BREAKING: Leaked Audio From Team Meeting After Penn State Coach James Franklin Fired

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Menace 2 Sports with Zach Smith

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🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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LEAKED AUDIO CHAOS AT PENN STATE!
Today we react to the explosive leaked audio from Penn State Athletic Director Pat Kraft, where he unloads on the Nittany Lions' collapse this season, the program's failures, and the future of the program after firing head coach James Franklin.

We're breaking down what was said, what it REALLY means, and how Ohio State fits into the fallout of Penn State's worst season in a decade.

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The shocking leaked audio from AD Pat Kraft — what he said & why it matters

Penn State's disastrous season and how the program unraveled

Terry Smith's job as the interim head coach

How this chaos impacts recruiting across the Big Ten

What this means for Ohio State and Ryan Day

The national media's reaction & behind-the-scenes fallout

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This could be the most important moment in Penn State Football since the Franklin era began — and the ripple effects could hit the entire conference.

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0:00.0	It is Friday, December 5th. We are, we're here, really. We got some championship games tonight. Shout out to Corey Dennis and Dan Mullen, UNLV. Tries to get their get back against Boise State. I got a two-leg parlay that I think is sure fire. It's free money. What I say was? Plus 250? Yeah, plus 250. Plus 253, I think I locked it in. It's going to be a good one. We'll talk about it in the coaches report. But also got some previews for the Big Ten championship game, SEC championship game, big 12 championship game. Fuck the ACC championship game. Don't care. Whoever wins, if Duke wins, they probably don't get in. If somehow they do get in or Virginia gets in, I think neither are capable of winning a playoff game. So to me, they're irrelevant. Don't care. Right. Whereas Texas Tech, I think, could win one. BYU's got a better resume than Notre Dame in Miami. I like Texas Tech a lot too. I do too. Because they create so many turnovers.
0:55.6	It makes them like ultimate nightmare fuel.
0:56.9	And also like they're good at stopping the run. I think you have those two things together. It's like, okay, like this could work. This could play. There's no doubt about it. So I'm excited to talk about it. And then we got some, uh, a couple bangers. A couple things to talk about.
1:09.3	My man Chris got some leaked audio.
1:11.6	Yeah.
1:12.9	James Franklin got fired.
1:14.3	Pat Krabb. a couple things to talk about. My man, Chris, got some leaked audio.
1:11.7	Yeah.
1:12.9	James Franklin got fired.
1:14.5	Pat Kraft held a team meeting.
1:17.1	And somebody recorded that bitch.
1:20.5	And somehow that recording has been passed around.
1:23.1	And we want to talk, play you the recording, talk about the recording.
1:29.6	What Pat Kraft says takes some crazy shots says some crazy shit i think now it's only i think he was getting fired no matter what
1:37.1	because he fumbled this search so bad now it really looks bad now it's really a bad deal
1:42.9	and we're going to talk about the process too
1:44.6	because it is a unique side story and also like we want to talk about the deeper aspects of
1:51.6	it getting recorded it getting passed around what what do you mean by that it's chris true of
1:58.2	all people literally my man chris drew is over here like who if I get a
2:03.8	felony we just put money on my books despite the fact that several dozens of people have this
2:09.5	it's out there so we're going to play it we're going to talk about it if you're curious about the leaked
2:14.7	audio we got it coming you hit a retweet on it hit a retweet. We also have Chris Henry Jr. Yeah, Chris Henry Jr. This ended up being a very loaded Friday, right? And again, like the non-story story is number one versus number two is tomorrow. I mean, literally probably the least clickbait story is the Big Ten championship game, which is the biggest game of the entire college football season.
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