r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 12 '26

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Oklahoma State Defeats Oregon 39-31

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Oregon 7 10 7 7 31
Oklahoma State 3 21 6 9 39
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u/Stock-Memory9483 Florida Gators Sep 12 '26

Dan Lanning killed James Franklin Penn State just to become them

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u/AceMcStace Oregon Ducks Sep 12 '26

Congratulations Dan Lanning for winning the 2026 James Franklin Epic Collapse award!

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u/Fit_Minute_2632 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Sep 12 '26

It's not an epic collapse until he loses three winnable games in a row.

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u/EdselFordEdsel Indiana • Northern Illinois Sep 12 '26

One down, two to go

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u/No-Telephone-7532 Pacific Northwest • Oregon Ducks Sep 16 '26

Our next is against Portland State, I think. Not to tempt fate, but... yeah. The Vikings are low in the Sky.

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u/chemshua Penn State • North Carolina Sep 12 '26

Oregon to lose at Portland St next week?

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u/couducane Oregon Ducks • BYU Cougars Sep 12 '26

Sure, why not.

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u/DrVonD Georgia Bulldogs Sep 12 '26

This is not a James Franklin game. He almost always (until they were just bad last year) won the games he was supposed to. His problem was he couldn’t win a big one

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u/ToastyTandy Penn State Nittany Lions Sep 12 '26

You forget Temple. Who we just played today.

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u/Laschoni Louisville • /r/CFB Contributor Sep 12 '26

While Will Stein has Kentucky up on Bama

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u/No-Telephone-7532 Pacific Northwest • Oregon Ducks Sep 16 '26

Happy for him. That's a strong start. More scared of the other other former Oregon OC with  Wildcats—Chip Kelly's in Northwestern.

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u/Bilbosthirdcousin Oregon Ducks Sep 12 '26

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u/HotScissoring Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 13 '26

Oooo good idea. This should be a r/CFB award each year!

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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff Sep 13 '26

TBH I think that's another one where he finishes 2nd to Ryan Day

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u/ByronLeftwich Minnesota Golden Gophers Sep 12 '26

(prime) James wins this game

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u/DataDrivenPirate Ohio State • Colorado State Sep 12 '26

Yeah I feel like people have forgotten who James Franklin was. Until that Oregon game broke him last year, he never really lost the games he was supposed to win, he just couldnt figure out how to do anything but lose in games he was supposed to lose.

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u/MaizeRage48 Michigan Wolverines • Rose Bowl Sep 12 '26

Yeah prime James rarely lost games they were the favorite in. The problem was he had exactly 1 big upset 10 years ago.

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u/Roar-Lions-Roar Penn State Nittany Lions Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 12 '26

Just factually untrue but this is the James Franklin caricature that was created ex post facto last season

Several of those losses to lesser teams kept us from playoff appearances in the 4 playoff era

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u/PSU632 Penn State • Land Grant Trophy Sep 12 '26

We'd have made it in 2016 had we beaten Pitt.

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u/Southern_Bunch_1047 Penn State • Delaware Sep 12 '26

I might be wrong but pretty sure Pitt was favored in that game.

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u/WON95sr Creighton Bluejays Sep 12 '26

Yeah that season was turned around after the OT win vs Minnesota(?) and then of course Ohio State

2017 and 2018 were blown by losing to Michigan State as I recall, but I can't remember how good those Dantonio teams still were at that time 

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u/Southern_Bunch_1047 Penn State • Delaware Sep 12 '26

2017 Michigan State was 1 week after the loss to Ohio State and MSU finished ranked 15th. It also had the massive weather delay when Penn State had momentum in the 2nd quarter.

2018 was inexcusable.

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u/DataDrivenPirate Ohio State • Colorado State Sep 12 '26

Excluding the COVID year and his first year, the only regular season losses he had to teams that finished the season unranked were 2015 Temple, 2016 Pitt, 2018 Michigan State, and 2021 Illinois.

If those are the reason y'all fired him that's fine but that's certainly not what we heard from the PSU fan base at the time.

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u/TossedRightOut Penn State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Sep 12 '26

If those are the reason y'all fired him that's fine

Literally no one is or has said this?

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u/poop-dolla Virginia Tech Hokies Sep 13 '26

Several of those losses to lesser teams kept us from playoff appearances in the 4 playoff era

Michigan st in 2017 is literally the only game In Franklin’s tenure there that could fit that description. What are the other 2+ you’re thinking of?

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u/Roar-Lions-Roar Penn State Nittany Lions Sep 13 '26

Pitt 2016
2018 collapsed after MSU as well
Minnesota 2019

You’re gonna say I’m insane for mentioning it, but the way we lost the 2023 Michigan game where they didn’t have to throw a single pass in the second half was downright pathetic. Harbaugh got suspended on the tarmac on the way to the game. Talk about having literally everything going in your favor and fumbling it.

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u/poop-dolla Virginia Tech Hokies Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

Pitt was the favorite in 2016, so that one doesn’t fit your narrative. In 2018, they last as underdogs to OSU and UM, and wouldn’t have made it in the playoffs as a 2 loss team, so that one’s also out.

The Minnesota one counts, even though it was a road loss to the #13 team in the country.

So literally 2 examples of what you said over his entire tenure, and one was a road loss to the #13 team.

And yeah, your 2023 example is crazy. Michigan went on to be the national champions. They were the best team in the country. Even if they’re playing with a substitute head coach that game, they were still the best team in the country. And Harbaugh didn’t call plays, so they still had their play callers, and the coordinators knew what the game script was supposed to be from the week of practice.

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u/GC_Denton Youngstown State • Michigan Sep 12 '26

2021 Illinois

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u/StateCollegeHi Penn State Nittany Lions Sep 12 '26

QB was on 1 leg and that was a pretty screwy game all around.

