Get Rid of Franklin

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Georgia did not accept mediocrity of a blue blood. Of course, PA is the only state I am aware of that works against its flagship university.

Perhaps the issue is with the flagship university and not the State.
 
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Curt Cignetti (SP?) Indiana coach
He took in 30 transfers with him most from a highly successful James Madison
where he coached along with a great QB - Wr combo from Ohio Bobcats.

What's his move next year, recruiting, new HC school ?How did he get so many transfers onboard ?
 

Moogy

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You win the award for best apologist.

“Colossal mess” was only PSU BoT and corrupt politicians. Football program was solid as a rock. Abd did nothing g wrong…in fact followed NCAA and law enforcement procedures to the letter. And won more big games in one year than Franklin has won in his entire career. If the previous regime were not so solid, Franklin would have had nothing to “save” into mediocrity.

Don’t believe me, ask the Lettermen.
Who is Abd? And why are we talking about gangster wrongs? And what does any of this have to do with the points that were made?

Wasn't there some kind of stat on the broadcast that PSU is like 1-20 (or worse) against top 5 teams in the last 20 years, and Franklin was like 1-11 in his tenure? That'd mean we were striking out against the big boys pretty consistently before he got here. Not that that excuses away anything. Just saying, he's carried on the tradition of underperforming against the big boys, but he's also helped bring us back to well-above-mediocrity overall performances.

I guess we'll just have to live with being a mediocre playoff team. Sigh. It's really terrible. Get the pitchforks.
 

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Perhaps the issue is with the flagship university and not the State.
Do other state’s governors and AGs go after their flagship universities and fund it in the 2% nationwide?

Hang up and wait for an answer.
 

MacNit

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Who is Abd? And why are we talking about gangster wrongs? And what does any of this have to do with the points that were made?

Wasn't there some kind of stat on the broadcast that PSU is like 1-20 (or worse) against top 5 teams in the last 20 years, and Franklin was like 1-11 in his tenure? That'd mean we were striking out against the big boys pretty consistently before he got here. Not that that excuses away anything. Just saying, he's carried on the tradition of underperforming against the big boys, but he's also helped bring us back to well-above-mediocrity overall performances.

I guess we'll just have to live with being a mediocre playoff team. Sigh. It's really terrible. Get the pitchforks.
And …jeez…it was pretty obvious.

Playoff team? Is the season over. Competing with our Wars? Yes, the season is over from that standpoint.
 

Moogy

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And …jeez…it was pretty obvious.

Playoff team? Is the season over. Competing with our Wars? Yes, the season is over from that standpoint.
Wut? I have no idea what you're talking about. Are you OK? Should we send over help?
 

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Wut? I have no idea what you're talking about. Are you OK? Should we send over help?
let me help you...
"Abd" was a typo it was supposed to be "And". The n and b are keys right beside each other.

Hence the "And …jeez…it was pretty obvious."
 

Moogy

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Coaching options:

Matt Rhule
Mike Munchak

/end

So a guy who is driving the Nebraska program into the ground and another guy who is 65 years old, has never coached college football, hasn't coached at all in a few years and failed rather quickly in his only head coaching gig?

How about a cardboard cutout of Paterno instead?
 
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let me help you...
"Abd" was a typo it was supposed to be "And". The n and b are keys right beside each other.

Hence the "And …jeez…it was pretty obvious."
Thanks ... now, try to translate the rest into English.
 

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Baloney…PSU spent quite a long time ranked #1 and #2 in late 1990s and performed better than current regime in late 2000s…
2005, 2008....being in the national championship discussion on the last weekend of the season isn't what I'd call mediocre
 
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That is really easy... You can do that.
I actually can't. You can't either, which is why you refrained from doing so.

Here ... given what I stated, explain what this means: "Playoff team? Is the season over. Competing with our Wars? Yes, the season is over from that standpoint."
 

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I actually can't. You can't either, which is why you refrained from doing so.

Here ... given what I stated, explain what this means: "Playoff team? Is the season over. Competing with our Wars? Yes, the season is over from that standpoint."
I am not here for your entertainment nor to do the work you are either too lazy ot stupid to do. It really is simple to figure it out what he was saying.
I wasn't arguing with you, despite you thinking everything is an argument.
 

Moogy

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I am not here for your entertainment nor to do the work you are either too lazy ot stupid to do. It really is simple to figure it out what he was saying.
I wasn't arguing with you, despite you thinking everything is an argument.
OK, so you couldn't translate what he was saying, and then you went and personally attacked me, despite saying this in another thread:

I am not a fan of name callers. I do not think it adds anything to the conversation and only serves to make the targeted poster angry.

It should have be dealt with the first time he (and others) do that to anyone.

Got it. You can see yourself out now, since you're not going to be helpful.
 

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OK, so you couldn't translate what he was saying, and then you went and personally attacked me, despite saying this in another thread:



Got it. You can see yourself out now, since you're not going to be helpful.
Like I said it wasn't an argument.
I didn't call you a name (which is a noun), I described you (which is an adjective) same as if I said you were kind and smart.
 

