Schadenfreude - PSU beats us to four losses
It’s small consolation, but PSU goes to 0-4 on the season with a 30-23 loss to Nebraska. It interesting to note that their SBNation blog, Black Shoes Diary, has not a lot of people calling for Franklin’s head.
Indiana shut out MSU. How in Hell did we manage to lose to Sparty?
November 14th, 2020 at 4:35 PM ^
They sure beat us, but we damn sure can tie them in a few hours.
November 14th, 2020 at 5:06 PM ^
Michigan is 1-2.
November 14th, 2020 at 4:52 PM ^
We lost to sparty because they were and are the better team
November 14th, 2020 at 4:52 PM ^
The competitive guy in me wants to state, 'Hey, they played first!', but maybe it's best not to compete for everything...
November 14th, 2020 at 4:53 PM ^
Franklin also just signed a new contract in February for 6M per year.
"If he is fired without cause, Penn State owes Franklin the current year’s guaranteed compensation times the remaining length of the contract."
No one is firing Franklin unless they want to pony up 36 million...
November 14th, 2020 at 5:05 PM ^
failing to achieve agreed upon results is generally grounds for dismissal with cause. No idea If schools put win/loss results in contacts though:
November 14th, 2020 at 5:34 PM ^
wins/losses aren't part of coaching contracts.
'Cause' is typically defined in terms of doing something unethical.
They can absolutely fire him for wins/losses; but that doesn't mean he's not getting paid regardless of football results
November 14th, 2020 at 5:04 PM ^
really that's the only "unacceptable" thing so far - losing to a very bad MSU team
I could handle losing to a pretty good Indiana once a decade
November 14th, 2020 at 5:12 PM ^
Schadenfruede only works for me when we are winning. But I’ve been drinking IPAs and mimosas most of the day, so there’s that.
November 14th, 2020 at 5:14 PM ^
Big Ten Least
November 14th, 2020 at 5:36 PM ^
Haven't been watching PSU...do they look like they're being coached in fundamentals and actually watching game film? Do they know the names of key opposing players? If they are doing that they're doing better than us even at 0-4
November 14th, 2020 at 5:40 PM ^
Part of the problem in my opinion and regarding people wanting Harbaugh fires is two fold: heading into the season that negative big game narrative. Secondly some I think had a good amount of optimism heading into the season and the dominating win opening the season agains Minnesota lead to some having lofty expectations.
November 14th, 2020 at 6:16 PM ^
Nobody is upset that Michigan lost to the worst MSU team in more than a decade because of lofty expectations.
November 14th, 2020 at 5:47 PM ^
We lost to State because among other things Rocky Lombardi had a career game against us. He has sucked before and since, getting benched today.
November 14th, 2020 at 6:04 PM ^
Michigan beats Sparty 9/10 times this season. That arm punt offense isn’t going to hit as often as it did, and you can’t count on all those diving catches and that ridiculous last catch by the frosh WR that was tipped into him while he was on the ground. This is more of an indictment of Sparty’s ineptitude than Michigan’s ability.
November 14th, 2020 at 6:18 PM ^
Man, that's some spin.
EVERY arm punt offense does that against UM's defense.
November 14th, 2020 at 6:19 PM ^
There's absolutely no reason to think any of this.
November 14th, 2020 at 6:22 PM ^
Really amazing that in every MSU loss the explanation afterwards is "Michigan wins that game if such and such happens". It's been said on here after 2015, 2017 and this year. Stop. Lying. To. Yourself.
November 14th, 2020 at 6:27 PM ^
Exactly. For fuck's sake does anyone care about the humiliation this program and fan base has to endure after one of those losses? There's been at least two humiliating losses or off the field incidents since Jim's been here. That's the worst part for me.
November 14th, 2020 at 6:23 PM ^
We lost to Sparty because we're poorly coached and apathetic.
I wouldn't be calling for Frames Janklin's head if I were a PSU fan either. He gets them 11-win seasons and meaningful bowl wins. Also a B1G championship. Having an occasional shit season is forgivable under those circumstances.
November 14th, 2020 at 9:00 PM ^
Because we suck