James “not elite” Franklin (HC Penn St. Nittany Lions)

[malibuspeedrace]

Curious to hear where he feels they are in the average - good - great - elite progression

 

[ScriptOhio]

Does the 9OT loss at home to a 23.5 point underdog make it more likely that:

1) Franklin will want to bail and try for the LSU or USC job?

2) neither LSU or USC will want him now?

3) Ped State fans will have another melt down?

4) all the above

 

[Crump's brother]

Can't wait for Clemson vs Ped State in the Belk bowl.

 

[gmen6981]

Nothing like throwing your wounded QB under the bus there Jimmy. What a douche.

 

[Buckeye86]

Nothing like throwing your wounded QB under the bus there Jimmy. What a douche.

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Real smart coaching move to throw him out there against Illinois less than 100% so that he can continue to be limited in practice going to Columbus.

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Real smart coaching move to throw him out there against Illinois less than 100% so that he can continue to be limited in practice going to Columbus.

4-D chess

 

[gregorylee]

USC looking pretty good!

 

[gmen6981]

Real smart coaching move to throw him out there against Illinois less than 100% so that he can continue to be limited in practice going to Columbus.

As bad as Roberson looked against Iowa, I can't believe that they couldn't come up with some kind of game plan for him with two weeks to work on it. The kid actually has some wheels.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Not elite

 

[BB73]

Nothing like throwing your wounded QB under the bus there Jimmy. What a douche.

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He figured that Bert throwing his OL under the bus worked for Illinois, so …

 

[NFBuck]

Not elite

Checks out.

 

[MGMT]

Can we please change the thread title to Jimmy Franklin? I have no specific reason but at this point I feel like he should just be referenced as Jimmy Franklin.

 

[CincyInterloper]

Can we please change the thread title to Jimmy Franklin? I have no specific reason but at this point I feel like he should just be referenced as Jimmy Franklin.

I like it, but I think he needs a nickname in the middle. Like maybe "Jimmy 'Still Working on Good' Franklin"? I'm sure somebody else can come up with something better involving a combination of cults, losing, moxie, doing it the "right way", Federal investigations, and conspiracies. I mean, there's a lot to work with here.

 

[Jaxbuck]

Jimmy "not elite" Franklin

I always try to keep it simple and to the point

 

[Buckeye86]

“No talent required” is also a fun Franklin slogan, although I agree “not elite” is the simplest and most direct nickname that conveys his essence the most succinctly.