Serious question. I know I’m the Penn State hater, but do people actually think James Franklin put this reporter in a “body bag” Tuesday? The video was shared everywhere like James Franklin ended this dude’s career:

Sure Penn State is a cult and the Kool-aid is strong, but I’d think they’d have some self control in this situation. I mean was the question good? Absolutely not. It seemed like the reporter was looking for the term “50/50 ball” and he just couldn’t remember it. That’s fine. Sometimes you plan what you think will be an amazing question and when you say it out loud it just doesn’t have that same punch it did when you rehearsed it in your head. The lights got too bright. Dust yourself off and be better next time.

But the dude is getting DMs from people to kill himself over a totally valid question:

Penn State is 5-0. They haven’t played anyone. Their defense is amazing and their backfield is one of the best in the nation. But they’re middle of the pack in passing. Drew Allar only averages 10.71 YPC, good for 95th in the nation. His yards per attempt is 7.91 which ranks 79th. He’s efficient as hell and hasn’t thrown an interception all year, but when you’re dinking and dunking all over the field you shouldn’t. They’re 8th in the Big 10 in total passing yards. Allar was a dark horse Heisman candidate coming into the season. I think the reporter saw PSU is a 42 point favorite against UMass this weekend and was like “maybe they’ll throw some 50/50 balls downfield just because.” It’s not a terrible idea to get your QB’s confidence up going into Ohio State next week. But this wasn’t a body bag from James Franklin. We’ve seen what it looks like when he’s trying to put someone in a body bag:

One of my favorite videos ever. It doesn’t even look real. Like someone superimposed a video over another of James Franklin freaking out. I just imagine this fan is in his insurance job right now reminiscing on the time James Franklin wanted to rip his face off because he questioned his 4th and 5 call. College coaches are a different breed.

When your girlfriend schedules a brunch on a Saturday:

Kinkead: Franklin is one of those haughty college football coaches who speaks to everyone like they’re one of his players. He’s the supreme leader of football and we’re all morons. It was totally obvious what the kid was asking. He was asking if taking a few 50/50 shots down the field would be beneficial and open up the passing game. James Franklin is a grandstanding dweeb.