FC/OT: Something James Franklin is good at.

[Marshall2323]

PSU also has games at Washington and against USC; I consider those to be important, if not big, games.

Important, challenging and very competitive. But the BWICAC have painted themselves into a corner over the years with their definition of "big games." If it isn't Ohio State, Oregon or a playoff game with Notre Dame pedigree.....it IS NOT a big game.
Playoff win.....no Fiesta Bowl no Rose Bowl no Cotton Bowl no 13 wins....not a big win in the bunch. 10 wins...only beat teams without a pulse. It all comes home to roost now. USC, UM and Washington each lost 4 games last year.
By the definition of the experts here (not mine) PSU will not see a big game until the conference championship or the playoffs.

 

[Nitt1300]

How many threads do we need on the same tired topic? Somebody needs a new hobby.

 

[Marshall2323]

Most decent coaches could get 10 wins in the ACC coaching a decent program. The talent level with the exception of a couple teams is not even close to the Big Ten or SEC. But no matter I expect Franklin to do well just not as well as some think.

Currently, it appears the expectations at VT are to reach a bowl (7-5) I think 8-4 and 9-3 will leave their fans ecstatic for about 4 years. Then, fan behavior being what it is, they will morph into what you see here. Entitled and delusional.

 

[Midnighter]

How many threads do we need on the same tired topic? Somebody needs a new hobby.

Sorry, missed the other thread about the donation to VT.

 

[BobPSU92]

How many threads do we need on the same tired topic? Somebody needs a new hobby.

We’re simply making the point that we’ve moved on from Franklin. We keep making the point to remove any doubt.

 

[Bvillebaron]

Honeymoon phase of anything is awesome. Happy for the VT fans who are excited. But we’ve been there.

Alexis knows how this goes.

Maybe the same thing will be said about Campbell too in a few months. Funny how so many fans are “Crowning” him before he has coached a single game at Penn State. I can hardly wait for his supporters on this board to start complaining about him after his first poor coaching decision.

 

[Bvillebaron]

Yes, it a shame that all they have to look forward to are multiple 10 win seasons, possible playoff wins and student athletes that stay out of trouble and graduate.

Have you bought your tickets for this year’s Big and National Championship games or are you going to wait until after Campbell actually coaches a game at Penn State?

 

[Chumboshifko1]

Boolshit!

 

[Bvillebaron]

Always be careful saying something like this. The kids Franklin recruited are little different than kids recruited all over the country, so the whole staying out of trouble thing is BS and something Franklin either has little control over or doesn't care so much about as long as players can play. Take you pick Did you ever read about what happened at Vandy in Franklins last year, or lets not forget about Keveion Keys and Jameial Lyons at PSU? Yes, those are the kind of guys Franklin was bringing into his football program.

Vanderbilt rape case - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Maybe you should get your head out and educate yourself about what happened at Vandy. I’ll save you the time; Franklin immediately kicked them off the team.

 

[Bvillebaron]

Didn't Iowa State have a starting QB and others in a gambling scandal?

I don’t think so. That was Cincinnati.

 

[Bvillebaron]

Most decent coaches could get 10 wins in the ACC coaching a decent program. The talent level with the exception of a couple teams is not even close to the Big Ten or SEC. But no matter I expect Franklin to do well just not as well as some think.

Should “decent” coaches win a minimum of 10 games in the Big 12 where the talent level isn’t close to the Big Ten or SEC either? Asking for a friend.

 

[Bvillebaron]

The Jamesbots are out in force in this thread...tread lightly

Far surpassed by the dim wits suffering from Franklin Derangement Syndrome.

 

[Lion84]

I don’t think so. That was Cincinnati.

Marshall I believe is Franklins brother from another mother - Big Game James can do no wrong and PSU Fans suck because we expect big things from our team besides losing to OSU every year. He should move the the VT board where he will have more Franklin worshipers to hang with.

 

[PSU89er]

Maybe you should get your head out and educate yourself about what happened at Vandy. I’ll save you the time; Franklin immediately kicked them off the team.

