talking. But like I said, when he does say something, I think people certainly listen. I think there's tremendous respect for him on this football team. I think what he can do and who he is and what he is -- all those things, I think, gives him tremendous respect. Q. Another Tyrod question for you. Every Coach that I've talked to has said that he's better this year. But what specifically is it about him that has allowed him to take this next step this year? COACH BEAMER: Well, I think he's worked hard on physically being a better quarterback, throwing the ball better, quicker. But I think the other side of it is he's really worked hard mentally to know where the ball should be going and know where the receivers are. And I think that helps your accuracy, and if you're throwing on time and you know where the ball's going to go. I think the more experience you have, the better your accuracy can be. So that is what he has been this year. I mean, he's always been good. He's always been a really good quarterback. To me this year, he's been fantastic. He's just throwing the ball with precision and he's very accurate and very much in control, very much knowing exactly what's going on the football field. Q. Was there anything that was changed mechanically or technically over the years with him? COACH BEAMER: I think his motion has changed a little bit. He's worked on that, trying to get the ball out of there a little bit quicker, and I think he does. That's what I'm saying. I think he's worked hard to physically be a better quarterback. You know, I appreciate how much effort he's put into making himself better. I always thought he was good, and I always thought -- I mean, to come in there and play in the LSU game freshman year, you know we thought he was pretty good. We thought he was very good. But I think this year he's just been outstanding. Q. Hey, Frank, how are you doing? COACH BEAMER: I'm good. Q. Going to ask you something about Davon Morgan. Just kind of talk for a moment about his -- I guess he's been kind of a leader on the defense. Talk about -- seems like he gives you some steadiness and seems like he has a knack for being around the ball in key situations. COACH BEAMER: You know, Davon yesterday had an outstanding game. He was actually the coaches' defensive player of the game and had a bunch of good plays and very much getting people lined up. You know, when they change motion or when they have motion, change strength and so forth, we're changing, and Davon was right on top of it. Then he played really well on special teams. He's on our punt blocking return team and gave great effort on that. So he really had a big day yesterday. Q. He had a terrible knee injury in Nebraska a couple years ago, and he's obviously had to make his way back from that. How much of an indication is that of just the type of person he is and the type of player that Coach Beamer doc 5

6 helps a team not just on the field but off it. COACH BEAMER: He's a worker. There's no question about that. His heart's in the right place. He cares what this team is all about, and it shows. You know, he plays that way. I mean, you know you're going to get his best effort, and the other players know that too. That's just the way Davon goes about his business. Q. Frank, I was just curious, after what went down in Miami yesterday, what was your initial reaction to the firing of Randy Shannon? COACH BEAMER: I was shocked, you know. They've done a good job down there. I think Randy's done a good job in that program. I think they've -- you don't hear many problems coming out of Miami now. I think he's done a really good job recruiting. Like I said earlier, winning on Saturdays just is hard. There's a thin line there between a few wins and not getting a few wins. So I was surprised to hear that. THE MODERATOR: Any more questions for Coach Beamer? Coach, thanks for being with us today. We'll look forward to talking to you on Friday in Charlotte. COACH BEAMER: Thank you all very much. Look forward to it. Bye now. FastScripts by ASAP Sports Coach Beamer doc 6

7 November 28, 2010 An Interview With: JIMBO FISHER THE MODERATOR: We're joined by Coach Jimbo Fisher from Florida State. COACH FISHER: Hello. THE MODERATOR: Hey, Coach. If we could just go ahead and get started with you - We just finished with Coach Beamer. Just get a brief opening statement, and then we'll go to questions. COACH FISHER: I'm very excited to bring our team to Charlotte. We're looking forward to this great opportunity to be able to play Virginia Tech. I'm very proud of our kids and what they've persevered through during the year. We had a great win against one of our arch rivals in Florida. It was very good for our seniors to have an emotional win in their last game at Doak Campbell, to play so well against a great rival. They know to put that behind them because we have such a great opponent ahead of us. We hope to come to Charlotte and play well and represent our division. So we're looking forward to the challenge. THE MODERATOR: With that, we'll answer questions for Coach Fisher. Q. Jimbo, I was just curious what the scene was like after your game. I believe it was over with, and you guys -- I mean, did you all sit around in the locker room and watch the end of the Maryland game or what? Just tell me how that went down. COACH FISHER: We actually didn't. We actually didn't. We were concentrating on the Florida game. When someone