Coach didn’t have a bad game. This would have been a typical loss where we looked horrible, and we did not. Right there in the end. 3:28 mark Coach telling Drew to keep his head up is an excellent lesson.
No completions to wide receivers ina game of this magnitude has got to be one of the most unusual stats of all time. The PSU receiver room is that bad.
As an outsider myself y’all are mad at James Franklin when your quarterback couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn, your corner tripped to allow the game winning touchdown and your running back dropped a wide open touchdown which was also a bad throw by Allar but still should’ve been caught. James Franklin coached a great game and did what I wish we would’ve done against Notre Dame which is attack the interior of their run defense and Penn State got a lot of results out of that although their players made some terrible mistakes which is the reason why they lost. I get that he's struggled in big games but he’s been very close time and time again and goes 11-1 or 10-2 every single year and eventually he’s gonna break through. Overall this was a great game to watch and congratulations to Notre Dame on making the national title. I’II be rooting for you to take down Texas or Ohio State in the national title game GO DAWGS! ❤️🖤🐶
As a dawgs fan I totally agree. ND isn’t even that good! UGA and PSU are better and literally made so many mistakes to give them the game. Makes me sick. But I agree with everything in your comment 100%
no other coach college pro or high school would have let there QB with 40 seconds to go on your own 15 yd line throw U TAKE A KNEE .... end of story go to overtime
To think that both teams went into the locker room at the half and ND comes out completely adjusted to the PSU offense and PSU comes out with the same shit... that's coaching.
I’m a ND fan but this was a very entertaining game. Coach Franklin is a class act and his team played well enough to win. Don’t bad mouth him he’s a class act!
if beau starts this game they 100% win. Warren would have been better at qb. He had 3 all time, wtf picks, that you will ever see. He got bailed out of two.
Drew saying we didn't do enough is not true. I'd say this loss is on Drew 100% maybe Andy for not running after just gaining 10 yards from a run. Try to run or a screen if it didn't work just take your luck to OT. This isn't Franklin as much as he frustrates me in these big spots
Agreed! This is totally on Drew. He played the worst game i have ever seen a penn state qb play, and for whatever reason Andy K hates running the ball. Will never understand
@@zee9er we have receivers. Our receivers even had better stats than NDs they just didn't come to play. This loss still isn't on Franklin. Maybe his fault for letting them run the plays but the issue isn't franklins coaching, it's the NIL we have. We can spend 700 million on a stadium but why not get better players. It says a lot when we don't have the best recruiting and transfers and still are were we are. It's because of franklins coaching it's the lack of talent in these big games.
For an "explosive plays" kinda guy, why didn’t Franklin ensure that the WR room and its coaching were elite? The LBs were also serviceable but not elite. More work to do in the portal if playoffs are a goal in 2025.
Too much turn over in the WR coaching position in the last 6 yers has caught up. LB play is an issue. Need to develop some of the talent on the roster or use the portal. I love the play against the run of Kobe King (41) I'd reduce the play of #13 until he can read and react to running plays and learns how to tackle. Injury and disciplinary actions early in the year really hurt the room.
no chance we make the playoffs next year. Allar is our last big recruiting class. From here on out it is the 15th overall class, and you won't ever get a path as easy as this again, just a program crushing loss.
This game wasn’t James franklins fault. He gained a lot of my respect tonight, and I’m at the front of the fire Franklin train. Who should be fired? The wide receivers coach and everyone in that room should be ashamed of that pathetic excuse of a performance tonight, and all season long. There isn’t anyone in the wide receivers room that could start on a good high school football team, they’re all bad. Julian Fleming? Easily the biggest HS recruiting bust in the history of ranking prospects. I’m glad that debacle didn’t work out for him, twice. Drew allar made a mistake you cannot make at this level. He’s obviously a head case, he was almost in tears on the sideline. He played awful tonight and it’s 95% his fault, with the other 5% being the god awful wide receivers. What a bunch of scrubs.
Who hires the WR coach? There's just bad coaching the whole game. A fair catch on the 2 yard line? No halftime adjustments. Then the announcers talk about "analytics" yet the same number game PSU a 86% chance of a win being up 7 in the 4th.
Bingo, James has some very good coaches on the staff. But the turn over at the WR position has hurt in recruiting. There is talent in DMV, NJ and PA but they are not coming to PSU. I hope the new portal guys plus some of the recruits from the last 2 classes step up. Remember when teams of equal talent play the weaknesses are exposed. In this case both OSU/Oregon and last night ND exposed the fact that PSU targeted WR's 5 times with 0 catches. Next year I'd like to see #6 in the slot he's not fast enough or strong enough to play at 1 or 2
Penn State had the easiest route to the final and when faced with critical play calls, Franklin blows it. This was a coaching loss. When are PS fans going to accept that their coach is good for about 9 or 10 wins per season and will lose these types of games. Franklin was gifted a weak regular season schedule, two of the weakest teams in the playoffs and then matches up against a ND team with a limited offense and can’t get it done. His record against top tier teams says everything.
I don’t know any fans who don’t want him gone. He lost whatever capital he had left after he argued with a student and tried to get them expelled earlier this year. It’s just the AD that wants to keep him and won’t fire him.
Looks more like player execution, poor throws dropping a TD pass. False starts. Coach is low hanging fruit for fans that are in denial of what happened and real reason for the loss.
What a hard loss for us. This starts with Coach Franklin. The last interception was a bad throw, but is was also a terrible play call. I'm not sure if someone was paid off, but this play call makes no sense. And losing coaches LOVE to talk about how great the opponent was. But the reality is, we need better coaches that exude confidence and enthusiasm in their players. Coach Franklin is "too respectful" to every opponent. With him, there's no intimidation factor at all. You gotta make 'em earn it coach! You have a list of a thousand praises for Notre Dame, their team, and their head coach, but what about us coach? You can't be "too in awe" of your opponents!!! YOU have to make some plays and dominate! You can't be too soft and timid my man. I'll give it to you that you made it this far, but we need a team who can finish games, not just get close. PSU AD, call me up. Respectfully.
who has been the coach at Penn State for the last ten years? The guy has 1 big ten championship in 10 years, that's not good. 2 playoff wins in 10 years mind you those being against Boise State and SMU teams any bad Penn State team would beat. I don't know when you people will understand he can't win big games against top teams. It's not that hard to understand.
