Unpack this answer from James this afternoon
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It's a fair point, but are we to assume he did actually grind for the Illinois game? I'm not buying that for a second and yes he is very calculated in EVERYTHING he says and does....so he does seem distracted. JMO
Absolutely.
You pointed out Rutgers after 2019 Ohio State. Perfect example, among the many examples you gave. Of course we still BEAT Rutgers on the scoreboard. We still won. But the team didn't play to their peak performance. Rutgers scored over 10 points in only 1 conference game that year, yet they still led against us for almost the entire first half!
Zeise has had a gigantic hardon for Franklin since the latter declined to offer the former's son a scholorship. I think his son is still trying to catch Barkley and Hamler.
Paul Zeise: James Franklin doesn’t have as much leverage at Penn State as he thinks
If I were Penn State President Eric Barron, I would have a very short, simple and one-sided conversation with Nittany Lions head football coach James Franklin...www.post-gazette.com
Agreed, but as I said in a previous post to someone else....name something in that specific article that isn't true.
This board has turned into a bunch of gossiping old hags. Hang on every word as if it has some cryptic meaning.
Penn State and James Franklin beat Minnesota in 2016, but (1) they did NOT play particularly well that day, (2) they were COMPLETELY flat in the first half and unenergetic, (3) they did not cover the spread (they were a 7-point favorite), and (4) they were fortunate to win the game, that Irvin Charles TD pass was a proverbial lightning bolt out of the blue.
If one is going to say "PSU has a track record of responding well to adversity under James Franklin", I would NOT point to the 2016 Minnesota game, which of course came a week after the 49-10 destruction by Michigan. I'd argue that game proves my point more than it does yours.
Interesting take. He must realize that the past two weeks have exposed him for reasons discussed here ad nauseam. He also must realize that if the rest of the season unfolds as it well might, said exposure will be magnified many fold.
The spread doesn't have correlation to the so-called "eye test." Yes, in the eyes of the polls and playoff committee margin of victory can impact perception. Comfortable wins create a perception of a better team than a bunch of close games. But the spread has nothing to do with it. Had PSU beaten Illinois by 21 last week and not covered the 24 point spread it wouldn't have a make a lick of difference in terms of perception.
Okay, so the counterpoint would be a team(there have been many) that consistently underperform spread and narrowly win games, usually termed "looked unimpressive." Where people put their money might actually be a better representation of a teams quality than herbsreits "eye test." 3 and 22 ATS does actually suggest that Franklin's teams underperform after loses. We'll agree to disagree i suppose.
That may be, Joe, as I don't follow the guy and had never even heard of him before.
But every word he writes in the piece posted here is totally on target.
I think Franklin is history at Penn State. The only question in my mind is whether it will be made official before or after the end of the season.
Dude looks like he hasn't slept more than a couple hours since Saturday. Answering questions like someone that needs a nap too.
The whole damn thing may be untrue.
We have no idea what’s going on behind the scenes between Franklin and the Athletic Department administration.
The implication that the PSU administration cares as much or more about football wins and losses than fans do is absolutely absurd and even invokes a laugh. We are not talking about Jerry Jones or George Steinbrenner. Who really believes that "the administration" is upset? Has $ been affected? LOL, we are the ones who are disturbed by the loss, not Barron.
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I don't see any chance at all he'll be fired.
But he's clearly distracted, and I think it's having an effect on the team.
More and more, it just seems like the handwriting's on the wall...and his press conference today did nothing to change that impression.
Just curious. Say you've an employee who's on a losing streak, so much so it's a trend. It goes on all year until he's up for a performance review. How do you evaluate him. That's a rhetorical question.
They are one in the same, dude. One in the same.
Admittedly, I am long-in-the-tooth. I've been 'around the block' a few times and I've seen this behavior before. He's more concern about framing his answers carefully rather than being forthright and answering the bloody questions. Is his mind elsewhere? You bet. Where? Well, seeing how he just changed agents mid-season that should tell you something. JMO.
I wonder if when the football is winning at a high level if the number of student applications goes up? If the applications go up does the average student academic credential go up and as such the overall prestige of the University go up? Do the donations to the University go up?
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