I'm sure your protest here will spark that change. LOL, you really have it all figured out. One dumb message board cliche after another.
How can anyone still support Fraud Franklin?
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You and your "fire Franklin" ilk are like the Joker in Batman. Your'e just in it for the chaos, you don't care what happens as long as it burns.
PSU fan base - NIL bad. We don’t want to invest in the program like the other top dogs.
Also PSU fan base - We expect national titles.
Also PSU fan base - We expect national titles.
Yeah the Used car salesman crack was a dead giveaway - dope is a sPitter. Maybe he’s hoping we fire Franklin and they can replace douche with him.
No, they want to be "right" about how bad he is and they know that have the same 2-3 lines to fall back to. They also know he won't be fired and if you take the field over any HC in the long run you will win. He's not a perfect HC, there is no such thing. There are things I wish he would do. Have a Beau package that is ready to go if the offense is stalling. I won't kick and scream because it isn't happening because I'm in no real position to. PSU has gotten better in the last 2 years, but there is still work to be done. Blowing it up right now is clearly the most sane course of action OR the emotional knuckle draggers are still crying/pouting.
PSU has fans that want to pretend it's 1986 and PSU recruits anyone they want to, but they don't. PSU wants to be Bama, UGA, or tOSU, but a portion fanbase wants the HC to win a MNC first before they start giving again or support NIL. We want to pretend we have the same talent as tOSU and UM because we are closer than others in our conference, but clearly the B1G has awful coaches as not too many are beating them. These upsets on the road are a dime a dozen against top 5 teams. I think Smart is 0-4 on the road against the top 10...could be wrong but I read that recently.
Harbaugh agreed to cut his salary and make significant staff changes to get to the next level. Penn State doesn’t have that luxury thanks to Sandy.
Until there is a system where the actual play on the field counts and win your division, league etc, there will never be a “true” MNC. Opinions matter too much in this sport. Imagine if all the professional sports leagues adopted this approach? IMO that is why it is so difficult to win a MNC. Bottom line is it is all about the Benjamins
And they still haven’t won anything of significance.
One of my coaches way back when (a very successful coach) taught me that it is the little things that make the biggest difference over the course of the game (and even in my career). Could this be the difference of getting PSU over the hump? I have no idea what is being coached or what goes on behind the scenes and only see what is on the telly. My observations are that PSU is not a well coached team. Sloppy and undisciplined at times. Many mistakes from week to week. Inconsistent. Having to run gimmick plays means that your normal plays are not working like you want them. Sure, blame the players for poor execution or whatever, but to me it comes down to coaching the little things and/or fine tuning the little things(foot work, leverage, hand placement, hitting your landmark, carry out fakes when you know you're not getting the ball, route running, etc). Seems like we keep trying to force players into the offense instead of adjusting the offense to the talent you have. Offense has always been a challenge in the Franklin era, constantly inconsistent. Even when we won the Big 10, offense was a inconsistent but the talent on the field were able to overcome that at times. I don't know. I am still a fan but watching the offense is frustrating year in and year out. Hats off to the defense for keeping it close and keeping us in the game.
You keep falling back on the same defense every time. That's pretty telling. As much as you want to dismiss people and their "message board cliches" you pretty clearly have accepted 10-2 as Franklin's ceiling. And hey man, that's cool. If you're fine with losing to every Top 10 team Penn State plays as long as the program has "good kids", keeps a grad rate above 90%, and avoids major scandal than you're going to be happy.
When the playoff expands to 12, you'll get a handful of playoff appearances and maybe even a win or two. But you'll fan back on the same thing I've been hearing for 20 years when they don't win anything of significance.
On Saban...part of what keeps him fresh is that his coordinators keep getting hired for better jobs. So he keeps bringing in new coordinators who bring new wrinkles in on offense and defense. They went from being a power run team to a spread offense. That extended his run. What's happening now is he reached for an OC in Tommy Rees and now they're paying the price. Rees might grow into the job. But for right now, they're vulnerable.
