October 22, 2024

Who would James Franklin pick first from his staff for a backyard football game? Ohio State talk, other radio show takeaways


Penn State superfans: Get exclusive, in-depth Nittany Lions news, analysis and recruiting updates every day. Become a PennLive Football Insider. Only $5.99 a month. Learn more. Penn State coach James Franklin held his final public appearance of Ohio State week Thursday night in State College. The program’s radio play-by-play announcer, Steve Jones, joined Franklin for about a half hour of chatter that included questions from fans in attendance at the coach’s weekly radio show. Most of the inquiries focused on the Buckeyes, but one was an interesting aside: Who would Franklin pick first if Penn State’s coaching staff was going to play a backyard football game? “If you’ve ever seen Barry Gant, our strength coach, Barry looks like he could still play,” Franklin said. I pay him to work out four hours a day and that’s what he does, so I would put him and Chuck Losey.” Losey is easily…

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