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The comical part is a large number of their big X mouthpieces claim the school and donors were already withholding money from Franklin because they wanted more portal splash so it was a catch 22 that built on itself over 3 years that saw them drop from 3rd in budget and 3rd in NIL to 5th in budget and 7th in NIL for this season in the Big10. Expecting Championships on a Purposefully Hamstrung Budget yet they also try to claim they gave Franklin everything he asked for.
Not once did they attempt to outspend or out NIL Ohio State and Michigan. Franklin went 1-15 against Top 5 teams at PSU. He beat Ohio State once in 2016. Twelve of his fifteen losses to Top 5 teams were to.....Ohio State and Michigan. Two of his other Top 5 losses were to Notre Dame in last year's Semifinals and 2024 lost to #1 Oregon. Both of those teams last year had larger budgets and higher NIL. Franklin lost one time to a team with lesser budget and lower NIL. That was in 2021 to #2 Iowa.
Franklin's record against Top 10 teams at PSU was 4-21 so he went 3-6 against teams 6 through 10. Those 6 losses were to Michigan (2x), Ohio State, Oregon (this season), Michigan State, and USC. Once again meaning four of his six losses were to teams with higher budgets and more NIL with a fifth a question mark as loss to USC was pre-portal and pre-NIL.
Two or three times losing to a Top 10 team with a lesser budget/NIL total.
He was 11-7 at PSU against teams 11 through 25.
Franklin was 6-8 in games against Top 25 teams when Penn State was the higher ranked team.
Not great overall but clearly the Big Game James moniker had resourcing as a big factor compared to his opponents.
If there was ever a school/coach combination where guys were committed exclusively to the school and not the coach, it would be Brian Kelly and LSU
Should be plaid. I had class with JGW senior year. Solid dude.
Did time prove you right?
Did not know that. To me, this explains it. He will adjust, get more acquainted and improve. In theory.....yes.
Hiter hasn't signed yet. He's almost 2 hours late.
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Commits to Tech
Tech fires Pry
Flips to Penn State
They fire Franklin
Flips to Auburn
They fire Freeze
Flips to Penn State
They dont even have a coach
Added some key context at the end
Just signed with Michigan unfortunately.
A couple aspects I think he is still adjusting to is the actual lane and the 3 point distance.
In Euro leagues they use the lane that has nearly twice the width of a college basketball floor. This forces defenders to move farther away from the hoop more frequently leaving more space in the paint to operate offensively. Neo coming from that background I believe is more uncomfortable with how packed in a college lane gets.
The 3 point line in Euro is two feet less than NCAA. 20 feet versus 22 feet. Thats a significant adjustment to make.
70% bag, 30% telling him he could play both ways
Which is shocking because he is garbage.
Reminds me of when a previous boss of mine asked me if a guy was worth the salary he was demanding, and I said "no", so my company didn't match.
Hopefully Franklin will be diligent in use of NIL funds to get us the best team on the field for the money we have.
As the TKP boat trailer expert, unless the previous owner had a major issue with the wheel bearings while towing, the spindles should be fine. The lugs are merely going through the hub and enough rust over the years will eat those up. I've broken off a few.
I just changed a hub on my axle and it took 15 minutes. Would have taken 10, except the hub was stuck on and I had to pound it off. You said your back won't let you work on it, are you up for paying someone to do it?
You're not thinking about it like they probably would. They get massive donations, and some of it may have been pressure from donors to can him right away or they would pull money. I mean, it's not like it was a lost game here and there over a season, it was three in a row. Even if you say they are well-run, it doesn't stop donors from driving decisions, especially big time donors. It's hard to try to rationalize this scenario when they likely did something like, as a group, called up and said, "you know how all of us pledged a total of $200 million over the next few years? Yeah, fire Franklin TODAY, or that all goes away."
