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Todd McShay: Super agent Jimmy Sexton ‘messing around’ with Penn State coaching search

"If you're a Penn State fan, that is a scary thing right now."

Franklin stands to accrue $50,000 if Virginia Tech finishes fifth in TV ratings and $800,000 if they finish first overall.

"Unless he's handicapping Bucknell's game this week, my gut is he's talking to Penn State."

"Image, selfishness, agenda - eventually that kind of leadership rears its ugly head."

"We wouldn’t want to take that opportunity away from all of our baby coaches, like Kirby and Lane."

"For [Penn State] not to show enough appreciation for that, and gratitude for all the hard work you did, I'm saying, it's unfair."

It will be Franklin's first public appearance since his firing last week.

"He's going to have a million opportunities."

A media gig would pay much less than another coaching job, meaning Penn State would be paying a lot more of his buyout.

"The report is patently false."

Penn State has fired head coach James Franklin after three straight losses.

"...it's become so repetitive"

James Franklin does not agree with Fox Sports that the famous Penn State white out is the same at noon as it is at night.

"Support your team...Wherever you live."

"He was angry. He was angry with the press conference thing… All the anger went toward us and that anger went onto the field."

"Why would (the top) teams ever raise the others?"

The 73-year old has carved out a prominent media career in his post-coaching days.

"How is this a smart setup?"

"But a couple things I will say..."

"Let's have Penn State play Georgia and ask Vegas what the line would be. Georgia would be a 10-point favorite in that game, for crying out loud."

"Focused. Determined. Disciplined. THE world-famous Buckeyes win it 20-13..."

"Difficult, difficult, situation and I gotta own that I did not do a good job of that."

"I answered your question." "I don't think you did."

"My intent was not to take a shot at James Franklin. I'm here to tell you I wish I would have handled that differently."