TONY FRANKLIN: FIRED?
Sources close to the program, anonymousness, but still: here’s the first report that the Tony Franklin experiment at Auburn ist kaput. More to come as sources get less sketchish, so remember to salt this news accordingly.
Update: Finebaum is reporting that Franklin is indeed fired. In light of this, some recent headlines have been edited to reflect the current situation.
And…update. Official, news-related substance confirmed.
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So it’s Franklin’s fault that their wide receivers kind of suck, their QBs royally suck and their line can’t block? Accomplishing all of those fuck ups in less than a year would be truly impressive, in a way.
Comment by Biggus Rickus — October 8, 2025 @ 5:43 pm
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they’re next logical step would be to be put on probation and to have their color commentator get a dui
just tryin to be like bama huh barners?
Comment by Bamamat — October 8, 2025 @ 5:29 pm
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My perfectly logical scenario is this: Vandy goes undefeated, except for Tennessee’s trip to Nashville. Their only loss, our only win in conference play. Write it down.
Comment by Holly — October 8, 2025 @ 5:22 pm
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There’s no shame in losing to Vandy. The ball is finally bouncing their way on a more consistent basis.
Vandy ain’t foolin’. They’ve got the Gators and Vols coming into Nashvegas and they won the last time they were between the hedges. I’m not going to say it, but I think it could happen.
Comment by Gen. Stoopnagle — October 8, 2025 @ 5:21 pm
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It was only a matter of time. After the Miss. St. game, Auburn fans had moved past the bad offense and were up in arms about the fact that Franklin doesn’t really like to shave that often.
by god, they scored just a field goal, but they want thier OC to at least look like he doesn’t sleep in the equipment room!
Comment by decemberist — October 8, 2025 @ 5:20 pm
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This is just as dumb as the assorted posters on various message boards who assert that Rich Rodriguez will be fired after one year, that Michigan’s recruiting is going down the toilet, yada yada yada.
Auburn hires Franklin, expects instant results (even though it was pretty plain to see that Franklin wasn’t really being allowed to do what he wanted), and then fires him halfway through the season? Brilliant move. War Eagle has been replaced with WHARRGARBL.
Comment by Yinka Double Dare — October 8, 2025 @ 5:06 pm
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Two questions:
1)Does this have anything to do with Bama being ranked #2 in the land?
2) Do all the high school coaches who bought $1,000 DVDs from Tony Franklin get bailed out by the Federal Government on their 7/1 ARM offenses?
Comment by Jason — October 8, 2025 @ 5:02 pm
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Vandy 2008 is very similar to Northwestern in 1995-6. When Gary Barnett turned them around there were more coaches fired that year than any other. Most ADs figured that if Northwestern can win, there were no more excuses. Vandy will mirror that sentiment and you can look for a similar offseason, this was just the first of many firings.
Greg Robinson, you are on the clock.
Comment by Crabapple Buck — October 8, 2025 @ 4:58 pm
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What’s the over-under on coaches fired after losses to Vanderbilt this season?
Comment by HOSS — October 8, 2025 @ 4:44 pm
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I thought he’d be fired last Sunday or Monday. When it didn’t happen on either day, I figured TF was in it for the long haul. I’m surprised that they fired him 3 days before the next game, with a bye week the week after.
Comment by WarCardinals — October 8, 2025 @ 4:35 pm