informed me of the score with two minutes to go, I think Maryland was up 14, but NC State was driving - They said, they may score. I told the kids, there's an opportunity we may be playing in the next game. We'll have to wait and see. We'll worry about that later. We went on with our press conferences, and right at the end, there was a bunch of guys sitting around in the players locker room. I was on the radio show, and maybe 20 or 30 of them were sitting and watching the end of the game. They were all very excited about the Florida game. I told them our motto is control what you can control. That was something they couldn't control. They watched as much as they could anyway. Q. I'm curious, in a situation like that, do you call Ralph or text him? Do you tell him thanks for helping us out? COACH FISHER: I was going to. I didn't have a chance today. We had a bunch of recruits this morning. I'm going to definitely have to tell Ralph thank you. They played a great ball game. Ralph's done a great job this year. Q. Thanks a lot. COACH FISHER: Thank you. Q. Coach, congratulations on a good finish yesterday. COACH FISHER: Thank you. Q. This is kind of a follow-up to the question I was going to ask you before that. I was going to ask you, you guys are going to vote Ralph coach of the year award for the ACC. Seriously, Virginia Tech's had a hard time over the years with Florida State. Although they were favored five years ago, they were ranked fifth in the nation, and Florida State beat them. Is there a psychology that gets involved sometimes in these kinds of ball games? COACH FISHER: I think for each team it can if you let it. Each team has its own way of handling things. I know Frank's been around a long time, and he's a heck of a football coach. He'll handle his well, and hopefully we'll handle ours. Coach Fisher doc 1

8 With some of those yards, we're going to have to establish them on our own. I think that's up to each individual team. Those guys on our team, except for Christian, a couple years ago I remember playing against Virginia Tech, but not a lot of guys on our team have played against them. I don't know if it will carry on or not. Q. You did beat them here. Was that two years ago? COACH FISHER: I think it was three years ago. Think it was Christian's sophomore year. I can't remember. It had to be. I think it was. Oh, wait. I think you are right. Some of our seniors did play on that game. That was a great ball game, by the way, that was decided late. We played very well in that ball game, toward the end. That's always been a great rivalry, though. The games have always been close, I know that. Q. Jimbo, obviously taking over for Bobby Bowden is not an easy task, but you seem to have managed it pretty well. How has this season gone, according to your expectations and the realistic goals that you had set coming into it? Did you exceed them? Have you surprised yourself? COACH FISHER: No, I don't think we've exceeded them. I think this goal here is very attainable. We felt that going into the season. But the goal that I'm the most happy about is the way our kids have dealt with all the things that come with being a new program, new schedule, the attitude. Our attitude has been wonderful. Our practice habits have been super. And our kids' ability to deal with adversity and now deal with success have been better. I think maybe you have to learn to deal with both, but I like how our kids have kept a great even keel and learned to move on to the next week and play one game at a time. Their attitude and work ethic is the big thing I'm extremely happy about. I was hoping we could get it done this year, and sometimes it takes a couple years. For the most part, I think that's the biggest goal I'm most excited about. Q. When you came in, you were able to win right away. Does that take pressure off of you or set the bar higher moving forward? COACH FISHER: I think at Florida State the bar is always high. That's what you're expected. That's one of the reasons this is such a great job. I think it takes it off in the part they realize that our staff and the things we're doing do work and we can have success. Hopefully, that will bring in more recruits and more things. The bottom line is you've got to win anyway. That's the name of the game. And hopefully it will just help us move in the direction and have the confidence and the expectation to win, like our players do. Q. Jimbo, when somebody says the phrase to you, Virginia Tech football, what comes to mind for you? COACH FISHER: A hard working toughness. I mean, very, very blue collar, very tough. They carry their lunch pail. They play great defense, great special teams, and now they've got a very dynamic offense with play-makers at quarterback and running back and receiver. But, you know, very well-coached football team that play extremely hard, and you have to earn everything you get. Q. Coach, you talked about the attitude, the work ethic, and how good that's been all season. I'm just wondering, what kind of role has Christian Ponder played in that in terms of his leadership? COACH FISHER: He's the standard what they're measured by. He and Rodney Hudson, Ryan McMahon, and our seniors have done a great job. Christian, he never asks anybody to do anything that he doesn't do and he goes way above and beyond what most of them do. He's played injured all year. He's played banged up. He's bruised. He competes. He gets his butt chewed out just like everybody else and goes right on and handles everything. I think the standard he's setting not only by talking to him but by his actions, it's amazing. And that's why they have such great respect for him. Q. He's faced some adversity at the end of that NC State game, and it seems he's taken his game to another level since then. How was he able to respond to that late fumble and kind of bounce back from that? COACH FISHER: He recovered well because, like we said, you don't expect your own guy to run into you and fumble. Like I said, he was where he was supposed to be, and the other guy should have been wider. But he's a guy who takes the blame for it. He's the guy that takes the Coach Fisher doc 2

