Encore: Penn State Fires James Franklin (w/ LaVar Arrington)
Stugotz and Company
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 13.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Penn State legend LaVar Arrington joins the show to talk about James Franklin getting fired after a stunning loss to Northwestern. He was also teammates with Matt Rhule and shares his thoughts on the now Nebraska coach. Did you know LaVar Arrington got recruited to play basketball at North Carolina? Was he the missing piece on the Final Four team that included Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison that lost to Utah and Rick Majerus? Stugotz has a Mount Rushmore of Penn State Football.
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| 0:00.0 | The great LaVar Arrington is with us. |
| 0:02.2 | One of the great athletes I've ever seen. |
| 0:03.9 | He is a host of two pros and a cup of Joe Fox Sports Radio, 6 to 9 a.m. Eastern Monday through Friday. He's doing not, he's doing six days a week, Israel. Six days a week, LeVar Arrington. What is the other show? Because I already forgot. You told me about it right before we came on. Yeah, but you have another show on the weekend. |
| 0:22.0 | Up on game is on Saturdays because I already forgot. You told me about it right before we came on. Yeah, but you have another show in the weekend. |
| 0:21.9 | Up on game is on Saturdays with T.J. Hussmanzada and Plexico Burst. That's also Fox Sports |
| 0:27.8 | Radio. And on Eastern time, that's noon to 2 p.m. So pretty good sports on the weekend. |
| 0:39.0 | I love that you're doing weekends. |
| 0:39.7 | It's amazing. |
| 0:41.3 | Put us where you were. |
| 0:45.9 | Put us there as Penn State is losing its third consecutive game. |
| 0:48.6 | They're losing it at home and they're losing it to Northwestern. |
| 0:52.0 | What is going through LeVar Harrington's mind who went to Penn State, who is, I would say, in my Mount Rushmore, |
| 0:55.1 | Penn State athletes, LeVar Arrington is firmly entrenched in that Mount Rushmore. |
| 0:59.5 | So what were you thinking? |
| 1:01.3 | That's pretty flattering. |
| 1:05.2 | So I was there for all three losses. |
| 1:08.1 | All right. |
| 1:08.4 | So I was there at the Whiteout. |
| 1:10.0 | Obviously, I made an appearance making the picks for the game. |
| 1:15.8 | And that was, you know, I didn't feel great about the way the game went, but I was |
| 1:22.0 | optimistic that maybe that was a wake-up call. |
| 1:25.1 | You know, it didn't, it didn't alarm me. |
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