The extraordinarily-well compensated coach followed up the worst loss in the program's history with the second-worst, right after confirming his status as the worst big game coach in modern college football. Had Kelly experienced a stretch like this with a loaded team that was talked up as a NC contender before the season, majority of ND fans would've been calling for his head.
But poor, poor abused James Franklin. I think we should all write a letter to the PSU president and AD registering our deepest offense taken at their capricious decision to fire a coach after 12 seasons who didn't deliver what was expected, capping it with his worst coaching performance of all 12, and have all the PSU players sign it.
Replies to: "The sympathy for Franklin here is bizarre."
- Just suppose...what if Penn St. players refused to play unless Franklin was reinstated? - MarkHarman - 1:03am 10/13/25
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- Just like in the movie Hoosiers? [NT]
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- Shadow_of_the_Dome - 4:06pm 10/13/25
- Gotta have a "Chitwood" though... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 9:11am 10/14/25
- More realistic: players refuse to play in a bowl game without additional $$$ [NT] - LanceManion - 8:46am 10/13/25
- The sympathy for Franklin here is bizarre. - MAS - 7:40am 10/13/25
- I really don't disagree with most of the points you've made. - jakers - 11:11am 10/13/25
- Kick them when they’re down but don’t kill them syndrome. [NT] - whatsamataU - 10:57am 10/13/25
- Kelly had a similar situation in 2016 - ndunabomber - 9:35am 10/13/25
- JF can't hold BK's jockstrap. Only one of JF's NY6 Bowl wins was a Top-10 Team (Utah 8th). - Turkish - 10:35am 10/13/25
- I think you're missing my point - MarkHarman - 8:30am 10/13/25
- How'd that turn out? There also is NIL at play, and no admin is going to let the inmates run the as - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:31am 10/13/25
- I agree...though I understand wanting him to remain THERE. - TakethetrainKnute - 7:50am 10/13/25
- Forget about any of us knowing he ws done... - MAS - 7:51am 10/13/25
- You could see it quite clearly on his face as the game was ending... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 8:56am 10/13/25
- Forget about any of us knowing he ws done... - MAS - 7:51am 10/13/25
- By the looks of it they weren't playing anyways, so that leverage went away a while ago. [NT] - Clem - 5:09am 10/13/25
- Just like in the movie Hoosiers? [NT]
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- Shadow_of_the_Dome - 4:06pm 10/13/25