James Franklin
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I really was hoping for an all BIG championship game - but wow, watching Penn St/ Franklin trip on their d@ck just feels right!!
Their fans are already annoying enough.
Playing in or winning the CFP would have made them insufferable.
Playing in or winning the CFP would have made them insufferable.
Terps Recruiting wins Twitter for the rest of the night.
He makes some of the most boneheaded decisions possible.
Loved the stupid timeouts for no reason at the end!
Glad he didn’t have 2 in his pocket to ice the kicker & play mind games if he will/wont call the 2nd TO before the kick.
Oh, it gave them like 3 more yards to make the kick closer as well! 🤣
Franklin is a massive douche.
Meanwhile, Freeman is kinda likeable.
Meanwhile, Freeman is kinda likeable.
You hear/see people say to root for the other B1G teams, but I could never cheer for PS led by Franklin. Maybe if they were playing Duhbraska or Iowa State. Do you think PS fans would be rooting for Iowa to beat Notre Dame? I don't think most would. I detest both teams playing in the Orange Bowl, but Notre Dame's coach comes across as a decent guy and his team doesn't celebrate every first down, batted down pass or completed pass like the team that blew the game.
I don't care for either team in tonight's game, but hope Ohio State wins.
I don't care for either team in tonight's game, but hope Ohio State wins.
Nebraska East?
Yep, he should of never thrown that pick to set up ND game winning field goal!
Ironically not playing for OT or at the very least keeping the ball on the ground that last drive bit Franklin in the ass. Allar was horrible...ND back up out played him. Incredible bad int...
Ferentz might have more top five wins against PSU than Franklin has against college football.
Without looking I can think of three for Kirk, PSU 2008, Michigan 2016 I think, PSU 2021 and who am I missing? OSU 2017?
Obviously a great call when:
#1 Allar had been missing guys all night
#2 There's under a minute left
This is aside from the facts that:
#1 PSU was running all over ND the entire night, and kept trying to get cute with stupid formations, motions, and play calls
#2 PSU threw two picks in the endzone (bailed out by Refs on both occasions)
Many moons ago...
From 2008 to 2021, Iowa was 8-8 vs. top-10 teams and only one loss by more than 10 points.
Against its last 9 ranked foes, Iowa is 0-9. Average score: 34-9.
Kirk Ferentz has not beaten a team that finished the season ranked in any poll since November 16th, 2019, when he beat #10 Minnesota in Kinnick.
I heard someone ask Nate Kaeding about timeouts to ice a kicker. He said it doesn't matter either way. You are so focused and follow your process. He said sometimes you are running out and the kick has to be so fast that timeouts can help you with alignment but either way it didn't make a difference.
Studies suggest that iced kickers make around 5-10% fewer field goals compared to non-iced attempts, depending on the kick distance
While that isn't a huge advantage, there is no reason not to attempt it.
We’re all aware, that doesn’t make your comparison any better. We get it, you don’t like Ferentz.
On top of that, Franklin is shitting the bed with top five talent.
How many posts did you make in the Gronowski threads being an absolute piss baby about how there was no way he’d ever come here?
Fired after making the Final Four of the CFP?
And they say Iowa fans are fickle. 😂
Yeah. Notre Dame is in good shape with Freeman. He’s very likable and he’s young. Notre Dame is likely to be a powerhouse for the foreseeable future.
Wish he could have started his career at Iowa before jumping to a blue blood.
Yeah, he’s a douchey slime ball, and a terrible in game coach, but his recruiting more than makes up for it.
…keep in mind, it’s the Iowa fan that thinks making the semis is a fireable offense. 😉
Definitely.
2008 and 2021.
Penn State may have also been ranked in the top five in the early 2000s but I am too lazy to look it up.
Yep. Big contrast between him and Freeman in the way of personality. Franklin might be Penn State’s version of John Cooper.
I was thoroughly impressed by how Notre Dame closed the game against Georgia. Freeman has a bright future ahead of him.
2009 they were ranked 5th as well. I missed that one earlier when looking at top 5 games.
I only saw the second half of the game, but that PI in the end zone late was incontrovertible. Any time you face guard a receiver and make contact with him while he’s attempting to make a play on the football is 100/100 times PI.
You're right on that--it was still a horribly thrown ball off his back foot. Point is, DA kept putting the ball in ND's hands all night.
Ahh yes, Sparty 2010, hell I was there! The Halloween Sash to Hyde game, what a day! Simply put, there is one coach really doesn't like and never did and it was that class act Dantonio....letting a player out of jail to travel to Kinnick wasn't a good idea.
It's one of the few times I felt Iowa was indeed running up the score in the 4th q. But why ARob was still in game I'll never know..
I was over on the PSU Rivals site and their fans refer to him as Big Games James.
He's a total Dbag.
He's a total Dbag.