@ is that not true though? We couldn’t beat top ten ranked teams, even this year, Ohio State, Oregon and ND. Boise and SMU were not in the top ten. Also the only reason we were in is because of the expanded playoffs and we didn’t have to play Michigan this year.
Dude your quarterback struggled from the first series until the end of the game. Why in the world would you throw the ball on your side of the field given Drew couldn't get the ball to any player. Pathetic.
We knew early on this team was built on running, playing defense and being creative with Warren. The lack of a WR that could stretch the field finally caught up to us. We had WRs that were essentially the same and PSU covered for it as best they could and got 2 playoff wins out of it.
Coaching and Allar. It’s that simple. big Game James did not get it done. Allar hasn’t been good all season. We should have put Beau in and kept him in.
Press Conference number 80 of petitioning for the firing of Jimmy "What do you mean there's 2 halves?" Franklin. I gotta give Franklin credit. This isn't his 1st, or second, but his 3rd time blowing a ten point lead to a top 5 team. Truly great coaching.
James Franklin is thee greatest salesman in college football history. He’s now 1-18 vs Top 5 opponents. Yet PSU fans continue to adore him although he manages to lose every big game vs a top 5 opponent in what feels like year 20 at Penn State. It’s never his fault. It’s the DC, or OC, or QB, or WR’s, etc. but never him. 😂 It’s actually quite impressive.
Play calling wasn’t that bad compared to other games. The players made dumb mistakes in critical moments (I.e Singleton drop and Drew interception late). Also considering our receivers had 0 catches for -3 yards and we only lost by a last second field goal, not a terrible turnout.
@@reptilelicks9796 dropping into zone after playing all that man all game and getting what should've been the game winning int was great. Then a db fell and gave up a td. What coaching adjustment fixes that?
Get it. Understand it. But, still do not care Allar is staying. Any “student athlete” especially in football needs to learn the ins and outs; especially if you are planning on the nfl. Do not want to hear they are dismissed. You need to take this pain and make it into a tangible change for next year. I do not want to hear it this year. Everything went your way. You had the first and second rounds SMU and Boise. Georgia gets beat by ND . You had multiple chances and were gifted a PI calls that should have been given a non-call. You were up by 7 with 4:30 rest to play. Even when ND ties, all you had to do Allar was just be willing to take the sack. Still did not do that. Allar better be in the weight room and be getting mentored by another QB. He has to learn how to make better decisions. This is not on the coach; this is all on Allar for how he played.
This was the only chance in my lifetime for PSU to contend for a National Championship since 1986. It was a wasted opportunity with questionable play calling. Not one deep throw was attempted. We left 4 points on the ground with a dropped TD pass. This team will be depleted with NFL draft picks. It destroyed any chance of attracting wide receivers and without keeping up with NIL spending, PSU will never contend again...hard reality!
@roseauw Sticking to old fashioned morals and refusing to dig deep in the portal and paying players NIL unfortunately won't get it done these days. It is minor league football now and sadly but respectfully Penn State can't compete with schools that win at all costs. Academics have been totally lost to an NFL combine launch pad. Some of these athletes will survive life due to financial security and most will be eaten by money hungry vultures steering them wrongly due to their lack of maturity and education.
Coach Franklin is a mature man who has the respect of his players. Can you imagine feeling responsible for a hundred young men, for their health, their feelings, their development, etc He completely cares for the student athlete. Penn State is lucky to have him
Penn State’s wide receivers are terrible. Zero catches in this game! They have been bad all year! They were bad last year (except Lambert Smith). Very poor recruiting and/or development of receivers. That last pick was on Evans, Drew had to wait and wait till someone got open, and Omari E. did not run through his route.
What we saw was the bubble pop. The lack of throwing the ball to the receivers all year and playing scary has caught up to us. This is the bed we made. And regardless I’m proud of the Nittany Lions for playing their hearts out. Thanks for a great season
The BS of the transfer portal system should have been brought up…. If nothing else, to make it better going forward, for all teams. Losing Pribula just before the playoffs is a piss poor system for these student athletes. This team ran the 2qb system well all year and to lose a QB just before the playoffs, to the portal is weak. Credit to ND, tho PSU should have had the #2 qb to fall back on at specific times in the game, & it would have produced a different outcome.
Once again Drew Allar shows he's been overhyped from day one. He isn't the qb James Franklin makes him out to be. This loss once again is 100% on James Franklin and his inability to win the big game. I've been saying it for years!! It's past time to get rid of him, he's proven he can't and never will win the big game. He isn't the coach that will win us a national title.
100% in agreement. Franklin is not going to take them to the promised land, he has brought nothing but negativity to PSU I can't stand seeing him him on TV anymore. He should have been fired many years ago. For the love of GOD PSU what is wrong with you. when my coworkers ask me about thoughts on any Penn State game my response is not with enthusiasm but disappointment.
Drew missed two surefire wide open touchdowns. The first was the ball that was behind singleton, and the second was the one he also missed to singleton, which also would have been a 90+ yard touchdown. Missed both and both were wide open.
When AK 1st came in as a coordinator & was asked about the receivers, he said the obvious thing everyone wanted to hear - that they can be schemed open. How much did that actually happen... Without Warren @TE being a ridiculous athlete we probably would have had at least 4 losses this season. Bad QB play this game & a nearly non-existent WR room all season can only get you so far
this team next year will be extremely lucky to go 9-3/8-4. Allar is our last big recruiting class. The last couple years Franklin has been getting the 15th best class. Once you take away Franklin's ability to recruit, there isn't a redeeming coaching quality left. Warren and Carter, two generational players, are both gone next year. You, will NEVER get an easier playoff again, this was our year, and Allar has one of the worst games you will ever see. Beau plays and we win that game. Shit, if Warren is qb we stand a better chance.
