If it wasn’t bad enough that former Penn State HC James Franklin took plenty of commits with him to Virginia Tech, he might have added insult to injury.
Andy Bitter, who covers VT for Tech Sideline, spotted a box of Crumbl cookies on a table at VT’s Signing Day ceremony.
Ordinarily, nobody would have noticed, but the context makes people wonder if this wasn’t a coincidence.
Earlier this week, BYU head coach Kalani Sitake became the favorite for the Penn State job, which was opened when PSU fired Franklin Oct. 12.
Sitake ended up staying at BYU, and among the BYU backers that rallied to keep him in Provo was Crumbl CEO Jason McGowan. If Franklin was indeed trolling, this wouldn’t be the first example of a cookie-themed dig at PSU.
It also wouldn’t be the first example of Signing Day shade between Virginia Tech and Penn State.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.In 2023, Brent Pry, who was Penn State’s defensive coordinator before taking the head-coaching job at Virginia Tech, referred to Penn State as the “Nittany Cryins” (Pry claimed there was no disrespected intended.)
Less than two years later, Pry and Franklin were both fired within a month of each other. But their friendship never waned, and in fact grew stronger during Virginia Tech’s pursuit of Franklin to be its next coach (Franklin teared up when talking about Pry during his introductory press conference).
Now, Franklin is at VT, and Pry is one of his closest allies.
More important than whether or not Franklin trolled Penn State is the fact that eight of Penn State’s former commits plan on following Franklin to VT.
