Flavor Flav Meets James Franklin

Originally posted on Nittany Sports Now | By Joe Smeltzer | Last updated Dec 31, 2024 8:38 PM ET

GLENDALE, ARIZONA– Penn State fans who have been dying to see James Franklin meet Flavor Flav now have their wish.

The music icon and the established coach shook hands after Franklin led PSU into the stadium for its Fiesta Bowl/College Football Playoff clash with Boise State New Year’s Eve night.

Here’s Flavor Flav meeting James Franklin. pic.twitter.com/qHmRjNHuGe

— Joe Smeltzer (@joesmeltzer775) December 31, 2024

Flav and Franklin talked about Flav’s PSU connection because, yes, indeed, that does exist.

Flav’s cousin is Shep Garner, who is fifth all-time on the Penn State scoring list. Flav then told Franklin that Garner is an assistant for Pat Chambers, who coached Garner at Penn State. Chambers is now the boss at Florida Gulf Coast.

Flavor Flav explaining to James Franklin that he’s related to Shep Garner and that Shep is coaching (with Pat Chambers) is not the pregame moment I was expecting. pic.twitter.com/0zBI5uBt0a

— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) December 31, 2024

Oh, and Flav indeed picked Penn State to win.

Flavor Flav with a message for Penn State fans at the Fiesta Bowl. pic.twitter.com/xrgtwHpGL9

— Mark Wogenrich (@MarkWogenrich) December 31, 2024

“This is Flavor Flav with the heavy plate,” Flav told Mark Wogenrich of Sports Illustrated, “and I just can’t wait to get back to Penn State—Nittany Lions in the building. We are… Penn State. Thank you… you’re welcome.”

Penn State and Boise State will kick off at roughly 7:40 eastern time.

This article first appeared on Nittany Sports Now and was syndicated with permission.

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