ALLAR IS THE WORST QB IN THE PLAYOFFS. Gunner Stockton played much better. He lost PSU that game. Terrible. The refs bailed him out TWICE; and he said “no refs, I really want to throw this game away “
Not blaming JF this game. We have the talent. This one's on the coordinators and some individual performances. Sincere thank you to Carter and Warren for setting the bar so high. Season would not have had many of the highlights it did without them. Hope some of the other guys come back to make an even bigger impact next year.
@@markm1202 no you're 100% correct. I will put some blame on Franklin for giving his coordinators so much lee way with the calls. This boils down to the university not wanting to pay more on the NIL, Franklin shows he can progress these guys. They rather spend 700 million on a stadium then throw a few extra million on our NIL. This is huge reason we don't get the top 5 recruiting classes or big portal names.
You execute the called game plan….that was done by the players. It was the play calling that cost this game. Did you not notice that Allen dialed down the pressure in the second half by his play calling? Why would you do that and who is ultimately responsible for that play calling?……Choke Franklin is. We were outclassed and out coached in the second half. All season long we had no wide out worth a hoot. Players fault or lack of good coaching? Allar proves again why he’s not ready for the NFL. His fault or the QB coach who can’t develop a so called five star recruit? That’s been going on for far too long since Hackenberg. Why in the world would any young QB want to come to PSU to develop into a NFL QB under Choke Franklin?
After sleeping on it, really can’t blame anyone for the loss. Most stats are in favor of Penn State. Brutal loss but that’s football. I don’t want to hear anything about “big game” Franklin or Allar losing the game. Notre Dame stepped up at every crucial moment, and that’s how you win against odds
allar threw one of the worst picks you will ever see in a big game.....When do you ever see a qb do something that stupid? It just doesn't happen. And that was one of 3, but the other two he got bailed out on. If beau starts we win that game by 10 pts.
@ yes he does recruiter in the top 12 wtf are you on? He still lost to every top 10 team this year as usual. Lost to Ohio State, Oregon in the conference championship, his two playoff wins were against Boise State and SMU teams any bad Penn State would beat and then lost again to another top ten team ND. He’s a fraud, he will never win big games. If he couldn’t do it with this team he never will be able to. Plus we will probably lose 9 or 10 players to the NFL and or team will look much different next year.
Don't head into 2025 with a generic plan for improvement. Recruit and shape the team around beating Oregon in 2025. Consider it another "big game" to prepare for, but it will work when playing all teams, including OSU.
The QB fades in big moments, not Franklin. Aller reminds of another held in highest steam.QB from the past, that couldn’t get a job in the NFL…I think he wore 14. We let the wrong QB go into the transfer! 🤷🏻♂️
beau plays that game we win by 10pts. Also, I think if beau plays last year we either win the Mich. game or the OSU. One of those games goes our way w/ beau, but Allar was atrocious both games.
I never mess with reading social media but after hearing how bananas PSU fans behave on social media I decided to open Pandora’s box and take a lookseeee. Is being self aware not a thing anymore or looking at the big picture? Yeah I get it sucks to loose but having the opportunity to loose is what makes sports so fun to watch in the first place. This is coming from a dude that was screaming for Coach to go for it on fourth down. I thought that was our opportunity to finish the game with our offense. Instead Coach gave his defense the opportunity to get the ball back and what did they do? They got the ball back. I guess that’s why I’m not a coach. Where I’m going with this is those players gave themselves the opportunity to play in that game. It was those dudes that somehow pulled off the win against USC. It was those dudes that pulled off a fake punt to beat Minnesota. It’s those same dudes that give and take massive hits and then get up for seconds like it’s thanksgiving. I’m a PSU dude through and through. Thank you guys for getting up for us to watch.
Why do I see people screw up "lose" and "loose"? I can see "affect vs effect" here and there. "Lose and loose" are two entirely different meanings not even close to one another.
nonsense? NONESENSE!!!!???? He threw an all time bad pick in both college and NFL. He singlehandedly lost them that game, multiple times. If beau plays we win that game by 10 pts. He actively hurt them by being the qb today. That last int. will haunt PSU fans forever. It was that bad.
Agreed. Coach K needs to assess and adjust. Also, dedicate the off-season to building an elite WR room that gets separation and makes "explosive plays"
allar should have been benched in favor of JP............like kelly bryant was benched for trevor lawrence.........that's why Dabo has a NC and James Frankiln don't
I’m sick of the crying bro, we as fans should be crying you’re at least getting paid when you lose these big games to play the game you’re gifted enough to play at this level. Act like it l. Stop the crying. I’m the one that should be crying in my Gameroom because I woke up my entire house every time you guys had a chance to bury Notre Dame and you simply, didn’t. We as fans are the ones that carry the burden of this loss.
This loss is not on CJF. Several plays just were not successful despite their potential. CJF is a man that will always accept the outcomes of the games, despite the chances of thwarted victories. Anyone knocking his resume just doesn't understand the situation he started with. Things are getting better.
This has to be a troll comment. He's been there for 10 years and amassed a 1-15 record against Top 5 times. During the same time period, B1G bottom feeders, Purdue have more wins against Top 5 times. How are things getting better? He doesn't have to lose to Michigan anymore?
