Should Penn State fans be upset with James Franklin after another loss to Ohio State? | College Football Enquirer
Yahoo Sports national columnist Dan Wetzel and senior college sports reporter Ross Dellenger discuss if Penn State fans should be upset with head coach James Franklin after losing to Ohio State. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Enquirer” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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James Franklin John with the two fans who are hanging over the railing at him and you kind of hear him say something like, uh, well, what's your name?
You know, if you're gonna talk, what's your name?
And the fans obviously don't give their name.
They, they turn their back at one of them at least and walked away.
But then you, then he goes down the tunnel and you can hear the booze and then a couple of fire Franklin's, the fans are just flooding out, right?
And, and the things you overhear as fans are flooding out is truly worth, you know, a book uh through the years as you hear the losing fans file out, but this one included things like um figure it out.
Franklin Penn State fans are, they just had that look on the face as they were walking out of another one, like another one where we were, we felt this close, but we don't have that extra gear specifically offensively to do it.
But how the game ended was so indicative they're down on the goal line and they get four cracks inside the three yard line and run the ball three straight times of the middle and, and it just, it's just over and over the same movie over and over.
They go to 11 and one, they're in line for the 678 seed, probably to host a playoff game.
But when you see them play against Ohio State at home and they do what they did.
It's hard to see that team without, again, the explosiveness on the outside, uh, winning the national title or even winning more than one playoff game.
You get a pick six and you get a fumble out of the end zone.
That's 14 points.
You got a 14 point swing there now, maybe Ohio State punts it down instead of the pick six and you, you know, you stop and you get points, but that is, you get 14 points on a team like Ohio State that you can't beat.
You have to win the game, you have to win that football game.