Atlanta— It wasn’t a peachy ending for Penn State.
Hurt by a combination of opt outs, poor play and better play by the opponent, Penn State fell to Ole Miss, 38-25.
Penn State had a chance to become the first team in College Football history to win all six New Year’s Six bowl games and didn’t capitalize.
The people of social media were not to happy, and here are some of the top reactions.
Franklin when his opponent has a number next to their name pic.twitter.com/PyY3yahaHv
— Braydon Miller (@BraydonMiller15) December 30, 2023
Give me one good reason why we should not fire Franklin
— Chip Fairchild (@ChipFairchild) December 30, 2023
Absolutely terrible. Please fire Franklin!
— BlueandWhite4Life (@nittany4life) December 30, 2023
Truth is @coachjfranklin : no one gives a fuck. Maybe behind the scenes this is true. But for now, just take some fucking accountability. https://t.co/PBBpEghwSd
— Penn State Talk (@PSURecruitTalk) December 30, 2023
Did Dante Cephas make the trip? I don’t believe he’s played.
— Hardcore Penn State Football (@HardcorePSUFB) December 30, 2023
Generally believe that guys who want to go pro are more than entitled to do so. That said, undeniable that Ole Miss is a hell of a team to try and defend without Kalen King and Johnny Dixon.
— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) December 30, 2023
Hey @coachjfranklin take some notes. This is how you answer a press conference. https://t.co/PtYLKhyFdC
— Penn State Talk (@PSURecruitTalk) December 30, 2023
Please just put it on yourself once. Just one time. https://t.co/Lq1MbHxGvn
— TK 🦁 (@PSU_TK) December 30, 2023
Agree. I have never placed all the blame on Drew. You give him outstanding WRs, and he's probably a very good QB.
But PSU doesn't have outstanding WRs. The Lions have what they have, and so the QB has to be able to do some different things. https://t.co/cgxDVH3wkd— Cory Giger (@CoryGiger) December 30, 2023
That’s enough football for 8 months
— PSU Everything (@PSU_Strong) December 30, 2023
Surprisingly lousy performance, bad body language from Penn State today.
This team was supposed to the one that broke through and instead regressed from last year. Gonna be an offseason of discontent in Happy Valley.
— Chris Buchignani (@buchignani) December 30, 2023
Anthony Poindexter sucks. No adjustments whatsoever.
— Penn State Football (@psufballdaily) December 30, 2023
Drew Allar almost looks scared. What is he doing out there?
— Penn State Football (@psufballdaily) December 30, 2023
Ole Miss just makes it look so easy meanwhile we can’t even complete a forward pass. This is beyond frustrating.
— Penn State Football (@psufballdaily) December 30, 2023
Opt outs don’t excuse a lack of effort. Opt outs don’t excuse being unprepared. Opt outs don’t excuse letting guys run around wide open. Opt outs don’t excuse your 5 star QB looking awful.
F- coaching job.
— Marty (@msj41817) December 30, 2023
Penn State had one of the best defenses in the country this season. Four of its best players opt out and the defensive coordinator leaves and they getting shredded by Ole Miss. But yes, please remind me again how relevant these bowl games are!!! pic.twitter.com/xjgF6WU1BW
— Paul Zeise (@PaulZeise) December 30, 2023
Get out of here without injury, burn the tape and invest the entire NIL bank into the WR room this offseason.
— Happy Valley Insider (@PennStateRivals) December 30, 2023
I’ll be honest the Peach Bowl ended hours ago and I’m still bummed.
Such a dumpy way to end the season and next year isn’t going to be any easier.
Penn State needs to make the college football playoff next year, somehow someway they have to do it.
— The Basic Blues Podcast (@BasicBluesPod) December 31, 2023
So unbelievably bad https://t.co/BNfRBS27Yu
— TK 🦁 (@PSU_TK) December 30, 2023
2024 will be massive for WR coach Marques Hagans. I know he inherited a mess but he needs to turn this ship around this offseason no excuses.
— The Basic Blues Podcast (@BasicBluesPod) December 30, 2023
I don’t care if we had 10 wins. I don’t care if we made it to a NY6 bowl game.
For the amount of talent this team had, the season was a colossal disappointment.
— Connor Griffin (@RealCGriff) December 30, 2023
Lane Kiffin outcoaching James Franklin so bad it's almost laughable.
— Ron Musselman (@ronmusselman8) December 30, 2023
Drew Allar is poorly coached. That’s the problem. The lack of development throughout this season has been extremely concerning.
— Penn State Football (@psufballdaily) December 30, 2023
Prime Kerry Collins isn't making this receiving corps better, folks. It's hampering the entire offense. https://t.co/vgi63y4gHG
— Donnie Collins (@PennStateTT) December 30, 2023
“Final Saturday of college football for the season” https://t.co/xuDeWh8rHy pic.twitter.com/QXuA04xDPp
— Marty (@msj41817) December 30, 2023
Penn State head coach James Franklin said the officiating today was “less than desirable”
— Jon Sokoloff (@JonSokoloff) December 30, 2023
Apparently, he does not want to to blame his coaching/coaches and players for being “less than desirable”. No connection to PSU, but it is time to move on from Franklin and spend less money on a head football coach
— MDubs (@MDubsPGH) December 30, 2023
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
— WeissSchneeHugMachine⤴️ (@WeissSc51785772) December 30, 2023
Horrific
— Bobby Silver (@BobbySilver_) December 30, 2023
“Run, run pass ain’t gonna work,” a Penn State fan said to James Franklin as he was leaving the field. pic.twitter.com/0nrlW0uWl4
— Joe Smeltzer (@joesmeltzer775) December 30, 2023