Franklin needs to go, he's needed to be gone for years at this point. He isn't a coach, he's a recruiter. That's just the simple fact. He can't win against a good team. Think about the team he had with Saquon Barkley... it was loaded with top tier NFL talent, and he couldn't beat lesser teams. There was more talent on that team than anyone they faced. Now you see them drop a game to a beat up, and inferior ND team, in a pathetic fashion. It's just clear... the guy is a mediocre coach at best. There are at least a dozen coaches in the NCAA who would run the table with the team they have, and the teams they've had. If this guy had an entire roster loaded with future NFL hall of famers at every position, he'd still find a way to drop one or two games each season. It's pathetic at this point. He needs to go, but they'll never fire him. PSU has become a woke school, and firing a black coach isn't something they could stomach. I personally don't care anymore, been a fan all my life, they deserve to lose as long as they have him. I feel bad for the kids they convince with the lies. They actually think they stand a chance at winning the big games, when in reality.... As long as Franklin's there, it's about as close to a guarantee as it gets that they're gonna perpetually lose to Ohio State, and Oregon, and any other quality team. Franklin isn't a choke artist, he's just a bad coach. The record proves it. 4-19 against quality opponents. The only reason he has 4 wins is just luck. The only way you don't win a couple is if you're intentionally trying to lose. If you look at successful coaches, their either offensive minded, or defensive minded. Franklin is neither. He relies entirely on a defensive coordinator or an offensive coordinator. He can't do it himself. That's the root of the problem. He's great at convincing young kids to throw away their chance at actual success, and instead going to Penn State, when it's written in stone, they MIGHT win one big game in their 3 or 4 year stint. That's it. That's as close as they'll ever get to winning a national title. Beating Ohio State, if they end up getting lucky, or Oregon, or whatever other team separates from the pack that season in the Big Ten, then beating up on a couple outmatched opponents IF THEY ARE LUCKY in the playoffs before coming up against an inferior team and choking away their chances. I'm so used to Franklin losing, it don't even get pissed off anymore, I watch, those around me yelling "what are they doing" and I just sit there thinking "they're doing what Franklin always does. Miraculously pulling a defeat from the jaws of victory." In hind sight, we went 50 years with the greatest coach the sport has ever seen. Paterno might not have been flashy, but he was consistent. We knew what we had, and he was good. He could win the big game, had the teams prepared and ready, and they always performed well. Just as then, we know what we have.... a guy who's going to lose when it matters the most because he's simply out of his depth. If you sent a little league manager to the MLB you'd get pretty much the same results. They're gonna lose consistently, and very rarely they'll eek out a win. Franklin is just out of his depth. He needs to be at a group of 5 school, where he belongs. Thing is... he'll NEVER go on his own accord. He knows he's out of his depth, so he's gonna hang on to this job for as long as he possibly can. He'll never go to the NFL, for one, they'll never give him an offer, and no other big school is gonna try to lure him away, because any worth their while know he's not a guy who's going to get the job done.
People need to stop blaming Franklin for everything. He's not perfect, but definitely not as bad as many would have you believe. As I see it, this team's only deficiency is the lack of a consistent passing game. If the players and coaches can fix that for next season, we can easily win it all next year.
Coach didn’t have a bad game. This would have been a typical loss where we looked horrible, and we did not. Right there in the end. 3:28 mark Coach telling Drew to keep his head up is an excellent lesson.
No completions to wide receivers ina game of this magnitude has got to be one of the most unusual stats of all time. The PSU receiver room is that bad.
The QB is that bad
As an outsider myself y’all are mad at James Franklin when your quarterback couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn, your corner tripped to allow the game winning touchdown and your running back dropped a wide open touchdown which was also a bad throw by Allar but still should’ve been caught. James Franklin coached a great game and did what I wish we would’ve done against Notre Dame which is attack the interior of their run defense and Penn State got a lot of results out of that although their players made some terrible mistakes which is the reason why they lost. I get that he's struggled in big games but he’s been very close time and time again and goes 11-1 or 10-2 every single year and eventually he’s gonna break through. Overall this was a great game to watch and congratulations to Notre Dame on making the national title. I’II be rooting for you to take down Texas or Ohio State in the national title game GO DAWGS! ❤️🖤🐶
Good for you bud. You'll be in the playoffs next year. You're Georgia
Bro who do you think has to get him ready?
As a dawgs fan I totally agree. ND isn’t even that good! UGA and PSU are better and literally made so many mistakes to give them the game. Makes me sick. But I agree with everything in your comment 100%
no other coach college pro or high school would have let there QB with 40 seconds to go on your own 15 yd line throw U TAKE A KNEE .... end of story go to overtime
no, but he is 1-15. Freeman has more big time wins than Franklin and he has been at ND for 3 years. It is clearly him as well.
To think that both teams went into the locker room at the half and ND comes out completely adjusted to the PSU offense and PSU comes out with the same shit... that's coaching.
@@zee9er Nailed it.
You’re 💯 correct
The cam miller play was turning point in game too
the ND FG before the half.was.the turning point. just.like.OSU completely
blow a nice lead
When Singleton dropped the TD pass, I said that will hurt us. It did.
I’m a ND fan but this was a very entertaining game. Coach Franklin is a class act and his team played well enough to win. Don’t bad mouth him he’s a class act!
They should have never let Pribula transfer. That will bite this team in ass hard next season
You can’t stop someone from transferring…
Ha absolutely had no choice if Beau wanted to enroll in Mezzou. It's Beau's call
@@snakeeyes7w for sure, but they could made him more of a priority
if beau starts this game they 100% win. Warren would have been better at qb. He had 3 all time, wtf picks, that you will ever see. He got bailed out of two.
Drew saying we didn't do enough is not true. I'd say this loss is on Drew 100% maybe Andy for not running after just gaining 10 yards from a run. Try to run or a screen if it didn't work just take your luck to OT. This isn't Franklin as much as he frustrates me in these big spots
Yeah it’s his fault for having no receivers
@@zee9er He has the best TE in the country and an elite RB. Stop with the excuses.
Agreed! This is totally on Drew. He played the worst game i have ever seen a penn state qb play, and for whatever reason Andy K hates running the ball. Will never understand
@@reptilelicks9796 still whoever is recruiting wrs deserves an F 0 receptions for 0 yards is god awful.
