Classless James Franklin of PSU

[Scarlet Haze]

After beating Pitt on Saturday this was his quote:

James Franklin: “I know last year beating us for them was like the Super Bowl. This was just like beating Akron for us.”

What a total jerk and a man with no class he is.

 

[Dpgru]

C'mon man, after all - "they are - Penn state"

 

[madchuck]

A jerk who's going to hang 60 on us.

 

[Plum Street]

Last I checked dude was a college football coach. Not some noble squeaky clean profession.
Would love to have a coach at Rutgers with no class and getting to the rose bowl

 

[TM514]

And Akron will probably beat Eastern Michigan...sigh

 

[madchuck]

After beating Pitt on Saturday this was his quote:

James Franklin: “I know last year beating us for them was like the Super Bowl. This was just like beating Akron for us.”

What a total jerk and a man with no class he is.

I'd rather have a coach with some swagger. Just beat people to sleep. Instead of a coach who has to "watch film" and say we "didn't execute." How many friggin times are we going to not "execute."

 

[PSU_Nut]

After beating Pitt on Saturday this was his quote:

James Franklin: “I know last year beating us for them was like the Super Bowl. This was just like beating Akron for us.”

What a total jerk and a man with no class he is.

Do you know the context of why he said that? He said it because That is how he approaches every game. A major topic this week has been how each team approached the game. Pitt chose to make no players or assistant coaches available to the media because it a big game. Franklin was asked several times about it. He said they approach every game the same way weather it was Akron, Pitt or the big ten championship. This week he will say Georgia State is the biggest game of the year. It his version on the going 1-0. He not going to change how they prepare. Pitt made it out to be a big deal. They even had coaches tweeting out key chains they made with last year score. The didn't do that for Clemson games. In a short quote like that I sure it rubbed many wrong. I have no problem with it in context of what he has said previously.

 

[GSGS]

Gotta love the way Franklin is so even keeled. Nothing fazes this guy. Akron as versus Pitt, girl rape vs. boy rape, it is all the same to Franklin.

 

[Randal7]

We added another "F Penn state" to the gameday tradition. Now not only is it the 3rd down medley, it also fits the chorus during sweet Caroline.

Oh and Joe Knew.

 

[Scarlet Haze]

Do you know the context of why he said that? He said it because That is how he approaches every game. A major topic this week has been how each team approached the game. Pitt chose to make no players or assistant coaches available to the media because it a big game. Franklin was asked several times about it. He said they approach every game the same way weather it was Akron, Pitt or the big ten championship. This week he will say Georgia State is the biggest game of the year. It his version on the going 1-0. He not going to change how they prepare. Pitt made it out to be a big deal. They even had coaches tweeting out key chains they made with last year score. The didn't do that for Clemson games. In a short quote like that I sure it rubbed many wrong. I have no problem with it in context of what he has said previously.

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I disagree. If he had just said "This was just like beating Akron for us." then you would be right...however when he compared it insultingly to Pitt by saying “I know last year beating us for them was like the Super Bowl." followed by "This was just like beating Akron for us." as the next sentence it is a clear dig at Pitt from a classless sore winner.

 

[PSU_Nut]

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I disagree. If he had just said "This was just like beating Akron for us." then you would be right...however when he compared it insultingly to Pitt by saying “I know last year beating us for them was like the Super Bowl." followed by "This was just like beating Akron for us." as the next sentence it is a clear dig at Pitt from a classless sore winner.

So he is classless for telling the truth? You may not like it but is all he did. Pitt treated it like their super bowl even having coaches tweet out things like this about the game last year.

 

[newell138]

gotta agree with PSU nut on this one, if the pitt coaches are going to give it out they should expect to get it back. The key chain seems a bit much, then again it could have been made by a fan, not the team.

 

[Caliknight]

In fairness, USC beating Penn St. was like beating Fresno St. to them. It goes both ways.

 

[jason21psu]

gotta agree with PSU nut on this one, if the pitt coaches are going to give it out they should expect to get it back. The key chain seems a bit much, then again it could have been made by a fan, not the team.

It was a coach that tweeted it:

 

[ScarletKid2008]

If we only win one game this year ... I pray to God that game is PSU! I hate them and their fan base so much , nothing would make me happier than winning that game , in their house !

 

[rurahrah000]

We need to stop with this PSU nonsense. We have much bigger issues.

 

[Knight Shift]

A jerk who's going to hang 60 on us.

Sometimes wonder if you are truly a RU fan, or a PSU fan masquerading here.

 

[bac2therac]

its about winning

 

[RocktheRac]

Sometimes wonder if you are truly a RU fan, or a PSU fan masquerading here.

60? I was thinking 80

 

[sherepower]

So he is classless for telling the truth? You may not like it but is all he did. Pitt treated it like their super bowl even having coaches tweet out things like this about the game last year.

You Ped st fans are something else. Pitt had more yards, more time of possessions and a much younger team and hung toe to toe with your team yesterday. Losing the turnover battle and bad field position was the reason you beat Pitt.

Any coach with class would of said Pitt played a good game and good luck in the ACC. Only a moron and a tool would say something like that after a hard fought game. He fits right in with a fan base who's football program is more important than protecting kids from a serial rapist who was a coach.

Look at Narduzzi's post game interview. He has class. Your coach is a peice of garbage. The fact you are making excuses for that moron says a lot about you. Not surprising coming from that cesspool of a fan base.