Moogy

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Like I said it wasn't an argument.
I didn't call you a name (which is a noun), I described you (which is an adjective) same as if I said you were kind and smart.
Try to rationalize your hypocrisy elsewhere.

And you're only here to argue. And you still can’t translate the post in question … instead you’re left to hurl insults and name call to cover up that you got called out for your attempts to argue.

I said good day, sir.
 

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I think Joe Paterno in his prime would have out coached Ryan Day and systematically dismantled yesterday’s version of Ohio State. From a game day perspective, Coach Paterno would have tightened down the screws and been better prepared.

I know Franklin is the Skipper and all roads lead back to him, but I don’t put all of the blame on him. Both coordinators made a few bad calls in critical stages of the game.
 
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Try to rationalize your hypocrisy elsewhere.

And you're only here to argue. And you still can’t translate the post in question … instead you’re left to hurl insults and name call to cover up that you got called out for your attempts to argue.

I said good day, sir.
Congratulations! You won an argument against someone who wasn't arguing with you.
You Win First Place GIF

Oh shoot did I call you a name?
I'm such an a$$. Now I've called my self a name....
I'm such a hypocrite. Again what will I do next?
 
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Congratulations! You won an agreement against someone who wasn't arguing with you.
You Win First Place GIF

Oh shoot did I call you a name?
I'm such an a$$. Now I've called my self a name....
I'm such a hypocrite. Again what will I do next?
Drink a beer!
 

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I believe that James is a good man and overall, a solid representative for our University. He has also done a very good job getting our slow-moving administration to modernize in the college football arms race in terms of NIL, branding, and investment into facilities. He also came into the program at a time where our place in the college football world was a little uncertain. For those things, I will give him a ton of credit and I appreciate what he's done for us.

But this fan base deserves better than 1 - 10 against our biggest rival, and 1-13 against top 5 teams.
Why does this fan base deserve better? One of the largest alumni bases in the world and our NIL is just barely ahead of WVU. So what makes the fan base so deserving?
 

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Why does this fan base deserve better? One of the largest alumni bases in the world and our NIL is just barely ahead of WVU. So what makes the fan base so deserving?
I can’t find any lists of NIL. I’m unaware of any. Where did you get this info? Where is the accurate true ranking of NIL for each team?
 
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Beating blue hens doesn’t matter, at all, even a little bit
We say we’d like to see a win. Then were told we don’t deserve it. What does deserve have to do with it? We’d just like to see a win. It’s not wrong to want to see a win.
 

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Why does this fan base deserve better? One of the largest alumni bases in the world and our NIL is just barely ahead of WVU. So what makes the fan base so deserving?
The point you are trying to make is that we should expect to loss against OSU because we aren’t competitive in NIL. I actually agree with you. But Franklin was losing to top 10 teams long before NIL changed the game.
 
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I can’t find any lists of NIL. I’m unaware of any. Where did you get this info? Where is the accurate true ranking of NIL for each team?
24/7 Sports has us 25th, behind 6 other Big schools.
 

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Congratulations! You won an agreement against someone who wasn't arguing with you.
You Win First Place GIF

Oh shoot did I call you a name?
I'm such an a$$. Now I've called my self a name....
I'm such a hypocrite. Again what will I do next?

I won an agreement?

You argue with me a lot for someone who isn’t arguing with me. Do you often find yourself interacting with others in unwanted ways, them telling you they’re not interested in said interactions, and you insisting you’re not doing what you’re doing to them?

Just like you insult and name-call a lot for someone who is allegedly against such practices.

And you still haven’t translated MacNit’s post.
 

BobPSU92

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24/7 Sports has us 25th, behind 6 other Big schools.

I have no doubt that Penn State could be much higher. That said, I’d love to see a poll on why people are not donating or not donating very much. Is it how Joe was treated? Penn State’s leaderers (could relate to Joe but could relate to many other things)? Franklin? They don’t support Penn State being in the NIL. o_O game? For some folks, it could be some or all of the above.
 
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Nitt1300

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Baloney…PSU spent quite a long time ranked #1 and #2 in late 1990s and performed better than current regime in late 2000s…
you probably want to go look that up- including all of the 2000s. following the epic collapse of 1999, the record is pretty unimpressive

PSU hasn't had an undefeated team in 30 years- and only one 1 loss team over that same time period

I'm old enough to remember the great years- they were 40 years ago
 
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Bvillebaron

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I believe that James is a good man and overall, a solid representative for our University. He has also done a very good job getting our slow-moving administration to modernize in the college football arms race in terms of NIL, branding, and investment into facilities. He also came into the program at a time where our place in the college football world was a little uncertain. For those things, I will give him a ton of credit and I appreciate what he's done for us.

But this fan base deserves better than 1 - 10 against our biggest rival, and 1-13 against top 5 teams.
Well PSU is 1-23 against Top 5 teams since 2000. Which if my math is correct means Franklin has that win. Maybe you should be careful about what you wish for. I recall many of the geniuses on this board clamoring for Lincoln Riley, Matt Rhule and Greg Schiano. How is that working out at those schools?