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re: Penn State has fired James Franklin - Pete Thamel

Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:48 pm to
Posted by TigersHuskers
Nebraska
Member since Oct 2014
14400 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:48 pm to
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We found the president of the debating club


94 Nebraska was better than 94 pedo state. Screw off
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:49 pm to
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94 Nebraska was better than 94 pedo state

Naw, but your melt is noted so you don't need to clog the thread up reminding us of it constantly.
Posted by CapperVin
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:49 pm to
Brian Kelly
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
26301 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:49 pm to
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mean I agree but who is out there that they are guaranteed to get that is definitely an upgrade. It’s a risky move.


They'll throw the sink at Cignetti.
Posted by cattus
Member since Jan 2009
15094 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:50 pm to
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your melt is noted so you don't need to clog the thread up reminding us of it constantly.
TigerHuskers sure does a lot of virtue signaling for a conservative
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
Member since Mar 2008
51115 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:51 pm to
I’m not convinced Cig would leave at his age.
Posted by TigersHuskers
Nebraska
Member since Oct 2014
14400 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:51 pm to
Yea clogging up threads is your specialty. Sorry I forgot.
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
Member since Mar 2008
51115 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:51 pm to
This a good conversation let’s keep politics out of it.
Posted by LSUFreek
Greater New Orleans
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:52 pm to
I remember the Kerry Collins/Kijana Carter years. Great teams. Problem is, Penn St has been either mediocre ...or preseason-contenders-turned-pretenders for the next 30 years.
Posted by dupergreenie
Member since May 2014
8866 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:53 pm to
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Must have a very wealthy, very unhappy booster.


Yeah something tells me that a couple of money guys weren’t really happy with him. I could be wrong but he seems unlikable. So you can put up with him when he wins but a couple of bad losses and the checkbooks fly open.
Posted by Free888
Member since Oct 2019
2831 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:54 pm to
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I don't understand firing him now. No coach worth a damn is leaving his team this week and any coach they want now has a long arse window to negotiate with their current team.


Could they have someone in mind that isn’t currently on the college football sidelines? Would help immediately with recruiting and the portal.
Posted by Boodis Man
Member since Sep 2020
6966 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:54 pm to
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Who is an elite coordinator at a big school now? Nobody really jumps off the page. Blake Baker. I wouldn’t roll those dice though.


Offensive coordinator at Miami off the top of my head.
Posted by BCLA
Bossier City
Member since Mar 2005
8900 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:55 pm to
Franklin in 2018 after losing to Ohio st and not being elite:

"We have gotten comfortable being great, we will no longer be comfortable being great"

7 years later I guess Penn St finally realized he'll never be elite.
Posted by LSUintheNW
At your mom’s house
Member since Aug 2009
36768 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:56 pm to
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One play from the NCG last year.


Jesus people. Penn state was gifted an easy path. Any other path and they lose their 1st game and are out.

They literally beat no one of consequence last year. Penn state money folks know it. That’s why he’s gone now. He can’t beat anyone they need to.
Posted by AHM21
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Posted by Indiangensing
Member since Nov 2017
2109 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:56 pm to
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This guy is very credible, right?


I deserve these downvotes, I know who Thamel is... I just hate a public platform like Twitter breaking the news and trusting it.
Posted by cattus
Member since Jan 2009
15094 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:58 pm to
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This a good conversation let’s keep politics out of it.
That's fair but we also don't need to be reminded on every page about something that's irrelevant to this conversation and we all lived through.
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
65995 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:59 pm to
It’s crazy to me after making a playoff semi and going 10-2 most years. There must be cultural issues or the donors hate him. I noticed the other day the hockey team plays in Pegula Ice Arena. The Pegulas own the Sabres and Bills (and their daughter is 6 in the world in tennis) and they paid $80 million for the ice arena and to get men's and women's hockey up and running. Maybe they are paying the buyout.
Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger
Ms Gulf Coast
Member since Jan 2004
20372 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 1:59 pm to
That’s a very bad move
Posted by Free888
Member since Oct 2019
2831 posts
Posted on 10/12/25 at 2:00 pm to
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I remember the Kerry Collins/Kijana Carter years. Great teams. Problem is, Penn St has been either mediocre ...or preseason-contenders-turned-pretenders for the next 30 years.


I don’t disagree with that. I think the reason they get the preseason contender status is based on recruiting. They get great classes and don’t do enough with them. This year was an example. Ton of returning seniors, a quarterback that was a top recruit out of high school in the Heisman conversation, Franklin was telling everyone this was the year.
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