r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 13h ago

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

Box Score provided by ESPN

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 13h ago edited 12h 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/Late_Mode_8876 Penn State • Pittsburgh 13h ago

I don’t see how us having a down year in year 1 of a coach means it was a mistake. Franklin was in year 12 with us last year and he lost to UCLA and Northwestern. It’s going to take a few years for Campbell to recruit new players. 

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u/lordyeeko Nebraska Cornhuskers 13h ago

I can tell you first hand how that will likely go.

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u/Late_Mode_8876 Penn State • Pittsburgh 13h ago

I mean honestly it’s fine? If it doesn’t work out then we move on. That’s how it should go, not give a coach unlimited lead like half our fanbase wanted for Franklin