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Its also more exciting than watching Virginia Tech football actually play this year
congrats! (on both)
Carilion just got another large donation for it's new cancer center https://www.wdbj7.com/2025/10/28/carilion-clinic-surpasses-100m-fundrais...
They also received approval for a new Kidney transplant center https://cardinalnews.org/2025/05/09/carilion-receives-state-approval-for...
Amtrak service to NRV to start in 2027 https://vapassengerrailauthority.org/projects/nrvproject/#details Makes for an easy ride back and forth.
His agent didn't say "four other schools." 07Hokie said that, but I don't think that's Jimmy Sexton's account.
Why are we so desperate to poke holes in these rumors?
That there's competition for one of the top coaches on the market is neither surprising nor is it evidence of his lack of interest in us.
I never saw a replay, but that seemed like a questionable call. I think the contact happened before he really possessed the ball.
Fair point! I didn't realize PSUs hospital was in Hershey, which is 2 hours away and isn't really different from having to get from Blacksburg to Charlottesville for quality care.
pretty impressive on the return that ended up not being a return, one of the DL was out front with Tremaine kind of show boating and Tremaine had to point out Flacco hauling ass to get there so he'd pick up the block
The rumour mill is good for both Franklin and Virginia Tech.
But it's far short of an announcement or a deal.
I have no idea, but by all accounts Franklin can be petty. What better way to get at PSU than go in conference and start beating them every year
Why? Why move on? No deal from a currently employed coach is going to be finalized until the season ends.
Exactly. We're Christmas shopping in August right now. We should jump on a deal if we get the chance, but there is no need to be panicky about anything at the moment.
Another one... I'm just gonna wait and ignore the noise at this point.. pic.twitter.com/LIg42WwTVq— B.A.G. 👑🦃 (@BeamerGarage) November 3, 2025
This is more of a "i've heard" that I'd expect they've heard what we've all heard
Went to Charleston, SC to have (and do) our daughter's wedding. Wife planned the entire event and it went flawlessly. I helped a lot, but she deserves the credit. Our new SIL is a great guy and our daughter (and us) are lucky he's a part of the family now.
On Thursday before the wedding we played Shadowmoss so the guys could get a break. Everyone was starting the back nine that day. On the 17th hole (8th hole of the round) I hit a great drive cutting the corner and then choked the 2nd shot for 80 yds into the right rough, but I still have a shot from there. 175 yards out. Hit my 5 hybrid and its right at the cup. See it bounce, but could not see much of the green or the bottom of the pin. Figured I'm on in regulation. Grass is Bermuda. Get to the green, no ball on green. OK, there was a decent wind from behind me so I figure it bounced over (pin was in the back). I go behind the green and am looking in 2-3 inch Bermuda, which will swallow a ball - so you have to be right on top of it to find it. Its busy that day, so as I am looking (took a while) Nick (SIL) and his best man (Jake) finish up. Jake sinks his putt and goes to get it. My Ball is under his in the cup. EAGLE! My third in my life.
Golf game is getting better, but I keep hurting myself (life happens) and have had to recuperate each time - which takes away from my plans. To be continued...
Not really that different from central PA though
He can mess with Penn State by going to VT. He doesn't need to degrade himself by going to Maryland.
This is true. We can also continue to look.
But the odds of it happening go way down if Franklin is waiting around for his dream offer. That's more of a mutual interest than an agreement.
I mean, I think you're right - we should continue discussions (if there are even discussions) but I also think we need to draw a line in the sand. If Franklin has other suitors we need to determine what he's actually worth to us and lay that out for him. If it's not good enough for him then he knows where we stand and we focus on other coaches. If he goes after other opportunities and doesn't get what he wants and comes crawling back to us to agree to what we've laid out for him then great. What I don't want to happen is for us to act desperate and just give him everything he asks for regardless of whether it makes sense for us.
We can set the final offer out for him that is agreeable to us and continue discussions with other coaches. We don't have to flat out tell him no or shutdown the negotiations but if he's going to play hardball and leverage us and other institutions against each other we just need to make it clear what we're willing to offer and also (soft skill) send the message to him that we don't need him and we'll find another coach if he doesn't agree to what we're offering.
Sounds to me like he knows where Franklin's going and it's not Auburn. Doesn't mean he's right, and doesn't mean we are or aren't getting him, but as far as college football coaching rumors go, it's not nothing.
I don't know that I buy that. That sounds like agent bs. If he had that many schools interested in him, and let's assume some were high profile SEC jobs, I don't even think we would have gotten anywhere near this far in discussions. Truthfully, I think he doesn't have many options/the options he and his agent thought he might have, and Sexton is trying to generate smoke to get us to pay more and more.
Any smart agent wouldn't be saying "four other schools", which is tantamount to "I'm not all that interested".
We're so used to getting big dogged that we'd rather preemptively remove ourselves from contract negotiations to make sure we don't get publicly rejected.
I keep seeing Maryland pop up...aren't they like notably completely broke?
Just gonna make some guesses:
Auburn
Florida
Maryland (just to fuck with Penn State if he goes there)
LSU
Why? Why move on? No deal from a currently employed coach is going to be finalized until the season ends. We can and should continue to pursue other coaches until Franklin tells us no. Unless you want Pat Fitzgerald or Jimbo Fisher (god, I just threw up in my mouth typing that) there is zero point to moving on from Franklin today.
Interested in Chesney? Go interview him. Ask him about who he would hire, his recruiting strategy, his salary expectations, NIL expectations, etc.
And at the same time, continue negotiating with Franklin. If you get an agreement, great. If you don't, then you haven't lost any momentum.
Agreed. We can't afford to be a part of a bidding war, time to look at guys like Bob Chesney.
Amtrak?
With the money we'll be investing into him, don't be surprised if he ends up having a personal jet or helicopter for those trips, and the cost being baked into the contract.