Social media reacts to Penn State HC's bizarre decisions in Michigan loss

Penn State head coach James Franklin was roasted on Saturday for some baffling decisions in the Nittany Lions’ 24-15 loss to the Michigan Wolverines.

Franklin was bad from start to finish on Saturday, mixing bizarre aggression with inexplicable conservatism at various points in the game. The issues started just before halftime when Franklin elected to go for a two-point conversion after a Penn State touchdown brought them to within 14-9. The conversion attempt failed, which would matter later in the game.

Franklin went for it on fourth down three times during the game, converting on two of them. However, the rationale got confusing late in the third quarter. Franklin burned a timeout just to punt on fourth-and-2 from the Penn State 46, then wound up going for it on fourth-and-6 at his own 30 with just over four minutes left in the fourth. Penn State failed to convert on that attempt, setting Michigan up for a backbreaking touchdown.

Still, Franklin was not done. What really sent most people over the edge was, after a late touchdown drive to make the score 24-15, Franklin went for two again with 1:59 to go. The reasonable play would have been to kick the extra point to make it an eight-point game, then try to recover the onside kick and score another touchdown.

Instead, Franklin pulled a bizarre two-point play out of his hat.