I'm guessing you are being TIC - or maybe I misread the post.
Michigan has just completed back to back years where they:
Beat BOTH OSU and PSU
Won the B10 Title
and went to the 4-team tourney.
Over the last 10 years:
PSU has beaten both OSU and UM in the same season 0 times in 10 tries (but lost to both 5 times, 6 if they don't beat UM this year)
Won one B10 title
and never went to the tourney.
Yeah...I accepted it because I'm not in the position to fire him and he isn't going to be fired. LOL...you keep playing that game. How come since you haven't accepted it, nothing has changed? Oh wait....because you are simply just talking out your arse upset after a loss. It's the folks on the message boards holding PSU back from firing JF. Thanks for playing.
I wonder what USC fans are saying about Lincoln Riley? They have the number one QB in the country along with a roster with five 5 stars and they're one spot ahead of James Madison in the AP poll.
Michigan has also been caught cheating in multiple facets, so there's that.
In order to win football games you have to make plays. After our game on Saturday, I watched the Tennessee/Alabama game. Then later, I watched a recording of our game. And what stood out to me was that Bama made plays. A key block here, a good cut by the running back, a hitch in a pass route etc etc. I can't explain it. In our game I didn't see any of this. We whiffed on blocks, the running backs made the wrong cuts, wide outs couldn't shrug coverages etc. Now, is that due to coaching or the talent. For me, I believe the "it" factor in football are the players' instincts. The game us too fast to be able to think everything through. The better players have the better instincts for the game. If you don't know what I'm referring to, watch a highlight video of the great Barry Sanders. Instinctively one of the best ever. Guys like Sanders just Instinctively know when to cut, where to run, know the angles. On Saturday, for the most part, our guys didn't do this. We have good athletes, some outstanding athletes. But do we have guys with good instincts for the game?
I've been saying this for ever and ever, making the playoffs or winning a National Championship goes far beyond a head coach. The entire institution "must" buy into that journey. Look at Alabama before Saban, Georgia before Smart or Clemson before Swinney they were competitive but nowhere close to winning a NC. JMHO
Bama, UGa, and Clempson were "bought in" to providing the resources to win a national championship before they hired the coaches you named. There are also any number of other schools that have the same commitment, they just don't have the coaches......yet.
Only the conference, and Ohio State. Something that eludes Franklin
It was rainy, cold, and miserable. But the Utes clearing the stadium for that long drive back to Provo was a sight to behold.
When Singleton had those back-to-back runs of 10+ yards then they went pass happy was a tell to me. Run Singleton until they stop him. The chances the defense can adjust on the fly are much lower than having to turn the ball over and giving the defensive coaches time to make the adjustments with the players on the sidelines.
I’d do Lincoln James straight up right this second
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We aren’t getting over the hump until there’s national title commitment to both the program/facilities and NIL.
You'd also trade James for a steaming pile of dog
so I'll take your opinion with that in mind.
Not true at all. Those extremes remind me of kindergartenYou'd also trade James for a steaming pile of dog
Yup. Lincoln is in a major market. Tons of talent in CA, best QB in the nation, and gets trounced in big games. Yeah...let's trade sideways. Moronic take after moronic take.You'd also trade James for a steaming pile of dog
Then you’re trading away any semblance of a decent defense.
Yo, you ever see his team at Oklahoma? Let’s chat. He’s also is the king of the transfer portal and the d still sucks.
Correct as we only are allowed to count 2 games now I think....gotcha. Nothing else counts as that is the drum beat....roger that.
Good post. The difference between PSU and OSU was that the latter had difference making QBs in Fields and Stroud. Thought Allar could change that circumstance (and perhaps still might) but he was not good on Saturday. The difference on Saturday was OSU had Harrison (who Franklin recruited hard) and Penn State did not.
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