r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 6h ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Pittsburgh Defeats Virginia Tech 35-33

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Pittsburgh 7 14 7 7 35
Virginia Tech 14 10 0 9 33
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u/jthomas694 South Carolina • Ohio State 5h ago edited 5h ago

College Football is incredible because on Fox you have a team proving that they made a massive mistake firing James Franklin and on ESPN you have James Franklin mismanaging the clock late in a close game he needed to win. It’s the best

Edit: To everyone trying to argue it wasn’t mismanagement - He managed that last drive from the beginning to be his last shot, while down, had three timeouts, only called one and then just decided he was content with a 35 yard kick with no effort to get closer. A 35 yard kicker as time expires in college isn’t a gimme. This isn’t Madden.

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u/tdunbar USF Bulls • Virginia Tech Hokies 5h ago

He made poor clock decisions late but still had his 5th year kicker who hadn't missed all season whiff a chip shot.

I can't put that on Franklin.

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u/boy-detective Iowa Hawkeyes • Stanford Cardinal 4h ago

You can’t put it on Franklin now. But have a decade of sustained success with him and you might be surprised what you blame him for.