Trojan Wire: LSU has deeper pockets than USC, and Franklin looks to be their #1 choice

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A big and significant development in the coaching carousel occurred Monday night. Penn State head coach James Franklin switched agents, for one thing. What’s even more impactful and notable is that he switched to college football superagent Jimmy Sexton, who represents the heavyweight coaches in the sport, especially in the SEC.

Football Scoop broke the story about Franklin switching to Sexton.

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You can put two and two together and see that a Sexton client is likely to go to the SEC.

Add this point to the mix, noting that Scott Woodward (whom we have written about here at Trojans Wire) is LSU’s athletic director:



Jimmy Sexton doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a done deal that James Franklin is gone and that he will certainly leave Penn State. However, it does mean that Franklin knows he is in a position to gain a lot of money one way or the other in the coming months.

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Sexton will force Penn State to fork over a massive amount of money if it wants to keep Franklin. LSU is deep-pocketed and has the institutional muscle and desire to pay top dollar for a candidate, more than USC. Trojan fans might not want to hear that, but it’s the truth. (“It just means more,” to quote a familiar saying.)

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The fact that Scott Woodward and Sexton get along well — Sexton is Jimbo Fisher’s agent, and Woodward hired Fisher when he was AD at Texas A&M — offers a crucial piece of evidence which points to James Franklin being LSU’s No. 1 target at this point.

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