re: FSU coach Jimbo Fisher: 'LSU is a very special place

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I had just gotten done meeting with the administration and I didn't want to go in and water my message down to the team," Franklin testified. "I didn't want to say 'I was told, I saw a video from somebody else.' That's what I did. I addressed the team and spoke as if I had seen the video because I was angry and upset and I didn't want to water down the message to them.

"I did talk about the video as if I had seen it, based on what was described to me from the administration. I didn't think that was the right way to deliver my message to the team at the time."

Franklin also said he was urged to "stay out of it" after learning of the incident and returning to the Nashville campus from a vacation in Florida. He said by the time he got back, the investigation was "basically taken over" by Vanderbilt and Nashville police.

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Florida State has had the #1 recruiting class in the ACC and has been among the top classes nationally for the past 6 years. I'd say it has very little to do with coaching.

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