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A skunk, a hamster and Virginia Tech's offensive coordinator walk into a bar.

"Hey!" the bartender says. "Who let YOU in here?"

"Sorry," the skunk says, turning to leave.

"Not you," says the bartender. "You can have a seat."

"I get it," says the hamster, scurrying for the door. "Back to my wheel, I suppose."

"You're OK, too," says the bartender.

The barkeep glares at Bryan Stinespring.

"Did I stutter, Stiney?" he says.

"But ... but ... we just won the ACC championship!" Stinespring pleads.

"OUT!"

Amazingly, a lot of people still want him gone.

At least my e-mail inbox says so. On Monday, the day Virginia coach Al Groh announced that he was shaking up his staff and parting ways with offensive coordinator and son, Mike Groh, a day Tech fans should have still been savoringapplies here.

Mike Groh is out of a job today not because of his woeful offensive rankings. He is out of a job because the Cavaliers did not win.

Tech continues to win despite the rankings. That means Stinespring is a part of the success, whether some of us want to admit it or not.

Take last Saturday's title game. Tech put up 234 total yards against Boston College, a paltry sum that won't help the offensive rankings. But this was a good 234 yards.

Stinespring set the tone with his first-half play-calling. The Hokies were determined to prove they could run the ball, so Stiney put it in Darren Evans' belly and asked him to do what most running backs couldn't this year. And on his first eight carries, only once