@@zee9er we have receivers. Our receivers even had better stats than NDs they just didn't come to play. This loss still isn't on Franklin. Maybe his fault for letting them run the plays but the issue isn't franklins coaching, it's the NIL we have. We can spend 700 million on a stadium but why not get better players. It says a lot when we don't have the best recruiting and transfers and still are were we are. It's because of franklins coaching it's the lack of talent in these big games.
For an "explosive plays" kinda guy, why didn’t Franklin ensure that the WR room and its coaching were elite? The LBs were also serviceable but not elite.
More work to do in the portal if playoffs are a goal in 2025.
Too much turn over in the WR coaching position in the last 6 yers has caught up. LB play is an issue. Need to develop some of the talent on the roster or use the portal. I love the play against the run of Kobe King (41) I'd reduce the play of #13 until he can read and react to running plays and learns how to tackle. Injury and disciplinary actions early in the year really hurt the room.
What elite players are we pulling from the portal? Do you think we have the “bag” to pull elite? How many players elite have already passed on PSU.
no chance we make the playoffs next year. Allar is our last big recruiting class. From here on out it is the 15th overall class, and you won't ever get a path as easy as this again, just a program crushing loss.
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Well if I were you I would move on to a different team
This game wasn’t James franklins fault. He gained a lot of my respect tonight, and I’m at the front of the fire Franklin train.
Who should be fired? The wide receivers coach and everyone in that room should be ashamed of that pathetic excuse of a performance tonight, and all season long. There isn’t anyone in the wide receivers room that could start on a good high school football team, they’re all bad. Julian Fleming? Easily the biggest HS recruiting bust in the history of ranking prospects. I’m glad that debacle didn’t work out for him, twice.
Drew allar made a mistake you cannot make at this level. He’s obviously a head case, he was almost in tears on the sideline. He played awful tonight and it’s 95% his fault, with the other 5% being the god awful wide receivers. What a bunch of scrubs.
Who hires the WR coach?
There's just bad coaching the whole game. A fair catch on the 2 yard line? No halftime adjustments. Then the announcers talk about "analytics" yet the same number game PSU a 86% chance of a win being up 7 in the 4th.
Bingo, James has some very good coaches on the staff. But the turn over at the WR position has hurt in recruiting. There is talent in DMV, NJ and PA but they are not coming to PSU. I hope the new portal guys plus some of the recruits from the last 2 classes step up. Remember when teams of equal talent play the weaknesses are exposed. In this case both OSU/Oregon and last night ND exposed the fact that PSU targeted WR's 5 times with 0 catches. Next year I'd like to see #6 in the slot he's not fast enough or strong enough to play at 1 or 2
Penn State had the easiest route to the final and when faced with critical play calls, Franklin blows it. This was a coaching loss. When are PS fans going to accept that their coach is good for about 9 or 10 wins per season and will lose these types of games. Franklin was gifted a weak regular season schedule, two of the weakest teams in the playoffs and then matches up against a ND team with a limited offense and can’t get it done. His record against top tier teams says everything.
I don’t know any fans who don’t want him gone. He lost whatever capital he had left after he argued with a student and tried to get them expelled earlier this year. It’s just the AD that wants to keep him and won’t fire him.
Looks more like player execution, poor throws dropping a TD pass. False starts. Coach is low hanging fruit for fans that are in denial of what happened and real reason for the loss.
What a hard loss for us. This starts with Coach Franklin. The last interception was a bad throw, but is was also a terrible play call. I'm not sure if someone was paid off, but this play call makes no sense. And losing coaches LOVE to talk about how great the opponent was. But the reality is, we need better coaches that exude confidence and enthusiasm in their players. Coach Franklin is "too respectful" to every opponent. With him, there's no intimidation factor at all. You gotta make 'em earn it coach! You have a list of a thousand praises for Notre Dame, their team, and their head coach, but what about us coach? You can't be "too in awe" of your opponents!!! YOU have to make some plays and dominate! You can't be too soft and timid my man. I'll give it to you that you made it this far, but we need a team who can finish games, not just get close. PSU AD, call me up. Respectfully.
Yeah i agree. ND isn’t that good. It’s like they gave it away. Same thing with the DB falling down. Seems faked
who has been the coach at Penn State for the last ten years? The guy has 1 big ten championship in 10 years, that's not good. 2 playoff wins in 10 years mind you those being against Boise State and SMU teams any bad Penn State team would beat. I don't know when you people will understand he can't win big games against top teams. It's not that hard to understand.
LOL Bad PSU team would beat BSU and SMU. They were top 10 teams in the playoffs, complaining about winning big games is hilarious
@ is that not true though? We couldn’t beat top ten ranked teams, even this year, Ohio State, Oregon and ND. Boise and SMU were not in the top ten. Also the only reason we were in is because of the expanded playoffs and we didn’t have to play Michigan this year.
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OMG the final playoff ranking Boise 9 and SMU 10. So yes that was two top 10 wins back to back in the playoffs
Dude your quarterback struggled from the first series until the end of the game. Why in the world would you throw the ball on your side of the field given Drew couldn't get the ball to any player. Pathetic.
And NOT ONE pass completion to a WR all game. You have got to be kidding me!
big game James Franklin is now 1-15 against top 5 teams but hey lets give him another contract extension
1-18 in his career, according to my research 🤓
We knew early on this team was built on running, playing defense and being creative with Warren. The lack of a WR that could stretch the field finally caught up to us. We had WRs that were essentially the same and PSU covered for it as best they could and got 2 playoff wins out of it.
James Franklin is the Carrot Top of coaching. He’s been around for a long time and no one knows why.
Another year coming up of the same performance. Strap in cuz I don’t expect any better results.
Coaching and Allar. It’s that simple. big Game James did not get it done. Allar hasn’t been good all season. We should have put Beau in and kept him in.
PSU should tell Allar to enter the portal. The rest of the team played great. Allar also threw a pick in the end zone that was called back!!
Get rid of Allar. It’s time to go. I cannot deal with a QB who continues to make poor decisions.
