Big time..,
Joe’s last years where he had lost his fastball…vs when Franklin should be in his prime…and I never say thru an embarrassment like I did last week at any point of Paterno’s tenure.
Franklin vs. Harbaugh
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Mind you...I like the prospect of having Singleton on the backfield, but not sure if we can run the ball. I need to see improvement in our OL run blocking schemes.
From Franklin's comments Tangell will likely be playing next year, so there is that and who knows what the transfer portal holds, but with a relatively new OL coach and OC, why would expect it to be earlier?
You happened to conveniently forget Iowa 6 - PSU 4
LOL, then Franklin can start looking for another OL coach and Taut can update his resume cause no one is waiting for 2-3 more years to possibly contribute.
Maybe but we gave up 10 points. If you want to point to bad coaching on the offensive side of that game, fine. But if we score a few points, our offense can force them to start to throw the ball.
Not his finest hour of course, but that Iowa team was much better than Illinois 2021.
Joe lost his mojo in the latter years. Putting his son and Galen in charge of offense was evidence of that. Love the man and sat around the 40 yard line for the 1986 Nat Champ game. But he shoulda retired maybe 5-6 years before the BoT threw him under the bus.
Yeah, but that Iowa team wound up at 10-2 that year. Something tells me that this year's version of the Illini will fall short of that.
Hope u enjoy maybe this year and maybe next year but osu will be like Clemson eventually no urban anymore and day will find out that the nfl will come calling to get him out of the mess he’ll make at osu
Hate to break it to you, but OSU has only had 2 losing seasons since the mid 1960s - 1989 and 2011 (when they were 6-7). That's under multiple coaches. Will they continue their current run ? No. But they are no Clemson who's had spurts here and there
I think CJF should stay. I want to him to stay. Because I don't think you will find anyone better who will give you what you want. For everyone who wants him to leave, none of you can guarantee the next guy will have a better record or beat OSU regularly as you all seem to think will happen. Because it simply hasn't happened.
Looking at the records of the other programs against OSU since CJF got here, MSU has 1 win, Michigan has 0, Maryland has 0, Rutgers has 0, Indiana has 0. On the other side, Wisconsin has 0, Minnesota has 0, Iowa has 1, Northwestern has 0, Purdue has 1, Nebraska has 0, Illinois has 0. So, realistically, PSU has done as well as anyone against OSU. And, without delving deep into the history of each matchup, I would venture to guess PSU, since CJF has gotten here, has played OSU tougher than most other BIG programs.
I mentioned in another post that since CJF's arrival in 2014, OSU is one of the Big 5 in CFB, along with Bama, Georgia, Clemson and Oklahoma. It's just really aggravating that one of the Big 5 is right in PSU's backyard.
I would agree with anyone who says that CJF has lost a game (or two) each year that he should not. THAT is certainly the maddening aspect of his tenure so far. When OSU loses (which is rare) they don't lose again in the regular season. I would also agree with anyone who says that CJF sometimes makes bad coaching decisions during a game. Almost every coach does, or will.
So, unless one of you guys who wants him to leave can guarantee the next guy will be able to do better than CJF, and that every coaching decisions he makes will be perfect and every game he coaches will be a cakewalk, I really don't see what you see in getting a new guy on the sideline.
Looking at the records of the other programs against OSU since CJF got here, MSU has 1 win, Michigan has 0, Maryland has 0, Rutgers has 0, Indiana has 0. On the other side, Wisconsin has 0, Minnesota has 0, Iowa has 1, Northwestern has 0, Purdue has 1, Nebraska has 0, Illinois has 0. So, realistically, PSU has done as well as anyone against OSU. And, without delving deep into the history of each matchup, I would venture to guess PSU, since CJF has gotten here, has played OSU tougher than most other BIG programs.
I mentioned in another post that since CJF's arrival in 2014, OSU is one of the Big 5 in CFB, along with Bama, Georgia, Clemson and Oklahoma. It's just really aggravating that one of the Big 5 is right in PSU's backyard.
I would agree with anyone who says that CJF has lost a game (or two) each year that he should not. THAT is certainly the maddening aspect of his tenure so far. When OSU loses (which is rare) they don't lose again in the regular season. I would also agree with anyone who says that CJF sometimes makes bad coaching decisions during a game. Almost every coach does, or will.
So, unless one of you guys who wants him to leave can guarantee the next guy will be able to do better than CJF, and that every coaching decisions he makes will be perfect and every game he coaches will be a cakewalk, I really don't see what you see in getting a new guy on the sideline.
Of course, much of that time was playing a cushy BIg10 schedule (Big10 was annual laughing stock when I grew up)…that said, conference is better now and O$U is the cream of the crop by a wide margin.
My response was to the person who made the OSU to Clemson comparison. I absolutely don't like phony Dabo - along with a ton of others - but have to admit that as long as he's there they'll be in the thick of things. This year was just an off year - have to believe they'll be back in a year or two. But what happens when he leaves ? Clemson is not the blue blood like Alabama, OSU and yes, Michigan and PSU. We'll see.
I think people holding out hope that Ryan Day goes the way of Larry Coker are going to be bitterly disappointed. Day is the real deal.
I do think the NFL will tempt him. He's an elite offensive play designer, and I can imagine the NFL would be attractive to a guy like that.
If that happens, they'd have guys like Luke Fickell on speed dial as a worst-case scenario. I don't see their status as among the elites changing anytime soon, although this current run they're on will end at some point.
And PSU played a tough schedule?? We had to go out and start playing ND , Bama because our schedule was so soft.
If you go back to the last century - even back to the 1960s - no school dominated CF like the handful that are doing it today - especially Alabama. I really think they're setting a standard that won't be matched anytime soon and I also think Saban is now the greatest CF coach of all time. You had about 8 to 10 bluebloods - along with FSU and Miami - that had some success last century but nothing really sustained like today. I'm really hoping that they go to an 8 or 12-team playoff to see a few more teams get a shot.
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