James, you can stop posting, Va Tech hired you!
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It can't be harder than recruiting to Indiana. And as mentioned, he was able to recruit a starting NFL QB and RB on the same team and couldn't do better than 9-3. He's no better than Franklin. I had to admit that I was wrong about him about 5 years ago.
Does sound like a family member
I will say this about Terry, he has immediately identified lingering problems like a defense too complicated, that doesnt blitz, an O line that really needed to be challenged, and pushing the ball downfield in the pass game. Now, these are not revelatory concepts to a fan of the program under Franklin, but being honest about them and showing pretty stark improvements in all categories has been very refreshing.
Pate, like the rest of the media, don't think penn state should aspire to something better, ever. Now if OSU's coach lost the 3 games Franklin did, even Pate would call for his head.
Also cut down on the trick plays that didn't work like last year.
Wrong. Of the realistic possibilities, I want Bob Chesney (JMU)
I have never been to Baton Rouge. I was at Ole Miss in September for a game. Oxford is a nice small college town. Closest bigger city would be Memphis, TN (North of Oxford, about 70 miles?).
My son & his friends attended LSU vs Bama game a few years ago on Baton Rouge. Said it wasn't a very nice town but loved the tail gating and stadium atmosphere on campus.
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Like, worse than losing to Oregon in OT this year? Or ND in the playoff last year? Or to OSU every year??? Or UCLA, NW, and Iowa???
If true, pretty bold stand by Ole Miss. They know if he's set on leaving they have get to work on a new hire.
I don’t think they’ll be able to do better; Ole Miss was always going to be a stop on the Lane Kiffin ‘rebuilding the brand’ tour after Alabama OC and FAU. Remember he flamed out in Tennessee and USC.
If I were Kiffin, I would not go to LSU. That is a mess with them involved in litigation regarding the Kelley contract and the governor's interference. I wouldn't trust that group.
Probably not but they have to get a coach quickly and perhaps Golesh, Key, or Lea would be interested. Man, how low life would it be if Kiffin left Ole Miss before the Egg Bowl and CFP.
It’s like people didn’t live through the 2011 shitstorm. Now, that was the program version of DEFCON 1. Yes, we’ll probably lose some current players and recruits with the loss of Vince Lombardi, but the dramatically different team restocking environment via the portal means these losses can be quickly mitigated. We’ll make a good hire and life will go on. Kids want a big stage - we’ve got one of the biggest and we’re in Big Media’s backyard.
******* relax
******* relax
I hear you, but it’s very possible Kiffin could win a national championship at LSU, despite the current mess and cast of duplicitous characters there.
With this behavior , you can guarantee he doesn’t use tongs !
Kids want to play in the National Playoff and have a shot at playing for the whole enchilada - that is the "big stage". Your dreaming if you think kids are going to be flocking to play at PSU, especially given the names left on the list after all the contract extensions (latest being Elko). Laughable that all these elite NIL Portal X-Fers are going to chose PSU over duhO$U, Indiana, aTm, UGa..... etc, etc, etc.....
PSU has just obliterated their 2026 roster and put it completely in the wind and the only shot any new $12 million a year man will have is to bring people he has already recruited and tie their success to him, with him.
I know a coach who coached into his 80s, and won a Big Championship in his 80s.
Yes I can hear the excuses now. “Missou doesn’t have the talent to compete with conference teams with winning records —>”We don’t have the talent to compete with OSU and Michigan”
Exactly coaching searches are hard. Also it’s right in the middle of the season which is a terrible time. It’s hard for any team. Even the 1-5 teams.
Agree and we’re on Page 60
We could make this the next MOAT (mother of all threads) kind of like that Sandusky one on the old BWI board that just wouldn’t die.
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Chesney would be a home run. CC took his entire team to Indiana and all dude did was straight up do every bit as good as him and go 11-1.
I missed it…how many Big10 games did Franklin win this year? Best roster ever and he managed three unimpressive wins against high school teams.
Frankin proved that…is a lot easier now when extra games are played.
You mean the players who could not beat UCLA (with 48 hours to prepare)? Mighty Northwestern at home? Yeah, we’ll be fine.
I’d think of it less of what is perceived as an upgrade more that a change is needed. We weren’t going past the next step with JF. 12 years, it ran its course, who is to say Drink or another candidate isn’t better. After all, Franklin came from Vandy and wasn’t a considered a home run tier coach. Whoever the next guy is should be given his shot. It was time, whether it works out or not with the next guy. A risk needed to be taken.