9 bullets, and that's the way he is. He doesn't ever look back. That's what makes him so special. He perseveres. He wants no excuses. That's what great leaders do. He's not afraid to take blame. I think deep down he has extreme confidence in himself. Q. Yes, good afternoon, Coach. I know that you are probably just starting to get into the film of Virginia Tech, but generally speaking, what are the kinds of things that you'll have to do defensively to contain Tyrod Taylor? COACH FISHER: Can we play 13? That's what we need to do. Because, I mean, what Tyrod's done is really brought his game around. We saw him as a freshman and a young guy. He emerged as the guy that can set in the pocket and read and not only run -- he doesn't run now because he wants to. He runs when he thinks it's the right time. He can read down the field. He makes great decisions. He's accurate with the ball. He's become a complete quarterback. And those legs make him special. His ability when you flush him or create plays with those legs is dynamic. He's really emerged as a player. You have to be very disciplined, but at the same time, you've got to pressure. You can't sit there and hold back because he can throw it and kill you too. So he creates a ton of problems. Q. Does playing against a quarterback like a Russell Wilson give you any kind of ways to go in defending him? COACH FISHER: I think they're similar type players. It depends on what the other -- you've got to defense their offense. You've got to defense him, but you've got to defense their offense too. You have to look at what they do and how they do things and make sure you do that. They're not only limited to Tyrod. They have dynamic tailbacks. They have big fast receivers. I mean, you get so locked in on him, he can throw. They get it off the backs. You've got to defense the whole offense. So I mean, then make -- sometimes you've got to pick and choose. Sometimes you may have to worry more about the run, more about the pass, and sometimes the backs, sometimes the receivers. But you pick your moments and hope to keep them confused. But they have a lot of weapons. That's for sure. Q. Hey, Jimbo, can you talk about having the game in Charlotte for the first time, and I guess out of the state of Florida for the first time. Does that matter to the teams that aren't as close to the central part of the league? And with the fans coming in from all over, do you think having it in a more centrally located place is better for the league? COACH FISHER: I mean, we'll have to wait and see. I mean, it's great. It will be a great venue where we're at, if the weather's good. I think that's the thing you've got to concern yourself with. But you can have rain down here and cold weather too. Wish we could find an indoor place for it. I don't know if we can do that. Charlotte's a great city. It's a great place to have a game. They have a great facility there in that stadium. We'll find out when we get there. Like I said, we haven't had it there. We'll have to find out how it goes on, but it should be interesting. Q. Congratulations on yesterday's win. COACH FISHER: Thank you. Q. Wanted to ask you about Florida obviously let -- not only did you break the streak yesterday with Florida, but it seems like in merely one year Florida State has closed the gap significantly on Florida with Florida having a bad year. How important is it for Florida State to have -- again sort of be at -- be on equal footing with Florida just as far as the development of your program? COACH FISHER: I think it's huge. I think it's huge because, you know, Florida -- usually Florida is at the top of the country right in the last few years, and that's the standard we're trying to get back to and where we want to be. But it's also your arch rival. So you have to keep up with the guy who's your neighbor and your rival. That's how you measure Florida State, not only with the ACC and your divisional championships and all that within the conference, but you have two great state rivals in Florida and Miami. So you have to keep up with them because the Florida State fan base, that's what you're measured by. That was one of our huge goals, and we're still in the process. We still have a lot of work to do, but we're headed in the right direction. Q. One quick follow-up. I know you're Coach Fisher doc 3