Press Conference number 80 of petitioning for the firing of Jimmy "What do you mean there's 2 halves?" Franklin. I gotta give Franklin credit. This isn't his 1st, or second, but his 3rd time blowing a ten point lead to a top 5 team. Truly great coaching.
SAME OLD J E T S …..APOLOGIES 😡PSU
James Franklin is thee greatest salesman in college football history. He’s now 1-18 vs Top 5 opponents. Yet PSU fans continue to adore him although he manages to lose every big game vs a top 5 opponent in what feels like year 20 at Penn State. It’s never his fault. It’s the DC, or OC, or QB, or WR’s, etc. but never him. 😂 It’s actually quite impressive.
PSU fans hate him. You’re just talking out of your ass.
exactly!!! cant do it and never will
Yeah, question for Drew, how much do you have to make to play good? is 2 million and a college education not enough?
"Franklin, my dear, I don't give a damn" I'm workin' on my Clark Gable
Look at the bright side-- No way in hell Allar's going to the NFL.... So we can go out and beat .500 Teams all over again next year.
Franklin pooped his pants again.
Blaming this on Franklin shows a dangerously low IQ
Play calling wasn’t that bad compared to other games. The players made dumb mistakes in critical moments (I.e Singleton drop and Drew interception late).
Also considering our receivers had 0 catches for -3 yards and we only lost by a last second field goal, not a terrible turnout.
1-14. 3-20
@@michaeldews6786 0 2nd half adjustments.
@@reptilelicks9796 dropping into zone after playing all that man all game and getting what should've been the game winning int was great. Then a db fell and gave up a td. What coaching adjustment fixes that?
Tough loss. Don't give up the ball late in the forth quarter. Remember Minnesota.
They called the fake punt. It wasn't there.
undisciplined Team in every loss
The ND Championship Graphics running on the TV screen during the entire interview....lol
who cares.
@@holdengamble Apparently at least 8 of us, the poster and 7 people who liked it. Go away.
I knew we could count on Franklin and Allar😂😂😂
This is on Drew, that last pass was ridiculous.
This game is on the QB, Drew go somewhere else to play,
Get it. Understand it. But, still do not care Allar is staying. Any “student athlete” especially in football needs to learn the ins and outs; especially if you are planning on the nfl. Do not want to hear they are dismissed. You need to take this pain and make it into a tangible change for next year.
I do not want to hear it this year. Everything went your way. You had the first and second rounds SMU and Boise. Georgia gets beat by ND . You had multiple chances and were gifted a PI calls that should have been given a non-call. You were up by 7 with 4:30 rest to play. Even when ND ties, all you had to do Allar was just be willing to take the sack. Still did not do that.
Allar better be in the weight room and be getting mentored by another QB. He has to learn how to make better decisions. This is not on the coach; this is all on Allar for how he played.
Perhaps if he worried about the game instead of Notre Dame not playing in a conference, they probably would have won.😂
Zero to do with loss and he is 100% correct.
@bamapsu6906 no he is not correct. ND has no incentive to join a stupid conference. I swear you people are so dumb with your stupid conference 💩
This was the only chance in my lifetime for PSU to contend for a National Championship since 1986. It was a wasted opportunity with questionable play calling. Not one deep throw was attempted. We left 4 points on the ground with a dropped TD pass. This team will be depleted with NFL draft picks. It destroyed any chance of attracting wide receivers and without keeping up with NIL spending, PSU will never contend again...hard reality!
a cursed organization
@roseauw Sticking to old fashioned morals and refusing to dig deep in the portal and paying players NIL unfortunately won't get it done these days. It is minor league football now and sadly but respectfully Penn State can't compete with schools that win at all costs. Academics have been totally lost to an NFL combine launch pad. Some of these athletes will survive life due to financial security and most will be eaten by money hungry vultures steering them wrongly due to their lack of maturity and education.
Miller's fall didn't help either.
This is on Franklin. Period.
"Uh we should have done better seeing as we were paid ridiculous money as children"
Allar you choked
Coach Franklin is a mature man who has the respect of his players. Can you imagine feeling responsible for a hundred young men, for their health, their feelings, their development, etc
He completely cares for the student athlete. Penn State is lucky to have him
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Agree 100%
I agree
Like every coach?
PSU can get a coach that fits your job qualifications for a fraction of the cost.
Franklin is a bad coach, and Allar stinks. They play a weak schedule every single year and usually lose the two loseable games they play.
Penn State’s wide receivers are terrible.
Zero catches in this game! They have been bad all year! They were bad last year (except Lambert Smith). Very poor recruiting and/or development of receivers. That last pick was on Evans, Drew had to wait and wait till someone got open, and Omari E. did not run through his route.
They aren't sprinters and run banana routes. No separation.
Had a chance to win a lost it again, very familiar situation in happy valley. Maybe one day…
No
1-14. and 3-20
1-15
Sh** in one hand an wish in the other an see which one fills up
What we saw was the bubble pop. The lack of throwing the ball to the receivers all year and playing scary has caught up to us. This is the bed we made. And regardless I’m proud of the Nittany Lions for playing their hearts out. Thanks for a great season
The BS of the transfer portal system should have been brought up…. If nothing else, to make it better going forward, for all teams. Losing Pribula just before the playoffs is a piss poor system for these student athletes. This team ran the 2qb system well all year and to lose a QB just before the playoffs, to the portal is weak. Credit to ND, tho PSU should have had the #2 qb to fall back on at specific times in the game, & it would have produced a different outcome.
The system sucks but the call was made by Beau and admissions at Mizzou
0-99 against top 5 teams LoL
Time to move on from Allar, was Penn States game to lose. No excuses.
Once again Drew Allar shows he's been overhyped from day one. He isn't the qb James Franklin makes him out to be. This loss once again is 100% on James Franklin and his inability to win the big game. I've been saying it for years!! It's past time to get rid of him, he's proven he can't and never will win the big game. He isn't the coach that will win us a national title.
