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Beerman
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Beerman
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As well he should be!

The narrative that Franklin can't win big games is the product of unrealistic fan expectations, not serious analysis. Someone with Arians' experience at the highest levels of football understands this.
Posted: 11/18/2025 at 12:42 PM ET
(In response to this post by MikeVT85)

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Well, Bruce Arians seems giddy about the James Franklin hire.**
MikeVT85 • 11/18/25 12:28 PM ET
Deserved. He, Bud, and Eddie pushed hard for this apparently. Well Done **
vtchem75 • 11/18/25 02:56 PM ET
As well he should be! ◄
Beerman • 11/18/25 12:42 PM ET
By the way, here's an article from this summer on the subject**
JoesterVT • 11/18/25 01:43 PM ET
If Franklin gets us to the point where we are losing only big games...
Maroon Baboon • 11/18/25 01:29 PM ET
lol....the "narrative" is actually hard data, and fully legit
JoesterVT • 11/18/25 01:07 PM ET
Hard to understand why
Planner_Hokie • 11/18/25 03:35 PM ET
Who's complaining?**
JoesterVT • 11/18/25 05:09 PM ET
How many of those games are against Harbaugh, Meyer, and Day?
Happy Dog • 11/18/25 01:46 PM ET
well, Kirby Smart racked up his 19-10 vs. T10 tms coached by Saban, et al
JoesterVT • 11/18/25 01:52 PM ET
Believe Kirby’s record to Saban though is like 1-6
VTJay • 11/18/25 02:10 PM ET
OSU and UM were the higher ranked team for the majority of games
HokieAl • 11/18/25 01:51 PM ET
Beamer's formula - 10 wins, ACCCG, chance at natty
TomTurkey • 11/18/25 01:42 PM ET
My only issue with Franklin is not the losing close games, but that he
Maroon Baboon • 11/18/25 01:35 PM ET
FWIW Bob Stoops received the "Big Game Bob" nickname because he was
VTHokie2000 • 11/18/25 01:31 PM ET
VT is 2-10 over the same time period. PSU has played twice as many
HokieAl • 11/18/25 01:28 PM ET
Data yes. Descriptive, yes. Predictive? Determinative?**
Beerman • 11/18/25 01:23 PM ET
But the data is very misleading.
3Manysons • 11/18/25 01:21 PM ET
That's a bizarre take, care to explain?
JoesterVT • 11/18/25 01:26 PM ET
And outside of those, who else is there
VTJay • 11/18/25 02:15 PM ET
An example is VT beat #10 UNC to start 2021 season
HokieAl • 11/18/25 01:43 PM ET
Every team is like that, and I do hate these types of stats
hoosnowahokie • 11/18/25 03:56 PM ET
Well sure, but again....we have a pretty good sample size
JoesterVT • 11/18/25 01:46 PM ET
I think challenging for the conference title every 4 to 5 years
One4VT • 11/18/25 01:19 PM ET
he hardly, if ever beat OSU and Michigan. so there is truth to it**
VaPoly07 • 11/18/25 12:55 PM ET
Franklin beat OSU exactly the same number of times that Beamer did**
ErnestTBass • 11/18/25 01:29 PM ET