Campbell faced 7 top 10 teams at Iowa State. Franklin faced 22 at Penn State. Campbell faced one team ranked third or higher. Franklin faced ten. Yeah, that's the same thing. You prove Mark Twain right when no amount of evidence will convince an idiot. You've earned a block being so stupid.
“James Franklin set for 2026 after Virginia Tech 'won the offseason'”
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Do your alter names Tor_Eckman and Knickslions69 always quickly endorse your posts?
I can‘t wait until Campbell coaches PSU down to sucking a$$. That will be great.
Go Hokies!
Go Hokies!
So you’re tapping out? Can’t win the game so you’re hanging up? Loser.
How many handles does this weirdo have?Do your alter names Tor_Eckman and Knickslions69 always quickly endorse your posts?
Since Franklin won the off-season, does that mean he's up for a contract extension already?
That's why he gone. That and somehow losing to a coachless UCLA with a supposed top 3 team.
"He said it himself that coaching in the ACC is a much different scenario than coaching for a national championship. Franklin is right where he wants to be: at a program looking to elevate to the next level without his coaching needing to elevate alongside it."
He is good at winning the off season.See the link below. From the article:
”CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Virginia Tech made the first significant hire of the coaching cycle with James Franklin, overhauled its financial model and made roster and recruiting upgrades ahead of the 2026 season.
The time has come to return to the field.
"I think we've won the offseason," Franklin said Thursday at the ACC Kickoff. "We've done the right things. There's a lot of excitement. There's a lot of momentum right now, and this is kind of the end of that, right? All these different things, whether meet-and-greets in Richmond, or whether it's a 7-on-7 [event], whether it's recruiting, or whether it's a transfer portal, spring ball, or spring game, these are all opportunities to build and create momentum.
"After this, then we're getting to the stuff that matters most: practice and winning games and having that stadium rocking."…
…Virginia Tech's pledge to increase its financial investment with the program drew Franklin to Blacksburg, and have maintained its commitment despite changes at both athletic director and president. Last month, the school hired Florida Atlantic's Brian White as AD, while the search to replace longtime president Tim Sands is ongoing.
"For me, taking a job, it was all about what do we need to do to be successful and truly win at the very, very highest level," Franklin said. "So, am I going to have the ability to hire staff? Are we going to have the ability to go out and recruit?
"There's still an impact of relationships and recruiting and leadership, and being charismatic and dynamic, but there's also a financial component. You can be the best recruiter in the country, and if you don't have the resources that other people have, you can't sign a top-five class."
Last fall, Virginia Tech launched "Invest To Win," a $229 million investment in athletics during the next few years. In June, the school received a $75 million gift, which mostly will go to athletics, and on Monday hired Brad Bell as Executive Associate Athletics Director of Advancement and Executive Director of the Hokie Club.
White told ESPN that Franklin has been actively involved in the campaign, calling every major donor on their birthday.
"James and I want the same exact thing, and that's what's exciting," White said. "To think that our goal shouldn't be to win a national championship, I don't know that any of our fans would really feel like that's OK, and so that's not OK. Our goal is to win a national championship, and we've just got to figure out the plan and a way to make you know resources are commensurate with expectations. That's what we're working on now."“
James Franklin set for 2026 after Virginia Tech 'won the offseason'
James Franklin said Virginia Tech "won the offseason" but now must focus on preparing for his first season with heightened expectations.www.espn.com
We’re so screwed.
true, I think we were undefeated every offseason he was at PSU.He is good at winning the off season.
Trying to keep the Franklin bashing to one thread. I'm not one to bash him (I just really don't care that much either way) and I find the constant bickering about him to be annoying. However, I couldn't let this go. This is a really bad look. I thought he may have been humbled by his past failures but apparently not.
He must have some kind of history with the reporter. Either way, how does he think that behavior benefits him at all?
That almost seemed like AI. But, I dunno. I'm not going to jump on the anti-James bandwagon here. I seem to recall him doing something similar when he started at PSU. When he said "hi" or asked a reporter how they were doing, he told them he liked to get a response. I guess it was so it felt more like a conversation instead of people just throwing questions at him. This reporter could have simply replied, "Hi James" and that would have been the end of it. Once the VT reporters catch on, it won't be a problem.
As an aside, take a look at this schedule. He has a reasonable chance of going 8-4 or 9-3 in his first year there. At SMU and at Miami are the only 2 "guaranteed" losses.
2026 Virginia Tech Football Schedule | FBSchedules.com
View the 2026 Virginia Tech Football Schedule at FBSchedules.com. The Hokies football schedule includes opponents, date, time, and TV.
fbschedules.com
The reporter literally started his question with "hey Coach". Did he have to say it again after James said it? James is a loser.
Can we just Nuke all the JF threads. It is so much nicer that he is not here anymore.
#subjectlinesmatter
I only opened this thread by accident, myself. I’m tired of the FHFCJF bashing but after the high expectations going into last season, people are going to hold on to their anger and disappointment, human nature.
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