South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer pushed back Sunday about being rumored as a candidate for Virginia Tech 's coaching vacancy, saying he's in his "dream job" with the Gamecocks.

Beamer spoke with the South Carolina team about a media report that suggested he could return to Virginia Tech, where his father Frank was a Hall of Fame coach from 1987 to 2015, and where Shane played and coached.

South Carolina, which entered this season No. 13 in the AP Poll and had College Football Playoff aspirations, is 3-4 following Saturday's 26-7 home loss to No. 14 Oklahoma .

"I am working my rear end off to get us back to where we're in that mix and playoff talk," Beamer said. "And that's the same thing I told our football team today, that I guess the gist of that article was that would

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