1. All you had to do to see that was read the link I posted and
2. maybe you should get you head out and read what the original poster said which was

"Yes, it a shame that all they have to look forward to are multiple 10 win seasons, possible playoff wins and student athletes that stay out of trouble and graduate."

Did those kids at Vandy or the ones I mentioned at Penn State in another post stay out of trouble and graduate? You should never talk in absolutes when talking about that stuff.

Of course, Franklin threw the rapists off the team, what coach wouldn't. You want to talk about Franklin and his discipline of players for off the field stuff. What did he do to Adbul Carter after he assualted a tow truck driver, and there is no doubt that happened? He was charged there were witnesses. Maybe all coaches let that go, maybe only some do. Maybe Carter was disciplined in a form we don't know about.

 

[Nitt1300]

Sorry, missed the other thread about the donation to VT.

^searches the interwebs constantly for any snippet to use to start another thread to attack our former coach- but he's not obsessed or anything

 

[Midnighter]

^searches the interwebs constantly for any snippet to use to start another thread to attack our former coach- but he's not obsessed or anything

Takes very little effort to be honest. Just shows up in my social media feeds since I follow a lot of college football accounts. Some people like to read this stuff. Figure it gives you something to do too since you have never not responded to one of these threads. Good for the board on slow days.

 

[psuno1]

Good luck to James Franklin and VT he made PSU a better place, but it was time to move on.

 

[BobPSU92]

See? This is exactly what Franklin wants — a divided PSU fan base. Don’t let him do it.

 

[LionJim]

Takes very little effort to be honest. Just shows up in my social media feeds since I follow a lot of college football accounts. Some people like to read this stuff. Figure it gives you something to do too since you have never not responded to one of these threads. Good for the board on slow days.

#subjectlinesmatter. Fish or cut bait, your choice.

 

[Nitt1300]

Takes very little effort to be honest. Just shows up in my social media feeds since I follow a lot of college football accounts. Some people like to read this stuff. Figure it gives you something to do too since you have never not responded to one of these threads. Good for the board on slow days.

very odd hobby

 

[LionJim]

very odd hobby

We all got our own quirks. If they help us keep on keeping on, who cares? The people on this board, by and large, are sane. That’s a luxury in these times, I have to think, one could argue that it’s an attraction. This board without its quirks would be sterile, who wants that?

Do I sometimes roll my eyes at what I read? Sure, but by now there’s nothing we haven’t seen. And I am 100% positive on this: the cohort of posters here who have rolled their own eyes at something I composed, that would fill Beaver Stadium.

 

[Pennstatel0]

Hype. Have fun VT fans.

“Winning Big Games!!!”

Survey Says:

Nope, no winnng big games.

 

[Nittering Nabob]

There is something fundamentally wrong with each of you Franklin Fan Boyz

Important, challenging and very competitive. But the BWICAC have painted themselves into a corner over the years with their definition of "big games." If it isn't Ohio State, Oregon or a playoff game with Notre Dame pedigree.....it IS NOT a big game.
Playoff win.....no Fiesta Bowl no Rose Bowl no Cotton Bowl no 13 wins....not a big win in the bunch. 10 wins...only beat teams without a pulse. It all comes home to roost now. USC, UM and Washington each lost 4 games last year.
By the definition of the experts here (not mine) PSU will not see a big game until the conference championship or the playoffs.

Far surpassed by the dim wits suffering from Franklin Derangement Syndrome.

^searches the interwebs constantly for any snippet to use to start another thread to attack our former coach- but he's not obsessed or anything

 

[Nitt1300]

There is something fundamentally wrong with each of you Franklin Fan Boyz

speaking of odd

 

[KingLando]

Yes, it a shame that all they have to look forward to are multiple 10 win seasons, possible playoff wins and student athletes that stay out of trouble and graduate.

Did our football player

Franklin had much less trouble finding a job than PSU did finding his replacement.

But PSU is experiencing "excellence at the highest level" and "the national championship our fans deserve."

It's easy to find a role when you're willing to drop way down to do so

 

[Marshall2323]

I don’t think so. That was Cincinnati.

