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Beamer: I wasn't accusing UGA of spying
'I don't think I insinuated that,' Virginia Tech coach says
By TONY BARNHART
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 08/09/07
Frank Beamer never meant to insinuate that Georgia spied on his team during preparations for December's Chick-fil-A Bowl, the Virginia Tech football coach told the Journal-Constitution.
"The last thing I was doing was accusing Georgia of spying," Beamer said. "And I don't think I insinuated that. I was just trying to explain to the media why I was closing parts of practice."
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When explaning last week to Virginia media why he was scaling back reporters' access for the first time in 20 years, Beamer said his decision went back to his team's practice sessions for the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta.
"We practiced out at Georgia Tech and we let all kinds of people through there ... people we didn't know," Beamer was quoted as saying by the Roanoke (Va.) Times. "And I thought it hurt us in the bowl game. I'm not blaming anybody ... but I thought Georgia knew exactly what we were doing in several situations."
Georgia coach Mark Richt said he understood Beamer's concerns but that the Bulldogs didn't have anyone at Virginia Tech's practices.
"I can assure Coach Beamer we had no idea about anything going on," Richt said.
Beamer, who has a vacation home not far from Athens on Lake Oconee, said he might call Richt to make sure there is no misunderstanding.
"The gist of it was there were so many people at our practice that we didn't know," Beamer told the AJC. "But I never thought that Georgia did anything wrong.
"I know Mark. He's a good guy."
Richt's Bulldogs beat Beamer's Hokies 31-24 in the Dec. 30 Chick-fil-A Bowl at the Georgia Dome.
'I don't think I insinuated that,' Virginia Tech coach says
By TONY BARNHART
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 08/09/07
Frank Beamer never meant to insinuate that Georgia spied on his team during preparations for December's Chick-fil-A Bowl, the Virginia Tech football coach told the Journal-Constitution.
"The last thing I was doing was accusing Georgia of spying," Beamer said. "And I don't think I insinuated that. I was just trying to explain to the media why I was closing parts of practice."
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Beamer: I wasn't accusing UGA of spying
Richt knows information flows from practices
For Miller, it's time to deliver
• More UGA coverage
When explaning last week to Virginia media why he was scaling back reporters' access for the first time in 20 years, Beamer said his decision went back to his team's practice sessions for the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta.
"We practiced out at Georgia Tech and we let all kinds of people through there ... people we didn't know," Beamer was quoted as saying by the Roanoke (Va.) Times. "And I thought it hurt us in the bowl game. I'm not blaming anybody ... but I thought Georgia knew exactly what we were doing in several situations."
Georgia coach Mark Richt said he understood Beamer's concerns but that the Bulldogs didn't have anyone at Virginia Tech's practices.
"I can assure Coach Beamer we had no idea about anything going on," Richt said.
Beamer, who has a vacation home not far from Athens on Lake Oconee, said he might call Richt to make sure there is no misunderstanding.
"The gist of it was there were so many people at our practice that we didn't know," Beamer told the AJC. "But I never thought that Georgia did anything wrong.
"I know Mark. He's a good guy."
Richt's Bulldogs beat Beamer's Hokies 31-24 in the Dec. 30 Chick-fil-A Bowl at the Georgia Dome.
