It’s been just four days since James Franklin stepped into Blacksburg with a new sense of energy. The former Penn State head coach took over the Virginia Tech job after numerous discussions and anticipation. And guess what? The 53-year-old’s first order of business is to fix a long-term issue that was also mismanaged during Brent Pry’s tenure.

“No disrespect to other times in other places, Franklin said on the November 21 episode of Level 7 interview . “But there was a period where there were coaches in the state of Virginia that were not prioritizing the state of Virginia, in my opinion, from my lens. To me, I don’t care where you’re at; you have got to own your own state. It starts there. How am I supposed to go to somebody else’s state and get their best players if I’m not getting th

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