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002 - James Franklin fired by PSU 101325

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🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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James Franklin fired by PSU

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0:00.0

Welcome back inside the Inarbor studios of the Big 1050 WTKA online at the big 1050.com.

0:05.2

So Michigan loses 31 13 on Saturday night.

0:10.1

They fall to 4 and 2 on the season, 2 and 1 in Big 10 play.

0:13.2

We will be discussing that throughout the course of the show.

0:15.4

That is obviously what we were mainly talking about, including with Mike Porter for the

0:19.9

Monster Moment of the game coming up at about an hour from now with Monster Tree Service of Ann Arbor.

0:23.9

We'll be discussing that most of less what we'll be discussing with Will Heineger and Scott Bell in the 8 o'clock hour with Denard Robinson, our Monday morning quarterback brought to by Golden Limousine in the 9 o'clock hour.

0:33.8

But there was another piece of news from college football yesterday that is big time news and needs to be discussed because James Franklin was fired yesterday by Penn State.

0:42.3

It's going to end up costing Penn State between $45 and $50 million in his buyout.

0:48.0

I mean, if it was me, if I was him, I would already be on the beach.

0:52.3

It wouldn't take long to be on the beach and have my feet kicked up.

0:56.0

And I know these guys want to coach again.

0:58.4

And these guys are alphas.

0:59.6

And that's like how that's their personalities.

1:01.3

But you pay me 45 to $50 million to be out of a job.

1:04.7

I'm probably going to just take it and enjoy that money.

1:10.3

Of note, their former AD, Sandy Barber,

1:12.8

not their current AD, Pat Kraft,

1:14.5

is the one who signed James Franklin to his last and insane extension

1:17.7

that cost this much money.

1:19.5

But apparently money is not an issue.

1:22.3

They're just willing to part ways.

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