It’s his record not mine. I’m always about the maths. The numbers.
Hey Franklin haters, is a playoff game a big game? Win or go home. Elimination. Season ends.
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Dude, you only last week muddled up Franklin’s W-L percentage against Top 10 teams in spectacular fashion. Posters are still mentioning it. For that reason alone, I have a hard time accepting that you’re about the maths.
Here’s the thing, you said that 4-17 was 8%. There’s no way you made any sort of calculation mistake: you flat out guessed. (As has been pointed out, 4 W and 17 L is 4/21, 19.05%.) You’re not about the math, that’s fine, I myself am painfully awkward at statistics. It’s good enough to say “4-17 is bad.” But don’t pretend to be “all about the math,” okay. Please don’t take us for idiots. It’s insulting.
We’ve got you at one extreme where Franklin is no good just because of that 4-17 without acknowledging some reasons why it is as bad as it is. At the other extreme is Marshall who will not accept that is a bad record simply because Franklin is a football coach and as such, can do no wrong. But I think in between is the vast majority of Penn State football fans.
I’m fine with Franklin, look forward to at huskies and at O next 3 years, love the whole thing with moms, my 2 sons and all their friends. I’m frustrated with the admin being too chix to go for it on a young unproven O genius. ‘We don’t want to be Nebraska” schit is laughable. Being 1-10 v OSU is not at all laughable. Silly, but not funny.
So if someone brags about this coach, I’m your 1-10/4-17 guy, cause big game Jim has shown he can’t do it.
as for crying tears and being miserable, come join my crew of 25 at new wave, we’ll be killing it win or lose. I’ll be wearing 83 in honor of Joe j s daughter
So what percentage equivalent is a record of 4-17?
Maths so easy, even an ex-Romex running apprentice could do it.
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This is pretty much what I said. It seems you just want to argue.
Franklin has an overall good record but it's quite poor against top 10 and top 5 teams. That's the criticism against him. You have to know that's true.
As good as this season has been PSU has yet to beat a top 10 team. A win over #8 Boise would help Franklin's "Big Game" reputation a lot and guarantee a top 5 finish. A loss opens the floodgates to more criticism. Perhaps you think fans & media would back off and say beating SMU was good enough. I think that's Fantasyland thinking.
A second win vs ND or GA would be a top 5 win and would do even more to shut up the critics.
If LaKa had taken two minutes to think things over and had a calculator handy he would have figured it out. I would tell my students, “There’s only so many things you can try. You’ll figure it out.” Just don’t guess 8% and then say you’re all about the math.
FFS the line is 11. Let’s not get crazy. The SMU line was 15 and their qb was a complete fraud
1-10 is 9.09%. How did you get 13%? Why don’t you believe us when we said 19%? All about the math?
True but I don't think Ole Miss is viewed as a blue-blood program like USC and Nebraska. I don't think expectations are the same there.
Joe also lost 9 straight to Michigan. 13-33 all time vs top 10 teams. 0-4 vs Bear Bryant. I’m not discounting what he accomplished, but the premise that he only had good seasons is misleading. He had a very large sample size so there were some really good seasons, some really bad seasons, and a whole lot somewhere in the middle.
No, but Kiffin is viewed as one of the better coaches in football right now. It’s more about him and his inability to win big games despite getting good recruits and utilizing the portal to a large extent.
Ffs, you can’t handle the truth. It’s a valid reference point. You remind me of that line in the Hangover when the one guys says, “don’t let the beard fool you, he’s a child”
Laka has me on ignore. Can someone ask him how he got 1-10 to be 13%? I’m dying to know.
The name calling is funny to me. As 1 told us when he was 16, I’m a grown *** man. And there’s nothing manly about losing to OSU every year 1-10/4-17
For all intents and purposes, it is a parody account.
There have been some near misses since…but none under Franklin.
Maybe this year?
Will eventually have to beat a team with a pulse.
Will believe it when I see it.
You are what your record says you are: COACH Bill Parcells.
Joe was around a long time.
Even in his declining years he won a few big games - even on the road. Franklin? Zero. And I would assume this is Franklin’s prime?
During Joe’s prime? Franklin would have been a grad assistant level in comparison.
Maybe this will change this year?
Charlie Brown also thought Lucy would let him kick the ball…
Ain’t going to get any easier as college football continues to morph into NFL minor leagues. Then football strategy will reign supreme.
Ever think why you never hear Franklin’s name come up for NFL jobs? Ever offered a Head Coach/GM/partial ownership?
Yeah…that’s what I thought…
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Franklin also inherited a program foundation built by Joe - with fan support second to none.
He also did not take over a program with a foundation as good as any - ever.
Based on making the playoffs….that’s how you make a run these days. More of a run than ‘68, ‘69’ ‘73 and ‘94 where we weren’t even in the game that decided the NC.
Agreed…win 2 more games and then it will be a “run”
lose this week as an 11.5 point favorite on a neutral field? A major flop.