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Planner_Hokie

Hard to understand why

this is an issue for anyone. We’ve struggled over the last decade just getting to bowl games-are we really going to complain that hiring Franklin isn’t a guarantee that we’ll get past the semis of the college football playoff
Posted: 11/18/2025 at 03:35 PM ET
(In response to this post by JoesterVT)

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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