100% in agreement. Franklin is not going to take them to the promised land, he has brought nothing but negativity to PSU I can't stand seeing him him on TV anymore. He should have been fired many years ago. For the love of GOD PSU what is wrong with you. when my coworkers ask me about thoughts on any Penn State game my response is not with enthusiasm but disappointment.
@MKJ-ei8kt 100% understand and agree with your frustration!!!
Drew missed two surefire wide open touchdowns. The first was the ball that was behind singleton, and the second was the one he also missed to singleton, which also would have been a 90+ yard touchdown. Missed both and both were wide open.
When AK 1st came in as a coordinator & was asked about the receivers, he said the obvious thing everyone wanted to hear - that they can be schemed open. How much did that actually happen... Without Warren @TE being a ridiculous athlete we probably would have had at least 4 losses this season. Bad QB play this game & a nearly non-existent WR room all season can only get you so far
this team next year will be extremely lucky to go 9-3/8-4. Allar is our last big recruiting class. The last couple years Franklin has been getting the 15th best class. Once you take away Franklin's ability to recruit, there isn't a redeeming coaching quality left. Warren and Carter, two generational players, are both gone next year. You, will NEVER get an easier playoff again, this was our year, and Allar has one of the worst games you will ever see. Beau plays and we win that game. Shit, if Warren is qb we stand a better chance.
We shit the bed plain & simple
wait.....a James Franklin team shit the bed in a big game? That can't be.
ALLAR IS THE WORST QB IN THE PLAYOFFS. Gunner Stockton played much better. He lost PSU that game. Terrible. The refs bailed him out TWICE; and he said “no refs, I really want to throw this game away “
Not blaming JF this game. We have the talent. This one's on the coordinators and some individual performances. Sincere thank you to Carter and Warren for setting the bar so high. Season would not have had many of the highlights it did without them. Hope some of the other guys come back to make an even bigger impact next year.
@@markm1202 no you're 100% correct. I will put some blame on Franklin for giving his coordinators so much lee way with the calls. This boils down to the university not wanting to pay more on the NIL, Franklin shows he can progress these guys. They rather spend 700 million on a stadium then throw a few extra million on our NIL. This is huge reason we don't get the top 5 recruiting classes or big portal names.
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@@bradishler5967WR & LB rooms were the weak links this year.
Who hires the coordinators and who is their boss?
@reubensandwich9249 Athletic director and school president. Jackass
Drew Allar sucks!
Just saying, THIS loss is not on Franklin. His record against top 5 teams sucks, but he was not outcoached this game. This was just bad execution
* were not
You execute the called game plan….that was done by the players. It was the play calling that cost this game. Did you not notice that Allen dialed down the pressure in the second half by his play calling? Why would you do that and who is ultimately responsible for that play calling?……Choke Franklin is. We were outclassed and out coached in the second half. All season long we had no wide out worth a hoot. Players fault or lack of good coaching? Allar proves again why he’s not ready for the NFL. His fault or the QB coach who can’t develop a so called five star recruit? That’s been going on for far too long since Hackenberg. Why in the world would any young QB want to come to PSU to develop into a NFL QB under Choke Franklin?
Wrong
Totally out coached in the 2nd half
@@denniskane196 you need to back up your comment on why you think differently
then why did they get the shit kicked out of them in 3rd quarter after halftime coaching adjustments?
This game is one drew most but one game doesn’t define a player. He will be great and improve. Have some respect for the young man
Hagens needs to go need a wide recievers coach that knows what he is doing we lost because of no wide recievers
After sleeping on it, really can’t blame anyone for the loss. Most stats are in favor of Penn State. Brutal loss but that’s football. I don’t want to hear anything about “big game” Franklin or Allar losing the game. Notre Dame stepped up at every crucial moment, and that’s how you win against odds
allar threw one of the worst picks you will ever see in a big game.....When do you ever see a qb do something that stupid? It just doesn't happen. And that was one of 3, but the other two he got bailed out on. If beau starts we win that game by 10 pts.
Franklin has to go.
Penn State made it to the final four when they don't even recruit in the top dozen.
@ yes he does recruiter in the top 12 wtf are you on? He still lost to every top 10 team this year as usual. Lost to Ohio State, Oregon in the conference championship, his two playoff wins were against Boise State and SMU teams any bad Penn State would beat and then lost again to another top ten team ND. He’s a fraud, he will never win big games. If he couldn’t do it with this team he never will be able to. Plus we will probably lose 9 or 10 players to the NFL and or team will look much different next year.
They're stuck with him for a few more years.
Every loss this year is on ALLAR not FRANKLIN.
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Who do you think gets him ready every week? 🤡
Don't head into 2025 with a generic plan for improvement. Recruit and shape the team around beating Oregon in 2025. Consider it another "big game" to prepare for, but it will work when playing all teams, including OSU.
No WR's hurts
The QB fades in big moments, not Franklin. Aller reminds of another held in highest steam.QB from the past, that couldn’t get a job in the NFL…I think he wore 14. We let the wrong QB go into the transfer! 🤷🏻♂️
beau plays that game we win by 10pts. Also, I think if beau plays last year we either win the Mich. game or the OSU. One of those games goes our way w/ beau, but Allar was atrocious both games.
bring back joe paterno ,james franklin is 1-18 vs top 5 schools , james franklin can beat A-10 SCHOOLS U-MASS
I never mess with reading social media but after hearing how bananas PSU fans behave on social media I decided to open Pandora’s box and take a lookseeee. Is being self aware not a thing anymore or looking at the big picture? Yeah I get it sucks to loose but having the opportunity to loose is what makes sports so fun to watch in the first place. This is coming from a dude that was screaming for Coach to go for it on fourth down. I thought that was our opportunity to finish the game with our offense. Instead Coach gave his defense the opportunity to get the ball back and what did they do? They got the ball back. I guess that’s why I’m not a coach. Where I’m going with this is those players gave themselves the opportunity to play in that game. It was those dudes that somehow pulled off the win against USC. It was those dudes that pulled off a fake punt to beat Minnesota. It’s those same dudes that give and take massive hits and then get up for seconds like it’s thanksgiving. I’m a PSU dude through and through. Thank you guys for getting up for us to watch.