10 obviously not happy to see what happened at Miami. But, again, Miami now goes into a period of instability where it looks like Florida State, among all the three schools in the state, is the most stable of the three programs. It just seems to happen so fast in college football. Could you maybe comment a little bit about how these things sort of swing back and forth. COACH FISHER: That's what I say. The dynamics of teams and programs, the way the organizations are run is the key. It is so hard to get to the top, and then it's even harder to stay there because everybody's trying to bring you down. And one slip-up by somebody else doing something good or you not doing what you're supposed to do, and you could slide very easily. Still have great players, great organization, great everything. You can never let up, and you have to keep your finger on the pulse of everything all the time. It's hard to do it over a significant amount of time. Like I say, there is so many teams trying to get there. You know, hopefully, we can keep going in the right direction. Q. Thank you, Jimbo. COACH FISHER: Thank you. Q. Hey, Coach, a couple of my questions were already asked. Let me ask you about Christian Ponder. He was touted for the Heisman coming into this season. Can you just talk broadly about the season he's had. COACH FISHER: I actually think he's played better this year than he has last year. He's played through a lot of adversity. Played around a group of guys that early in the receiver group weren't as mature and didn't play as well as they needed to be. He's been banged and injured all year, and the toughness he's exemplified to our team and the way he fought through the injuries and still found ways to win and compete in games, I think has really made him grow as a quarterback because numbers don't always measure a quarterback. There are a lot of things that measure them, and he's a winner. He's a competitor. I think he's grown as a player this year tremendously, and I'm actually very happy and pleased with the year he's had. Q. I'll also ask, after the NC State loss, was there a concern that that was going to sort of sink you guys? How did you rebound from that? COACH FISHER: We never worried about that because, like I tell them, don't control what you can't control. No matter what everybody else does, we have to get better. Our goal is to keep playing good football. The next week, we had a heartbreaking loss, missed a field goal. Our kids still fought and persevered. Made a big field goal against Clemson on the last play, beat Maryland on the last play. I think our kids - that's what I was most happy about. The way they've matured, the way they've handled adversity, and the way they've come to work every day and not let bad circumstances keep them down. Q. Coach, you guys are having almost 14 points a game fewer off on defense -- allowing 14 fewer points per game on defense. I'm just wondering what achieved that turnaround from last season. COACH FISHER: I think we're pounding the runs. We're not giving up as many big plays, and our special teams are having a huge effect. Our kicking game, our return game, we're winning field position more, keeping teams backed up. On offense, we're keeping the football and scoring points on our end, not always just throwing it around and getting off the field. We're shortening the games, and I think we're playing as a team very well. I think our defense has done a great job of just understanding the defense. And Coach Stoops has done a great job on defense of coaching our guys, and we're playing better. Q. Earlier, you made reference to just how quickly things can turn in college football. Florida State obviously had a dynasty that many don't think will be matched. But how remarkable is it what Virginia Tech has done, seven consecutive ten-win seasons, 18 consecutive bowls. COACH FISHER: My hats off to them. Virginia Tech -- Frank is one of the best coaches in all of college football, and he's also one of the best guys, a tremendous person. To accomplish what he's accomplished, what he's done there, it's amazing. So to have seven straight ten-win seasons in a league as competitive as this one and play a Coach Fisher doc 4

11 good nonconference schedule and in their bowl games, he's done one of the best jobs in all America. Q. Coach, you didn't have much time, if any, to really celebrate your big win yesterday. Have you already started looking at Virginia Tech a little bit? COACH FISHER: Oh, yeah, most definitely. We've got to because, when you keep playing games longer and longer into November and December, those teams get tougher and tougher. So you'd better get ready. Q. How long did you -- did you get to celebrate a little bit last night? COACH FISHER: For a little bit. We had some recruits afterwards we had to talk to and went home and relaxed an hour or two. Went to bed and was up this morning for recruiting, and it was on. We haven't had much time to think about that win. It's behind us, and we've got to get ready for Virginia Tech. Q. One other thing, Virginia Tech also went through the league undefeated for the first time since COACH FISHER: Since Florida State did it, I believe. Q. Today with the type of parity that this league has kind of found itself in the midst of in recent years, how difficult is that to do in this day and age? COACH FISHER: It's hard. Here's what people don't understand. There's more kids playing football now than ever have before. More teams spreading it out and making it fun. More athletes are playing. It's America's game. It's America's passion. Everybody's got players, and everybody has the ability to beat you because they have skilled guys. You know, that's the thing. When you have the consistency level of winning, I mean, you have to be