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Mike Francesa LOSES HIS MIND Over Penn State Icing The Kicker Up 56-0 With 11 Seconds Left

Francesa:

Footage of the Kick:

James Franklin’s Explanation:

James Franklin intimated his decision to call a timeout right before Georgia State’s last-second field-goal attempt had nothing to do with “icing” the player.

“Really, that had nothing to do with it,” he said during his postgame press conference. “We don’t have a fourth-team field goal block, so we called timeout to get the second-team field goal block in there.”

HE’S A HAWSES ASS! THATS A QUOTE! What an all time rant from The Pope. As the clock winds down on Francesa’s career (Assuming the FAN doesnt throw a BOATLOAD of money at him to help the station through this Carton Saga) its important to cherish these moments. Francesa wasnt the first person to ever have meltdowns on the radio and he certainly wont be the last, but he is the only one to ever do it quite like him. The accent, the rage, the pure disdain. Its all patented by Numbah One and we wont ever hear another quite like him. He’s been sitting in that chai-uh foah almost 30 yeauhs and as we near his retirement, he’s still ranting just like he was in 1989. Hes still throwing 99 on the black. It just sucks knowing that next season if some asshole coach decides to ice a kicker up 56-0, there wont be Big Mike there to roast his ass.

And make no mistake about it, James Franklin is an asshole. I dont care how your team was lined up. I dont care that your 4th team was in and they dont have a FG block and blah blah blah.There is one reason and one reason only to call a timeout up 56 and thats to preserve your shutout. How much of a short sighted asshole do you need to be to realize that the glory of your shutout will be completely overshadowed by all the talk of you being an absolute prick if it comes at the cost of icing a kid that you are absolutely demolishing? Just a thoroughly stupid move through and through. Anybody even remotely siding with this guy is an asshole too.

I’m sure Penn State fans are because that just how that cult rolls.