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u/bumpkinblumpkin Ivy League • Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 12 '26

Running that inside handoff against OSU on fourth and 5 broke him first lol

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u/EatBootyLoveLife Oregon Ducks Sep 12 '26

tbf this is the first game they really should have won but lost under lanning

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u/DarrenRovellBurner Penn State Nittany Lions Sep 12 '26

Yeah nothing happened against Illinois in 2021 you’re so right

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u/chemshua Penn State • North Carolina Sep 12 '26

Yeah that’s way off. James wins that game every season before the collapse.

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u/Ok_Understanding1986 Washington Huskies • Pac-12 Sep 12 '26

True. OSU didn’t have a number by their name so Franklin rolls.

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Michigan • Maine Maritime Sep 12 '26

James Franklin up until the very very very end would never have lost this game. Would have walked out of Stillwater having won 27-17 and you can’t convince me otherwise.

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u/CajunKush LSU Tigers • Georgia Bulldogs Sep 12 '26

Yeah, but does Prime James Franklin ever really show up?

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u/DetroitLolcat Michigan Wolverines Sep 12 '26

But doesn’t finish the season any better.

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u/CarterAC3 Michigan • Grand Valley State Sep 12 '26

James Franklin with a checkbook

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u/Our-Gardian-Angel Wisconsin Badgers • Sickos Sep 13 '26

Well James Franklin when he finally got a checkbook looked like that lol

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u/ratattack97 Oklahoma State • Missouri Sep 12 '26

Dan lanning take those pens out of your shirt you fucking nerd

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u/ElegantEpitome Oregon Ducks Sep 12 '26

Red one probably ran out of ink today

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u/cfbluvr2 Texas A&M Aggies Sep 12 '26

you either win a natty or see yourself live long enough to become james franklin

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u/Xaxziminrax Kansas State Wildcats • Team Chaos Sep 12 '26

Osmosis is a bitch

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u/majesticmoron13 USC Trojans • Sickos Sep 12 '26

He got the cheese touch

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u/TKHawk Iowa Hawkeyes • Northern Iowa Panthers Sep 12 '26

James Franklin consistently lost the big games. He didn't do this.

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u/TKHawk Iowa Hawkeyes • Northern Iowa Panthers Sep 12 '26

The wheels had to come off eventually

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u/CargoShortsFromNam Notre Dame • Colorado Sep 12 '26

Well, until he did vs UCLA and Northwestern lol

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u/control_09 Michigan State • Michigan State Sep 12 '26

Yeah he would beat everyone that wasn't a top 5 team.

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u/ajhalyard Penn State Nittany Lions • Miami Hurricanes Sep 12 '26 edited 29d ago

Lanning has also consistently lost the big games. Now he did this.

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u/TempAcct724 Utah Utes Sep 12 '26

Nah James Franklin wouldn’t lose to an unranked team that just lost to Tulsa a week ago.

James Franklin would have lost to a sixth ranked Oregon team though.

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u/FrostTroll69 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 12 '26

Dan "James Franklin" Lanning

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u/jdhall010 Georgia Bulldogs Sep 12 '26

I'm not one to criticize coaches in hindsight if a 4th down call doesn't pan out.

But in this case I was able to criticize the call beforehand.

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u/YokoOnosTriangle Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 12 '26

He looks like he ate him

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u/ilovecatss1010 Florida Gators • Arizona Wildcats Sep 12 '26

Lanning can’t win big games games

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u/cthulhusclues Miami Hurricanes Sep 12 '26

Was this a big game? Franklin couldn't win the big ones.

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u/bumpkinblumpkin Ivy League • Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 12 '26

What happens if Franklin plays Brian Kelly in a top 10 matchup?

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u/adsfew California Golden Bears Sep 12 '26

What losing Tosh Lupoi does to a program /s

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u/No-Telephone-7532 Pacific Northwest • Oregon Ducks Sep 16 '26

Please win the ACC. 🙏 

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u/GreatestWhiteShark Northwestern • Ohio State Sep 12 '26

Dan Lanning is the Nick Saban of James Franklins

(Yes I stole this)

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u/ThatsNotARealTree Miami Hurricanes Sep 12 '26

It Follows

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u/Zapkin Tennessee Volunteers • Memphis Tigers Sep 12 '26

Except this wasn’t a big game

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u/carloslet Texas Longhorns Sep 12 '26

You can kill the man, but not the idea, I guess?

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u/DDub04 South Carolina • Palmetto Bowl Sep 12 '26

So you’re telling me Ok State will go 10-2, win the Big 12, and then lose to unranked Arkansas next year as a top ten team?

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u/Cormetz Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos Sep 12 '26

Reverse highlander.

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u/The_Angriest_Guy USC Trojans • Northeastern Huskies Sep 12 '26

Dan Lanning is Clay Helton with money

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u/El_Dud3r1n0 Oklahoma State Cowboys • Big 8 Sep 12 '26

Absorbed his power like Highlander.

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u/AeneasKurtz Michigan Wolverines Sep 12 '26

You are what you eat

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u/lavegasola USC Trojans Sep 12 '26

Always has been brotha

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u/BrotherPancake Vanderbilt • Central Missouri Sep 12 '26

Also-ran Dan

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u/BobbysSmile Alabama • Alabama A&M Sep 12 '26

Its like that movie "IT Follows"

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u/JohnDRuckerduck Penn State • ESC Dijon Sep 13 '26

So is Lanning now the Lowlander?

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u/HeyTherePLH Virginia Tech Hokies • /r/CFB Top Scorer Sep 12 '26

Thank you to everyone who made this possible!