As for the key chain. You failed to bring up the fact. When Franklin was first hired. He said how he was going to dominate the state lol Pathetic

 

[JBDLion]

As for the key chain. You failed to bring up the fact. When Franklin was first hired. He said how he was going to dominate the state lol Pathetic

You failed to bring up the fact that the "Dominate the State" response was to a question about his recruiting strategy. It is no different than Rutgers saying they're going to "Fence the Garden" or the "wall" that Wannestedt was going to build around the WPIAL. People read way too much into that comment. He's also backed it up on the recruiting trail but that's another discussion.

 

[anvilofstars]

60? I was thinking 80

Hopefully we score once against them.

 

[dconifer]

Personally, those kind of comments don't bother me. I kind of like it better than coach-speak actually. And the context makes it even less abrasive than it sounds.

The Texas coach said something about the game in Austin being "Maryland's Super Bowl" last week after getting battered on the field. While in that instance it probably *was* passive-aggressive coach-speak, I thought it was nothing more than entertaining...

 

[dconifer]

You failed to bring up the fact that the "Dominate the State" response was to a question about his recruiting strategy. It is no different than Rutgers saying they're going to "Fence the Garden" or the "wall" that Wannestedt was going to build around the WPIAL. People read way too much into that comment. He's also backed it up on the recruiting trail but that's another discussion.

I have no problem with Franklin's panache. I kind of like it. But LOL at trying to spin this remark, made in Maryland:

"I consider this in-state. I consider New Jersey in-state," Franklin told the crowd. While there are other schools in the region, "they might as well shut them down because they don't have a chance."

 

[MGSA99]

He can say it because he is right.

 

[JBDLion]

I have no problem with Franklin's panache. I kind of like it. But LOL at trying to spin this remark, made in Maryland:

"I consider this in-state. I consider New Jersey in-state," Franklin told the crowd. While there are other schools in the region, "they might as well shut them down because they don't have a chance."

Two different quotes at two different times. "Dominate the State" was his opening press conference at PSU in response to recruiting. The "in-state" dig was to boosters at a PSU event. I was only referencing the first one that Pitt fans like to take offense to out of context.

 

[RU4Real]

I'm usually a pretty upright guy when it comes to sportsmanship and whatnot, but... If something were to accidentally happen to Franklin on the sideline, I wouldn't be terribly upset about it. The guy is a total c*nt.

 

[dconifer]

Two different quotes at two different times. "Dominate the State" was his opening press conference at PSU in response to recruiting. The "in-state" dig was to boosters at a PSU event. I was only referencing the first one that Pitt fans like to take offense to out of context.

Cool, thanks. I mis-knew about that quote, LOL. Like I said, I really don't have a problem with it anyway. And there's certainly nothing wrong with saying "dominate the state" about one's own state...

 

[Caliknight]

These are the type of quotes that Penn St fans and coaches used to go ape sh*t over when Miami did it.

Now they celebrate it.

 

[1873]

He's a worthless douche, rape enabler, racist. Perfect fit for Boy Lover State.

 

[Scarlet Craig]

A jerk who's going to hang 60 on us.

They could score 100. I don't care. Their institution and it's fans tacitly endorse child rape as long as football isn't impacted in any way. This will never change.

I don't even acknowledge this game any more because it shouldn't even be occurring.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

What's with the "unrivaled"?

"Unrivaled in covering-up for and continuing to employ child rapists"??

 

[RUpop]

After seeing this I don't know how any football fan could have a problem with what Franklin said. Payback is a bitch!!

It was a coach that tweeted it:

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[RUnTeX]

The guy is a total c*nt.

Interesting in that he looks like a penis head at the same time.

 

[BIGRUBIGDBIGredmachine]

I can't stand Franklin and think even worse of JoeKnew U, but damn I'd have no problem with an RU coach saying that if we could....

 

[RU96inNC]

C'mon man, after all - "they are - Penn state"

Not a PSU fan in the LEAST! But, was this taken out of context? A bit of a backhanded slap to the PITT team. He was

Do you know the context of why he said that? He said it because That is how he approaches every game. A major topic this week has been how each team approached the game. Pitt chose to make no players or assistant coaches available to the media because it a big game. Franklin was asked several times about it. He said they approach every game the same way weather it was Akron, Pitt or the big ten championship. This week he will say Georgia State is the biggest game of the year. It his version on the going 1-0. He not going to change how they prepare. Pitt made it out to be a big deal. They even had coaches tweeting out key chains they made with last year score. The didn't do that for Clemson games. In a short quote like that I sure it rubbed many wrong. I have no problem with it in context of what he has said previously.

I was going to say the same thing. And, to be honest, no team should prepare any differently from week to week. Obviously, RU needs to learn this characteristic!

 

[DJ Spanky]

Interesting in that he looks like a penis head at the same time.

I thought this was more appropriate:

 

[JCKnight]

These PSU threads always make me laugh...also laughed when many posters here said they would much prefer to have Drew M as the OC than a former FCS level head coach named MoreHead...that went well
For us...and which posters constantly said that Franklin hadn't beaten anyone? What i wouldn't give to have a coach with his pedigree leading us to some victories these days

 

[madchuck]

Gotta love the way Franklin is so even keeled. Nothing fazes this guy. Akron as versus Pitt, girl rape vs. boy rape, it is all the same to Franklin.

LOL

 

[madchuck]

Sometimes wonder if you are truly a RU fan, or a PSU fan masquerading here.

I am an RU fan. I'm just a realist.