doing a lot of little things right. What they're doing is amazing. Q. Jimbo, obviously, you weren't here in the '90s, but I know you've been a fan of Florida State back then. Can you imagine last night being what it was? What do you recall of those scenes in the '90s when they were dominant? Do you envision last night kind of being what it was back then? COACH FISHER: I do. I think the atmosphere and the environment here, hearing from some of the old players, they don't remember it being as electric as it was. It's been a while since they've had success against them. Some of those great moments -- and I hope our fans and players get used to those, and we'll be able to repeat them and create the environments and atmospheres where we can play this well. When they're here like that, it's easy for our players to play good. Q. Is that something that helps bring back the perception of a program to what it was? COACH FISHER: There's no doubt. Your support, players, wins and losses, you can have the booster support, the money support, the infrastructure that you're building -- I mean, it has to be everything that affects these kids has to be involved for you to want to go where you want to go as a program. The atmosphere and the money and the fans and all that, that's a huge part of what you're doing. Q. How much sleep did you get last night? COACH FISHER: I didn't go to sleep till later because I was thinking about the game and all the new things. I probably slept five, six hours. Q. And also, I just wanted your reaction on Randy Shannon's firing. COACH FISHER: I was disappointed. I think Randy's done a great job. I think he's a great guy and a good football coach. It's just funny that -- I mean, I don't know all the intricacies of their program, but I think Randy does a great job. I hate it for him and his family and the players and coaches on that staff because Randy had done a great job. He's a very good football coach. Q. In regards to Tech, what they've gotten done since they've come into the ACC, they won in 2004, then they win the division. This is going to be their fourth title game appearance. I mean, are they the premiere program in the league right now? COACH FISHER: They're the team that everybody's measuring. Right now they've had the most consistency over such a long period of time, Coach Fisher doc 5

12 since they came in. That's when Florida State started to slip a little bit. Before that, it was Florida State was dominating, even more so than ever. Tech's done a great job of taking that role. They've been the most consistent. There's no doubt about that. Q. How big would it be to win this game and sort of tug that thing back the other way a little bit? COACH FISHER: I think it's huge. You want to win an ACC championship. You want to make yourself relevant. As soon as you do that, you're in a BCS Bowl. Now you make yourself relevant nationally. That's the whole key for every program, where we all want to go. It's a big game for both programs. Q. Hey, Jimbo, obviously, when it comes to recruiting, you know, you've had success already. But having tangible wins proves the point, like wins against Miami and Florida. Just talk about the response you're starting to hear and feedback you're getting. COACH FISHER: I think a lot. Kids are very excited because they see the direction -- what people want to see, the place I'm going is heading in a direction where I want to go and have success. Everybody wants to be part of a winner, and everybody wants to have an opportunity to be successful. The high school kids, from the coaches, from the players, and I know the number of kids that were here and the kids that were excited saw the environment in Doak Campbell last night, it's been great. You know, it's a good thing because we're getting great response back, and a lot of people are very interested. Q. And then also, could you just talk about Christian's arm. He said it did tighten up on him again last night. COACH FISHER: It did. He got hit on again last night. They X-rayed him this morning. It was fine. He got a doctor's report, and he'll be good to go. That's the way it's been every week. I'm serious. If he keeps playing like he's playing, I'm happy. Q. I just wanted to ask you about Hudson. You mentioned him earlier. What makes him so good? And do you think that, even though he's an offensive lineman, he should be considered for the ACC player of the year? COACH FISHER: I don't think there's any doubt. He's been as consistent a player as has been in this league in a long time. What Rodney does, why he's so good, he truly loves football. What I mean is all parts of it -- working out, practicing - If he has to go over and be the scout team guy. They'll say go grab a bag, he'll run and grab the bag and hold it, be a scout team guy for somebody else. He's a two time All-American. This guy loves everything about ball. His work ethic and attitude are unbelievable, and he's such a joy to be around. I don't think he ever looks at practice as practice. I think he looks at it as fun, and he truly loves what he's doing. Q. Coach, great win yesterday there. COACH FISHER: Thank you. Q. Can you talk a little bit about the defense. I know that in some of those closer games of late, they've given up some pretty big plays. Yesterday they seemed to have a really great bend but don't break attitude and take away some really key drives that Florida seemed to be building. COACH