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August 29, 2006

Schlabach: Beamer Cleans Up

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview06/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=2564235

Mark Schlabach kicks off his new weekly ESPN.com column, "On (and off) the Mark," with a look at how Frank Beamer is attempting to clean up the seemingly sullied image of the Virginia Tech Hokies. In addition, he runs through some of the good, the bad, and the ugly as we head into this first weekend of college football.

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