List of Iowa, Iowa State student-athletes charged in sports wagering investigation

I don't think this in anyway is an indictment of Coach Campbell, Just making the point that MC, JF and all D1 coaches are trying to "father" 110-120 young athletic males.....LOL I know I had my hands full with 2.

 

[Marshall2323]

There is something fundamentally wrong with each of you Franklin Fan Boyz

Agreed. If you are defining yourself as "normal."

 

[BobPSU92]

Agreed. If you are defining yourself as "normal."

We are not normal. We Are! … Penn State!

 

[Ludd]

I’ll take that bet.

How much did those 10 win season make your life better? Like - at the club when interacting with OSU alums, how awesome was it to say your school had 10 wins?

If you’re relying on college football to make your life better, then I don’t know what to tell you.

 

[BobPSU92]

In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
What's in your head, in your head?
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie-ie, oh

 

[BobPSU92]

If you’re relying on college football to make your life better, then I don’t know what to tell you.

I haven’t been happy since January 2, 1987.

 

[Ludd]

PSU also has games at Washington and against USC; I consider those to be important, if not big, games.

But when Franklin was coach, those were just games he was expected to win without question.

 

[Ludd]

Most decent coaches could get 10 wins in the ACC coaching a decent program. The talent level with the exception of a couple teams is not even close to the Big Ten or SEC. But no matter I expect Franklin to do well just not as well as some think.

You just contradicted yourself. So Franklin could get 10 wins in the Big, which is harder to do, but he won’t do that well in the easier ACC?

 

[Nits1989]

But when Franklin was coach, those were just games he was expected to win without question.

Respectfully disagree. I thought the bowl win over Washington was a big win. I thought the 2024 win at USC in OT was huge. They were both big wins. I wouldn’t toss them in the category of ordinary expected wins.

 

[Nits1989]

You just contradicted yourself. So Franklin could get 10 wins in the Big, which is harder to do, but he won’t do that well in the easier ACC?

He’s got some work to do but I think he’ll win 10 games down there. I think Va Tech is going to be a lot better with Franklin.

 

[bdgan]

James is good at a great many things. He was the head coach at Penn State and he didn't get the job at Virginia Tech because he's a schlub. He's a good coach.

He's a good coach until he faces the pressure of big games. Then his shorts get tighter than a camel's butt in a sandstorm.

 

[Ludd]

Respectfully disagree. I thought the bowl win over Washington was a big win. I thought the 2024 win at USC in OT was huge. They were both big wins. I wouldn’t toss them in the category of ordinary expected wins.

You must not read this board, those were nothing games over easy opponents…come on man, keep up…anyone that gives Franklin any credit whatsoever is just a Jamesbot.

 

[Nitt1300]

You must not read this board, those were nothing games over easy opponents…come on man, keep up…anyone that gives Franklin any credit whatsoever is just a Jamesbot.

You don't even need to give him any credit- just object to the unremitting hate that's directed at him.

 

[Nits1989]

You must not read this board, those were nothing games over easy opponents…come on man, keep up…anyone that gives Franklin any credit whatsoever is just a Jamesbot.

Definitely not a James Bot. I watched those games and thought they were good wins. He couldn’t beat OSU but that doesn’t negate the other wins. I thought Washington was favored in that bowl game but I might be mistaken. The USC game was a good win because most of the teams that had to travel across the country lost. It was a great comeback OT win. If I remember correctly, even Joe had a tough time with USC.

 

[Midnighter]

Respectfully disagree. I thought the bowl win over Washington was a big win. I thought the 2024 win at USC in OT was huge. They were both big wins. I wouldn’t toss them in the category of ordinary expected wins.

Eh? PSU favored in the game against Washington (by 3, won by 13) and were undefeated and ranked 4th and had to come back in OT to beat a USC team that was .500 and unranked. Big, good wins (all wins are good wins IMO) but wins that should have been expected and not that surprising. The OT was surprising but in the wrong way. Also illustrates another thing Franklin is good at and that is beating teams he should beat (on paper, according to lines, etc). Nothing is guaranteed of course. I hope we get them in a bowl though.