I see you said college player-coach. Ignore me
Well ACTUALLY- it has happened at least once when Cumberland College played GT in 2016 in the 222-0 game.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Cumberland_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Allen
It's wikipedia so a few #s aren't perfect in it but I corrected in the excerpts
Some excerpts:
In 1916, Allen served as head football coach for Cumberland College Bulldogs in Lebanon, Tennessee, for one game, during which his alma mater Cumberland University suffered the greatest loss in the history of college football to Georgia Tech by a score of 222 to 0.[6][7]
A favorite is his account of the Georgia Tech-Cumberland U. football game in 1916. Cumberland's fullback and captain, George Allen himself, made the best run of the game for his hard pressed side: "I only lost six yards." He would have made one beautiful punt if his own center had not blocked it with the back of his neck. George recalls: "I once dropped the ball and yelled at another fellow: 'Pick it up.' He yelled back at me, 'Pick it up yourself, you dropped it.'" The score: Tech, 222; Cumberland, 0.
Sportswriter Grantland Rice wrote, "Cumberland's greatest individual play of the game occurred when fullback Allen circled right end for a 6-yard loss."[5][8] At halftime, Heisman reportedly told his players, "You're doing all right, team, we're ahead. But you just can't tell what those Cumberland players have up their sleeves. They may spring a surprise. Be alert, men! Hit 'em clean, but hit 'em hard!" However, even Heisman relented, and shortened the third and fourth quarters from 15 minutes to 12
Box scores are spotty an variable but below are estimates:
26 rushes for 522 yards(ypc just over 20-would've been more but for 15 Cumberland turnovers and also the punt and kickoff teams gave them awesome field position by having returns of 220 yards total for each;
Cumberland returned the ensuing kick-off to its own 10, but on the first play from scrimmage there was a fumble. Tech Halfback Guill scooped up the ball and ran into the end zone for a second touchdown. Preas kicked the extra point.
The pattern continued for two more touchdowns. Georgia Tech would kick off, Cumberland would try futilely to gain, Tech would take over and score with insulting ease. Behind 28-0, Cumberland shifted strategy. Instead of receiving, they would kick off, forcing Georgia Tech deep into its own territory. On the first such attempt the kickoff was returned 70 yards to the Cumberland 10. It took two plays to put the ball across the goal line. The next Cumberland kick-off was returned to Tech's 40. On the first play from scrimmage Everett Strupper went 60 yards for another touchdown, Jim Preas kicked his sixth extra point and Georgia Tech led 42-0. Cumberland kicked off again. Its defenses stiffened, and Georgia Tech needed three plays to move 65 yards to another touchdown.
Cumberland went back to receiving. They failed to gain, punted and watched Strupper return the ball 45 yards for six more points. Cumberland went back to kicking off. Spence returned the kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown, and the quarter ended with Georgia Tech leading 63-0.
In the second quarter Cumberland numbly gave up kicking off and took comfort in holding the ball as long as possible between touchdowns. In no case did that interval last very long for Cumberland never made a first down, and Tech never needed more than two plays to reach the Cumberland end zone. Sometimes it took fewer. With Georgia Tech leading 105-0, Preas kicked off to Gouger, who fumbled. Preas picked up the ball, ran for the touchdown and then made the extra point. The half ended with the score 126-0.
Even then GT didn't pass- zero attempts!
"Late for NOT being pregnant..."
yeah, and I think Franklin mentioned this at the press conference today "LSU fired their coach and kept their 4 and 5 star recruits who are coming regardless of who the coach is, we are not there yet"
Rumor is WVU dropped a huge NIL bag that Pitt and VT weren't willing/able to match
Yes, his court vision is impressive. Even more so when you see the other guards missing the cutters that would be dunks. For a guy his size though, he doesn't play through contact well or try to. I am not saying he needs to just put his head down and blindly take it to the rim, but I would like to see more attempts to finish at run than pull up his dribble 6ft away.
I can't think of a more unlucky recruit in history.
Commits to Tech
Tech fires Pry
Flips to Penn State
They fire Franklin
Flips to Auburn
They fire Freeze
Flips to Penn State
...
So he wasn't committed enough to Franklin to follow him, or Penn St. to see who their next coach might be? 🤔
Does Tech have a lot more good safeties with lots of eligibility left compared to WVU or something? Do we think they offered more money? It's not really opportunity to play both ways is it??!?
Agreed, agreed.
I agree, Gurdak looks better when he is on the floor
Sorry if we didn't flip the other two there's no chance we got Hiter. If he flips I'd bet Tennessee