Mike Francesa RIPS Field Goal Franklin
For those of you not local to the greater NY area, you may not have heard of the legendary Mike Francesa, who has been a host at the CBS affiliate WFAN for the past 30 years. If you are curious ESPN recently did a 30 for 30 on him and his old co-host.
Today Mike went on a rant for the ages, going nuclear on Field Goal Franklin icing the kicker while up 56-0. All 12 minutes are worth a listen, he even interrupts himself during the live ad read at the end.
https://omny.fm/shows/mike-francesa/mike-francesa-rant-on-penn-state-ic…
September 18th, 2017 at 10:11 PM ^
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September 18th, 2017 at 10:13 PM ^
It's a reference, that's one of his catchphrases.
September 18th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
September 19th, 2017 at 10:53 AM ^
So....did the kicker make the field goal?
September 19th, 2017 at 12:21 PM ^
Yes he did, actually. But then on the ensuing kick-off he totally missed the ball so they removed the 3 points from the score. It's in the box-score, you can look it up. /s
September 18th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
September 19th, 2017 at 12:42 PM ^
September 18th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
They don't call him field goal franklin for nothing!
September 18th, 2017 at 10:18 PM ^
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September 19th, 2017 at 3:00 AM ^
Karma can go suck a cock. If karma were a thing, then PSU, MSU, and OSU wouldn't be the past 3 Big Ten Champions. Meanwhile Michigan hasn't won since 2004. I was in fucking 8th grade.
Sorry for the rant. But when I am reminded that PSU won 2 B1G titles, then nearly had their program ended, then came back and won another B1G title, in the timespan that Michigan has done jack fuck and won one meaningless game against Luke Fickell's OSU, it makes me want to punch karma in the dick.
September 18th, 2017 at 11:08 PM ^
September 18th, 2017 at 11:49 PM ^
As someone who attended a night game there, these people are the most unrepentant hillbilly ass slack jawed fuckbags in our country. They have absolutely no redeeming qualities outside the fact that an opioid epidemic will claim most of them at an early age.
They have a shrine to a man who enabled a child rapist, even after it is clearly established that the man enabled a child rapist. Those fuckheads can all die in a massive collapse of their shit ass oversized high school bleacher of a stadium.
I hope that they all get black lung from coal jobs that fail to generate enough money to feed their future generations.
September 18th, 2017 at 11:51 PM ^
September 19th, 2017 at 7:21 PM ^
George for the win!
September 19th, 2017 at 12:24 AM ^
September 19th, 2017 at 10:38 AM ^
September 18th, 2017 at 11:53 PM ^
They have beaten the following teams so far (S&P+)
Akron - #119 Overall, #110 Offense, #119 Defense
Pitt - #69 Overall, #37 Offense, #95 Defense
Georgia State - #120 Overall, #127 Offense, #80 Defense
All of these games were at home. All of these teams have substandard defenses. They play their first real opponent this week on the road, at night. Iowa's defense is ranked #19 FWIW. You'll get a feel for how legit their offense is this weekend. No matter what happens, Don Brown will get some real footage of their offense on film versus a legit defense. I like this game for that reason alone.
Also, I do not feel sorry for their program. After winning the B1G Championship, it takes an extra special asswipe to proclaim that the "healing can begin now" in the face of denial and delusion. Fuck them. Franklin is a douche canoe and his time will come.
September 19th, 2017 at 12:18 AM ^
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September 19th, 2017 at 7:25 PM ^
It is o-state, damnit, and by the way....
September 21st, 2017 at 2:32 AM ^
September 19th, 2017 at 11:23 AM ^
these are great numbers, thanks for posting. will be good to see how the game turns out.
September 19th, 2017 at 10:38 AM ^
Yeah man. It would be nice to see them get bit by Iowa this weekend. I want to see Penn State else experience that and have their season ruined hhaah (my girlfriend is from Iowa and am a Hawk fan by proxy now).
September 18th, 2017 at 10:27 PM ^
Can we lock them both in a room and then throw away the key?
September 18th, 2017 at 10:33 PM ^
say "I was trying to preserve the shutout, I wanted that for our defense."
Which, fine. I don't think folk would have an issue with that.
Talking about wanting to get the 4th-team field-goal block unit out there --- that's really not telling the truth. Franklin does stuff rather regularly that makes me roll my eyes. This was another one.
September 18th, 2017 at 10:40 PM ^
September 18th, 2017 at 10:41 PM ^
I sincerely hate Penn State. I didn't like them when they had JoePa, I didn't like them when the terrible news came out about their program, and I can't stand Franklin. My hope is that they win every game until October 21 and Michigan forces Franklin to kick a field goal down 56-0. This way the let down of those delusional fans will be immense. How a sane human can support that college after what happened is beyond me.
September 18th, 2017 at 11:22 PM ^
September 18th, 2017 at 10:42 PM ^
Actually that was pretty funny as rants go.
September 18th, 2017 at 10:48 PM ^
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September 18th, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^
clicked this thread because I thought "field goal franklin" was a pro wrestler
you know, like these folks:
September 19th, 2017 at 1:00 AM ^
"heel Pro Wrestling manager." He draws the heat.
September 19th, 2017 at 10:01 AM ^
Bobby "The Brain" just passed, maybe Franklin can step in. Minus the brain part.
September 18th, 2017 at 11:39 PM ^