This morning, around 7:00 a.m.on the "Outkick The Coverage" radio show he's on every morning morning with Brady Quinn and Jonas Salk?
They got into the Franklin to USC rumors...and LaVar immediately moaned...(paraphrasing)
He said out of the gate, while he would be devastated to lose James Franklin, he would understand. Said that O'Brien high tailed it out of town cause he couldn't compete with the JoePa culture at Penn State. Propped up Franklin for taking the program over in its darkest days, and has returned it into national relevance. He called him the "light" of the program, and mentioned how much it meant to him how much Franklin involves the lettermen in the program. Mentioned how Franklin's personality would be a natural fit in LA. Also specifically mentioned Jay Paterno and Lubrano by name, for voting down the 40mill proposed budget increase for football facilities and administration of the program. He said that chump change would never be discussed at USC, basically rubber stamped.
He concluded by saying that State College is heaven on earth to him. Every time he gets off the plane that lands in State College, he walks down the steps and kisses the ground. He said his feet never touch the ground, he glides, until he has to get back on the plane to go home. Said he might not mean anything to anyone else in the world, but in State College, "I'm somethin".
So Brady Quinn said jokingly, "if Franklin takes the job, why don't you go get it?" LaVar said, "I just might, if you'll be my offensive coordinator".
Again, just paraphrasing, but I'm sure you can listen to the podcast. Riveting listening early this morning. Love LaVar, never have listened to him without him mentioning, "his Nittany Lions"...also predicted a PSU win this weekend, but the bigger issue is getting over the OSU hump.
They got into the Franklin to USC rumors...and LaVar immediately moaned...(paraphrasing)
He said out of the gate, while he would be devastated to lose James Franklin, he would understand. Said that O'Brien high tailed it out of town cause he couldn't compete with the JoePa culture at Penn State. Propped up Franklin for taking the program over in its darkest days, and has returned it into national relevance. He called him the "light" of the program, and mentioned how much it meant to him how much Franklin involves the lettermen in the program. Mentioned how Franklin's personality would be a natural fit in LA. Also specifically mentioned Jay Paterno and Lubrano by name, for voting down the 40mill proposed budget increase for football facilities and administration of the program. He said that chump change would never be discussed at USC, basically rubber stamped.
He concluded by saying that State College is heaven on earth to him. Every time he gets off the plane that lands in State College, he walks down the steps and kisses the ground. He said his feet never touch the ground, he glides, until he has to get back on the plane to go home. Said he might not mean anything to anyone else in the world, but in State College, "I'm somethin".
So Brady Quinn said jokingly, "if Franklin takes the job, why don't you go get it?" LaVar said, "I just might, if you'll be my offensive coordinator".
Again, just paraphrasing, but I'm sure you can listen to the podcast. Riveting listening early this morning. Love LaVar, never have listened to him without him mentioning, "his Nittany Lions"...also predicted a PSU win this weekend, but the bigger issue is getting over the OSU hump.