13? They haven’t score more than 10 against psu in 10 years and this defense is best in that span. Psu will kill them as that is how Franklin builds resume beating shit teams
Football Michigan defeats Penn State, 24-15
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True, but when I add he’s 4-5 vs Michigan State for an 8-21 record against the main Big ten east opponents it’s more than a recruiting issue.
She was a complete disaster as AD. Incompetent doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface.
No, we talking about a true screen pass to a running back, like the kind that Ohio State usually destroys us with most years. Our bubble screen game is MIA also, as you state.
She just continued to show, at PSU, the mediocrity that marked her tenure at Cal. PSU succeeded in spite of her, not because of her.
His footwork is looking Hackenburg-esque sadly regressing.
Yep. After hearing of her time at Cal from you and others I can’t believe she was even considered, much less chosen.
Just once before I die I'd like to see Franklin actually take some responsibility for a loss. Sadly I don't see that ever happening.
The 2-point try in the first half may not have been dumb. He probably knew we were going to have trouble scoring again. Going for 2 down 24-15 was dumb. Going for it around your own 30 with plenty of time left was dumb.
Franklin isn't going anywhere right now unless he decides to. If he does and we are serious about winning we need to throw a Brinks truck at DeBoer, Leipold, or even Chris Petersen if he could be lured out of retirement. DeBoer would be my pick. He coaches with guts.
OMG - watching that press conference was worse than the game. He talks honesty and transparency, but isn’t with himself.
She was terrible before Penn State hired her. Let that sink in.
Football lol
I know it sounds crazy after today but FSU is comparable to us. Maybe Franklin hands it away but we'd have a shot.
You’ll regret doing so. Hell, you might regress too.
Think about who hired the twat, and what their motives were.
PSU was coming off the Sandusky fiasco and the Board of Trustees wanted to bring in someone who would help in presenting a clean and non-controversial image. She was a female, fairly well connected (she was an assistant AD at Notre Dame prior to coming to Cal), and came from a school which was good academically but non-competitive athletically (in part because the Cal administration would never extend itself to provide the kind of support needed to truly compete in intercollegiate athletics). Problem was, she was not very competent or charismatic. And she was afraid about making the big decisions (such as hiring a football coach or mens' basketball coach), so administrators KNEW she would seek their input and consent on such decisions, rather than going off the reservation and taking initiative on her own.
I don't know how Franklin maintained his composure at that postgame press conference. Particularly after the exchange with the male reporter who challenged him on the second two point conversion attempt. I thought that attempted two point conversion was a mistake, but the reporter went well over the line, IMHO, with his questions and comments.
Press conference did not make me feel better.
The cynic in me thinks she was hired because they wanted to de-emphasize athletics and thought she'd be the perfect person to do so unwittingly after her tenure at Cal left that program crippled with debt.
There was another - don’t try to sugar coat the fact that she checked boxes.
Sure, her being a woman as well as a lesbian was probably helpful to her candidacy.