FISHER: They did. They had the big interception before the half that was huge, created some turnovers down in the red zone. Our guys are learning to play situational football and play situations. Not only play, but play situations and understand what people are going to do to you and what you think they're going to do and eliminate problems, and become much smarter football players which allow them to execute better. They've done a great job about that. Q. Do you think the game against NC State this year is a great prep game to go against another quarterback in Tyrod Taylor? COACH FISHER: No doubt. Russell Wilson is a great player. He and Tyrod Taylor are great players. You don't get many guys that dynamic to play against. Russell was a handful, and we know Tyrod will be a handful. THE MODERATOR: Are there any more questions for Coach Fisher? Q. Jimbo, just curious. Yesterday, is that ranked in your top five days of your life or what? Your team routs Florida and then get in Coach Fisher doc 6

13 this game. I'm just curious where it rated. COACH FISHER: It was one of the great days since I've been a coach because of, not what it meant for me, but what it meant for our seniors. Our players and seniors, - what they've been through the last couple of years with the turmoil in the program, as far as coaching change and academic thing. These seniors went through a lot. For those seniors to walk off the field and the emotion I saw in their eyes, it does rank in the top things I've been associated with because of what they've been through. And to get the chance to play in a conference championship, which they all were dreaming of, it is for me, but it's more so for them. That's what I'm happy about. THE MODERATOR: Coach, thanks for being with us. We'll look forward to talking to you this Friday in Charlotte at the press conference. COACH FISHER: All right. Thank you very much. THE MODERATOR: This concludes today's ACC coach s championship conference. FastScripts by ASAP Sports Coach Fisher doc 7

14 November 29, 2010 An Interview With: ANDRE SMITH Q. Can you talk just a little bit about the confidence of the offense has right now, and particularly the confidence that you guys have in Tyrod leading the offense? ANDRE SMITH: Well, again, Tyrod, his name speaks for himself, and the confidence that we have in him first and foremost, he's the utmost leader that we need. He's able to keep his composure throughout all situations, and he's just been a great leader for us throughout the time he's been here. With that being said, as a whole, our confidence is high, but at the same time there's a lot of things that we still aren't getting done and being as effective as we possibly need to be. So we definitely have some confidence, but at the same time we still have a lot of work to do. Q. Do you feel like you guys need to do even better as you approach this game? ANDRE SMITH: Absolutely. FSU is a good team. They have great players and a good coaching staff over there, and we know we have to be on top of our game. Can't make simple mistakes and can't have turnovers and things like that. For us we've been in the process of trying to become the best team we can possibly become, especially on the offensive side of the ball as well as the defensive side of the ball. You asked about offensively, we just have to definitely execute in everything that we do. Q. Statistically speaking this has probably been your best year at Virginia Tech. What's been your most enjoyable moment during your career as a Hokie? ANDRE SMITH: My most enjoyable time I'd probably have to say last year against Maryland just because that was the first time I had scored at home, and it was in front of my hometown and it's against a school that I definitely passed up to go here. So at that point I'd have to say that was probably the biggest highlight I've had so far. Q. I wanted to ask you about after the first two games, I guess the season could have gone a lot of different ways at that point, and I understand some of the players, some of the veterans called a meeting, a team meeting, a player meeting. Can you tell me a little bit about that meeting, what was said, and how that might have changed things for you guys? ANDRE SMITH: It was huge. Yeah, we all got together, especially the veterans on the team called a team meeting, and we just realized that we weren't getting things done. We weren't on the same page. We weren't playing as a team. We weren't acting as a team, and that could obviously be shown throughout our process in those two losses that we began with. But it was huge, and I definitely believe it was the biggest turnaround that we had all season to get everybody in there and make sure that the seniors stepped up and the veterans talked and made sure that everybody realized what we needed to do here. And again, we go to Virginia Tech, and we're proud of what we've accomplished, but at the same time we started off rough and we weren't playing Virginia Tech football. Q. Andre, I was going to ask, you've been part of two ACC Championships at Virginia Tech. Would a third championship this year mean more simply because of the circumstances of the rough start? ANDRE SMITH: Absolutely. Again, you know, we started off rough, and here at Virginia Tech we're not used to that. It would definitely feel ACC Championship Student Athletes Media Call doc 1

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