This Bud's for you.....or not

We as Hokie fans know something that most college football enthusiasts know - Bud Foster is one of the best defensive coordinators in the game.

Apparently Clemson knows it too.

They have contacted Bud for the vacancy, but this shouldn't come as a complete shock to anyone. West Virginia contacted him after Rich Rodriguez bolted for the maize and blue last year, and there will be plenty of other programs hungry for new blood at the end of the season that will likely have Bud on their radar.

Bud has always maintained that he would only leave VT if a BCS school wanted him.

Syracuse
Washington
Auburn
Clemson
Tennessee

And those are just off the top of my head.

As Hokie fans, we may want to prepare ourselves for the inevitability of Bud no longer trolling the sidelines invoking fear and intimidation in his classic defenses. It might make the departure easier.

For me, it won't matter. Bud has had as much if not more to do with Virginia Tech's rise to national respect since 1995 then Beamer, in my opinion. Try to imagine the last 15 seasons without Bud's masterful, stingy defenses scoring on interceptions, fumble recoveries, sacks, and zone blitz packages.

I'd rather not.

Here's hoping that Jim Weaver does some maneuvering to try and keep Bud a Hokie. Frank can't coach forever, and who better to take over?

Selfish right? Fair enough. I am being selfish.

Nobody deserves a shot at the big time more then Bud. And if he gets it, I will root him on and support his time as fervently as I have the Hokies. Just hope Tech never has to face him.

Oh dear.