@WhiteOutFB Either he’s really considering every option (doubt it) or he’s just been stringing PSU along last few weeks to up his price. I hope he ends up coming back but this is just a circus, even by modern recruiting standards.
@BlackLeo174@CFBTalkDaily Every offseason even after 10+ wins seasons the reason he couldn’t get over the hump was “alignment” and investment from the university. It was a broken record every offseason. Kraft and Bendapudi gave him everything he wanted in 2025 and the pressure was too much.
@SaturdayinHV Crazy that arguably the best game of his career was his first. I wish we could’ve developed him. I thought the stadium was gonna collapse when this happened.
Cristopher Sanchez has made 5 starts in May:
8.0 IP | 3 H | 0 R | 1 BB | 10 K
7.0 IP | 6 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 7 K
9.0 IP | 6 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 13 K
8.0 IP | 4 H | 0 R | 2 BB | 6 K
7.0 IP | 6 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 9 K
I’m running out of words for how incredible of a pitcher this is
Since Sark decided to provide no context on this statement, I’ll do it.
Franklin won early and turned Penn State around (which he should forever get credit for). He was given plenty of grace through the 2020 and 2021 seasons when he went 11-11 in that two-year span. And then he went on to have three seasons in a row with 10+ wins, but lost to OSU and Michigan each year and still couldn’t get over the hump.
Before Franklin was fired, it was widely agreed upon that drawing SMU and then Boise State in the 2024 CFP would forever be the easiest route to a CFP Semifinal game that there will ever be (people seem to have just kinda forgotten that now). Enter 2025: Franklin had been “pounding the table” for full support and alignment, and he finally got it. He went out and got the highest-paid DC in CFB history and had the opportunity to spend whatever he wanted in the portal.
Franklin himself said the 2025 staff and roster was the most talented group he’s ever assembled, and for most people Penn State was the Natty favorite going into 2025. Franklin went on to coach Penn State into the greatest collapse in College Football history, losing back to back games where his team was favored by more than 20 points. There’s your context for why a coach was fired after making it to the CFP semifinals.