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

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[BuckBackHome]

You guys just don’t get his master plan.

First - Hire Knowles to run the defense.

Second - Lose to Oregon during the regular season.

Third - Suffer second loss at the end of the season to their biggest rival.

Fourth - Destroy everyone on their way to a National Championship.

He’s playing 4D chess while the rest of us are…you know!

He may not be original, but you can’t doubt his success so far;-)

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

So... I watched most of the game. Not all.
Was there a bad coaching blunder on Franklin's part?

The decision to let Allar even attempt a pass in OT comes to mind. And I'm not talking end arounds that are technically passes.

 

[BB73]

The decision to let Allar even attempt a pass in OT comes to mind. And I'm not talking end arounds that are technically passes.

I was thinking of re-watching that flip in slo-motion on the OT TD, I think it might have been a lateral that shouldn’t count as a TD pass for him.

 

[1926Buckeyes]

So... I watched most of the game. Not all.
Was there a bad coaching blunder on Franklin's part?

Nothing in particular, but he continually constructs carbon copies of past failed teams. This year it’s that much worse because they paid to return a lot of the offense and hired the defending NC’s DC.

Thought they’d at least be a really good running team but don’t even have inflated stats after playing 3 terrible teams to start the season. 62nd in offense and 53rd in rushing offense with 2 of the best RBs returning. Their offense only works is if Allar is running draws and scrambling while hitting his 2 big passes of the game.

They’ll be a pain in the ass to play, but look worse than last year. Warren and Carter ran last year’s team and trying to go all in without them just magnifies Franklin’s recruiting failures and the holes in the coaching staff.