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 ^
who cares?
September 18th, 2017 at 10:12 PM ^
Clearly not you
September 18th, 2017 at 10:13 PM ^
It's a reference, that's one of his catchphrases.
September 18th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
Ah I see, being wrong about things like this is one of many pitfalls of being a sarcastic asshole
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 ^
i remember thinking the same thing Saturday night, I also was pretty shit-faces and started a thread about it cream sandwiches.
September 19th, 2017 at 12:42 PM ^
Are you still "shit-faces"?
September 18th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
They don't call him field goal franklin for nothing!
September 18th, 2017 at 10:18 PM ^
You can skip the first 60 seconds - ad read.
September 18th, 2017 at 10:24 PM ^
Iowa knocks the crap out of PSU. I actually used to feel sorry for that program after the Sandusky mess and subsequent penalties. Now, they all seem like a bunch of cocky ass pricks...like their coach.
September 18th, 2017 at 10:34 PM ^
I think Karma is gonna get them this year
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 ^
You felt sorry for that piece of shit program? I felt and feel completely different. Fuck Penn St and their Paterno following fans.
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 ^
Oh my.
September 19th, 2017 at 7:21 PM ^
George for the win!
September 19th, 2017 at 12:24 AM ^
Insufferable is the nicest thing I can say about them, if I say any more than that at work...
September 19th, 2017 at 10:38 AM ^
that had some sizzle
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 ^
And then after DiNardo saying what a great win that was over Pitt, Okie State drops 500 yards and 49 points on them in a half.
September 19th, 2017 at 11:16 AM ^
O-State people, not Okie State.
September 19th, 2017 at 7:25 PM ^
It is o-state, damnit, and by the way....
September 21st, 2017 at 2:32 AM ^
Is a word consider by those of Oklahoma not having positive connotations.
Ps. He is much better without the mullet.
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 ^
ESPN did a 30 for 30 on fatso and fruitloops?
September 18th, 2017 at 10:41 PM ^
Francesa: "he's a horse's ass for doing that".
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 ^
Fanhood isn't usually an exercise in sanity. If it were, I think much of the passion that (most of the time) makes CFB so great would be diminished
September 18th, 2017 at 10:42 PM ^
Actually that was pretty funny as rants go.
September 18th, 2017 at 10:48 PM ^
Was so disgraceful; it fits right in with PSU culture. He iced the kicker with 11 seconds left in the game so that Georgia State would not score. To then lie about it in his press conference after the game just compounds his disgusting behavior.
They did not show that on BTN.........big surprise.
September 19th, 2017 at 12:32 AM ^
And yet he consistently finishes above harbaughs Michigan teams and actually has a big ten title.
September 19th, 2017 at 12:44 AM ^
So consistently means one out of two times? Losing to Harbaugh in both seasons, the second time by a 49-10 score.
This may be one of the stupidest things ever posted on the MGoBoard.
Congratulations.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:31 AM ^
Anything worth doing is worth doing right
September 19th, 2017 at 3:55 AM ^
I don't know, I've posted some pretty stupid shit
September 19th, 2017 at 12:46 AM ^
Harbaugh kicked his ass last year, troll.
September 19th, 2017 at 2:25 AM ^
Harbaugh is 2-0 against him, and finished behind him once. You sir, are a jackass.
And what's worse, is you're the guy that said Michigan needs better fans. Take your hypocrisy and negativity, and blow it out your ass.
September 18th, 2017 at 10:53 PM ^
I hate James Franklin
September 18th, 2017 at 11:16 PM ^
But she never knew James Franklin.
September 19th, 2017 at 8:04 AM ^
Lucky woman
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 ^
Iowa will give them a game if not beat them. It just what Iowa does.