Roth had just parked at FLA Live Arena in Fort Lauderdale that evening when his phone buzzed. The call was from Rick Barakat of Learfield, the Hokies’ longtime media partner.
Brewing for weeks, the notion of returning to Virginia Tech football’s radio team didn’t truly click for Bill Roth until an Eagles concert Feb. 25.
“We can do this,” Barakat told Roth.
Those words lingering in his mind, Roth spent the next two-plus hours listening to his favorite group reprise the iconic “Hotel California” album and other Eagles’ staples. Essentially, it was a reunion for a band that came of age during the 1970s.