Why do I see people screw up "lose" and "loose"? I can see "affect vs effect" here and there. "Lose and loose" are two entirely different meanings not even close to one another.
love u drew block out the noise it’s absolute nonsense
Nonsense? He was an absolute disaster and cost Penn State the game lmao 🤣
his completion percentage the last 3 games 59 52 and 52 running game and the te and defense saved his ass.
I agree, I love Drew as well!!!! WE ARE, and will be back!!
@@kevinchandler179 you won’t get an easier draw than SMU and Boise.
nonsense? NONESENSE!!!!???? He threw an all time bad pick in both college and NFL. He singlehandedly lost them that game, multiple times. If beau plays we win that game by 10 pts. He actively hurt them by being the qb today. That last int. will haunt PSU fans forever. It was that bad.
Drew. Believe in yourself! See the throw and make it. Odds of you reading this are a million to one. If you do i say quit doubting yourself. We Are!!!
We are....1-18 against top 5 opponents
Agreed. Coach K needs to assess and adjust. Also, dedicate the off-season to building an elite WR room that gets separation and makes "explosive plays"
allar should have been benched in favor of JP............like kelly bryant was benched for trevor lawrence.........that's why Dabo has a NC and James Frankiln don't
You choked Franklin like always.
JF= Frank Beamer at VT in big games
I’m sick of the crying bro, we as fans should be crying you’re at least getting paid when you lose these big games to play the game you’re gifted enough to play at this level. Act like it l. Stop the crying. I’m the one that should be crying in my Gameroom because I woke up my entire house every time you guys had a chance to bury Notre Dame and you simply, didn’t. We as fans are the ones that carry the burden of this loss.
Coach Franklin time to move on, you deserve to coach for a more supportive fan base. Wish Penn State luck and time to move on to greater opportunities
This loss is not on CJF. Several plays just were not successful despite their potential. CJF is a man that will always accept the outcomes of the games, despite the chances of thwarted victories. Anyone knocking his resume just doesn't understand the situation he started with. Things are getting better.
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This has to be a troll comment. He's been there for 10 years and amassed a 1-15 record against Top 5 times. During the same time period, B1G bottom feeders, Purdue have more wins against Top 5 times.
How are things getting better? He doesn't have to lose to Michigan anymore?
1-18. What delusion....
Cam Miller 🕳️
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You guys should no have lost you mind f yourself all the time and you are the better team ....how much did ya make?$$
Franklin needs to go, he's needed to be gone for years at this point. He isn't a coach, he's a recruiter. That's just the simple fact. He can't win against a good team. Think about the team he had with Saquon Barkley... it was loaded with top tier NFL talent, and he couldn't beat lesser teams. There was more talent on that team than anyone they faced. Now you see them drop a game to a beat up, and inferior ND team, in a pathetic fashion. It's just clear... the guy is a mediocre coach at best. There are at least a dozen coaches in the NCAA who would run the table with the team they have, and the teams they've had. If this guy had an entire roster loaded with future NFL hall of famers at every position, he'd still find a way to drop one or two games each season. It's pathetic at this point.
He needs to go, but they'll never fire him. PSU has become a woke school, and firing a black coach isn't something they could stomach. I personally don't care anymore, been a fan all my life, they deserve to lose as long as they have him. I feel bad for the kids they convince with the lies. They actually think they stand a chance at winning the big games, when in reality.... As long as Franklin's there, it's about as close to a guarantee as it gets that they're gonna perpetually lose to Ohio State, and Oregon, and any other quality team. Franklin isn't a choke artist, he's just a bad coach. The record proves it. 4-19 against quality opponents. The only reason he has 4 wins is just luck. The only way you don't win a couple is if you're intentionally trying to lose. If you look at successful coaches, their either offensive minded, or defensive minded. Franklin is neither. He relies entirely on a defensive coordinator or an offensive coordinator. He can't do it himself. That's the root of the problem. He's great at convincing young kids to throw away their chance at actual success, and instead going to Penn State, when it's written in stone, they MIGHT win one big game in their 3 or 4 year stint. That's it. That's as close as they'll ever get to winning a national title. Beating Ohio State, if they end up getting lucky, or Oregon, or whatever other team separates from the pack that season in the Big Ten, then beating up on a couple outmatched opponents IF THEY ARE LUCKY in the playoffs before coming up against an inferior team and choking away their chances. I'm so used to Franklin losing, it don't even get pissed off anymore, I watch, those around me yelling "what are they doing" and I just sit there thinking "they're doing what Franklin always does. Miraculously pulling a defeat from the jaws of victory." In hind sight, we went 50 years with the greatest coach the sport has ever seen. Paterno might not have been flashy, but he was consistent. We knew what we had, and he was good. He could win the big game, had the teams prepared and ready, and they always performed well. Just as then, we know what we have.... a guy who's going to lose when it matters the most because he's simply out of his depth. If you sent a little league manager to the MLB you'd get pretty much the same results. They're gonna lose consistently, and very rarely they'll eek out a win. Franklin is just out of his depth. He needs to be at a group of 5 school, where he belongs. Thing is... he'll NEVER go on his own accord. He knows he's out of his depth, so he's gonna hang on to this job for as long as he possibly can. He'll never go to the NFL, for one, they'll never give him an offer, and no other big school is gonna try to lure him away, because any worth their while know he's not a guy who's going to get the job done.
People need to stop blaming Franklin for everything. He's not perfect, but definitely not as bad as many would have you believe. As I see it, this team's only deficiency is the lack of a consistent passing game. If the players and coaches can fix that for next season, we can easily win it all next year.
lol, Jesus wins.
😂😂😂
Anyone blaming Franklin is a legitimate moron.
🫡We Are
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This game is one drew most but one game doesn’t define a player. He will be great and improve. Have some respect for the young man