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Travel CenterSeptember 6, 2007
Captains, Beamer place ECU game ball at memorial
The Notebook
The Tech team captains for the LSU
football game and head coach Frank Beamer made the trip from the Jamerson
Athletics Center across the campus to Burruss Hall on Thursday morning to place
the East Carolina game ball at the memorial commemorating those who died in the
tragedy that occurred on campus on April 16th.
Xavier Adibi, D.J. Parker, Carlton
Weatherford and Eddie Royal joined Beamer. The football was enclosed in a glass
case, and Parker, the Hokies' starting free safety, set the case next to the
big piece of Hokie stone that has the words 'We Are Virginia Tech ~ We Will
Prevail' inscribed on it.
"It was the right thing to do,"
Beamer said to a few media members who came to watch. "We've got a big game
this upcoming Saturday and big games ahead of us the rest of the season, but we
want to always remember these victims and all those who were affected by what
took place on April 16th."
The football inside the case has
special lettering on it. It sports the phrase 'In Honor of You,' and then
underneath that phrase is the team's slogan for this season - 'None of us is as
good as all of us.' The score of the game and the date of the game are on the
ball as well.
After placing the case, the
players and Beamer walked around the memorial and looked at the 32 pieces of
Hokie stone, each with a name inscribed on it representing a young man or woman
who died on that cold mid-April day. The stones form a half circle around the
bigger piece of Hokie stone.
Beamer and the players hope those
visiting the memorial will leave the case alone. The memorial is open to the
public, so the case is subject to be stolen.
"Putting this game ball here was
very important to me and to our football team," Beamer said. "It's our way of
paying our respects, and I would hope those visiting this memorial would
respect that and each individual who is represented by these Hokie stones."
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