{"id":80436,"date":"2025-01-11T07:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T13:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/paul-finebaum-adamant-that-james-franklin-can-be-blamed-for-loss-to-notre-dame\/"},"modified":"2025-01-11T07:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T13:25:10","slug":"paul-finebaum-adamant-that-james-franklin-can-be-blamed-for-loss-to-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/paul-finebaum-adamant-that-james-franklin-can-be-blamed-for-loss-to-notre-dame\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Finebaum adamant that James Franklin can be blamed for loss to Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Finebaum<\/strong> didn\u2019t let James Franklin<\/a><\/strong> off the hook for Penn State\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> College Football Playoff<\/strong><\/a> semifinal loss to Notre Dame<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Nittany Lions and Fighting Irish were tied at 24-24 and could\u2019ve played for overtime. Instead, Franklin gambled and had QB Drew Allar<\/a><\/strong> gun it downfield in the hopes of getting into field goal range.<\/p>\n

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What resulted was an interception that set up Notre Dame for a game-winning field goal by Mitch Jeter.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of our friends up and down the network are saying, well, you can\u2019t blame James Franklin. Yes, you can,\u201d Finebaum said on The Matt Barrie Show<\/em>.<\/a> \u201cHe knows all that. That\u2019s his job. And he didn\u2019t make the decision, but he gave the keys to the car to the guy who did, and I didn\u2019t see the upside. You know, overtime is always risky, and I hate it, frankly, the way some of the overtime (games have gone).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you know, with that defense, with the game wrecker that they have on that side of the ball, I mean, I want to take my chance, as opposed to just throwing (the ball up) and that\u2019s exactly what he did. If you\u2019re not going to make a good decision in that situation, when are you going to make a good decision? So why give him the chance?\u201d<\/p>\n

Allar made some good decisions and some bad decisions. Unfortunately for Franklin and company, that\u2019s football.<\/p>\n

But Finebaum\u2019s point was that Franklin needed to share in the blame, not absolve him for going 2-1 in the postseason. Certainly, the interception was backbreaking in the end.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDrew is a passionate guy. He invested so much into his development but also to his teammates and to Penn State, and he\u2019ll handle this like he handles everything else, with a first-class approach and with an investment level that\u2019s as good as anybody in the country,\u201d Franklin said<\/a>. \u201cHis jump as a year-one starter to a year-two starter was significant. He\u2019s got a chance to take another step next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he\u2019ll handle it the right way. He\u2019s hurting right now.\u00a0 Should be hurting. We\u2019re all hurting. This ain\u2019t easy to get in here right after the game and have a conversation after you just poured your guts out on that field and really did it all year long.\u201d<\/p>\n

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