Franklin is a good college football coach on paper. Just look at his overall stats at PS as the HC for the past 11 years: 101-41 overall. Bowl appearances in all but one of his years (and that year happened to be 2020). His teams have finished top-10 in the AP poll four times. No comparison IMO, to 8-8 seasons time & time again w/Garrett. PS hasn't sniffed a Championship since 1986. Franklin had a chance to rid that monkey on his ahoulder after numerous failers by not defeating Michigan/Ohio State. After losing to OS this season (Michigan not on schedule) he again had a chance by making the playoffs.
Very frustrating to say the least. Especially when you watch your team dominating the trenches on both sides of the ball, outgaining the Irish on the ground & keeping ND from moving the ball. No mistakes were made. PS played a great game, until the end. So w/33 seconds left on the clock on your own 28 yard line, & Franklin decides to play aggressively?
Are you kidding me? You have to the best RB duo & the best TE in the country & you decide to pass the ball? Not one WR was used the entire game because the run game was working. All Franklin had to do was run the ball close enough down the field for a field goal. Not ALL the blame goes to Franklin.
As soon as I seen Allar ready to go down knowing he was going to try to make a play, it was a no brainer it was going to be intercepted. Why Drew? Why would you not take that sack?
ND has no business being in the National Championship game. (Irish Green vs PS Blue/Egals Green vs Cowboys Blue same rivalry) Loathe their coach too. Has an attitude on look how great of a coach I am with his quiet smug face all the time. Talk about luck this season. Folks say, well you have to cheer for the other team in your division now. Well, cheering for Ohio State is like Dallas fans cheering for the Egals.
Hats off to the refs. They did let them play. I only caught two penalties that weren't called vs ND. Holding & facemask.
The only good thing that can make EVERYONE on this board happy now, is that young Green Bay smacking the Egals out of the playoffs as they did Dallas last season. Tired hearing about them & Barkley!