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re: Is this the end of Penn State football?

Posted on 12/3/25 at 12:38 pm to
Posted by RolltidePA
North Carolina
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 12/3/25 at 12:38 pm to
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their recruiting class has slid to 128 in the country


This is bad, but in the NIL and Portal era, can be remedied much more quickly than in the past.
Posted by holdmuh keystonelite
Member since Oct 2020
3630 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 12:40 pm to
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This is bad, but in the NIL and Portal era, can be remedied much more quickly than in the past.


They should easily be able to have a top 3 portal class with all the money they have saved now.
Posted by Old Money
LSU
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Posted on 12/3/25 at 12:43 pm to
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
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Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:05 pm to
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Big 10 with a terrible Penn State. How much of a joke is that conference if that happens?

Lol. This isn’t going to kill them forever.

And the league still has solid foundations with tOSU, Michigan, Oregon, USC, Washington, Iowa. Indiana is building a solid program with Cignetti. They’re not going to be 5-7 next year.

Illinois is strong. Nebraska is trash, but they’ll pony up big money just to try to get to a Music City bowl. Wisconsin in a down cycle, but they’ll pony have solid recent history.
This post was edited on 12/3/25 at 1:06 pm
Posted by Deplorableinohio
Member since Dec 2018
7150 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:05 pm to
Indiana is a poser.

The only way Indiana is close this weekend is if OSU wants to hold back.
Posted by holdmuh keystonelite
Member since Oct 2020
3630 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:09 pm to
Yeah, WVU got 2 of their best recruits. Both top 120 overall national rank. Nice
Posted by LSU-MNCBABY
Knightsgate
Member since Jan 2004
25149 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:12 pm to
Think if they wanted him they’d have him though. Maybe after Debor says no they’ll pivot that way
Posted by LG2BAMA
Texas
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Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:15 pm to
She talks without moving her teeth
Posted by TigersHuskers
Nebraska
Member since Oct 2014
14532 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:20 pm to
Penn state right now is Nebraska in 03. Kraft is their Pederson.

This post was edited on 12/3/25 at 1:21 pm
Posted by Muahahaha
Ohio
Member since Nov 2005
6808 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:22 pm to
Virginia Tech about to become a top 25 program and compete for the ACC next year!
This post was edited on 12/3/25 at 1:23 pm
Posted by TigersHuskers
Nebraska
Member since Oct 2014
14532 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:22 pm to
Penn State should just go full Nebraska and hire Billy C

Posted by Lexis Dad
Member since Apr 2025
4915 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:24 pm to
I said yesterday that them firing Franklin was their Solich moment. The moment they became illegitimate.
Posted by Lexis Dad
Member since Apr 2025
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Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:27 pm to
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the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Fixed
Posted by TigersHuskers
Nebraska
Member since Oct 2014
14532 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:29 pm to
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said yesterday that them firing Franklin was their Solich moment.


shite I knew that the day they canned him.

Never go full Nebraska
Posted by InkStainedWretch
Member since Dec 2018
4735 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:30 pm to
The Penn State boards are now saying Brian Daboll …
Posted by TigersHuskers
Nebraska
Member since Oct 2014
14532 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 1:34 pm to
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The Penn State boards are now saying Brian Daboll …


Holy shite. They really are going full Nebraska. Pretty sure we picked up Bill Callahan after the Raiders canned his arse.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
34053 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 2:07 pm to
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I said yesterday that them firing Franklin was their Solich moment. The moment they became illegitimate.


Nebraska's fall from the top was inevitable because of the changing landscape of college football. They were great when college football was mostly a ground and pound game. They could sign a bunch of local corn-fed linemen and juice them up, the completement them with backs/running QBs from California, Texas, and (to some degree) the south. That formula worked with that style of play. Then offense changed and the SEC schools (and Texas) made it a bigger emphasis to keep their best players in the region.

For Nebraska to be great again it would take a Texas Tech like donor commitment to bring a bunch of great players there and overcome the relative isolated locale.
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
78412 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 2:23 pm to
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You’re starting to see the Tomlin time over in Pittsburgh story. I wonder if this is some signaling that he might be available. It allows both Tomlin and Penn State to save face, and I actually think he’d be a great hire there.

Absolutely nothing about Tomlin says he'd be interested in dealing with modern college football. Also if he leaves the Steelers he can walk into many NFL jobs. Penn St isn't even a surefire top 10 college job.
Posted by GeauxBurrow312
Member since Nov 2024
4980 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 4:24 pm to
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Big 10 with a terrible Penn State. How much of a joke is that conference if that happens?

Indiana would need to keep this level to salvage it. If they fall back into their typical ways, we’re looking at such a terrible league.


If PSU is shite from here on out it doesnt change a ton. The B1G is a conference where half the teams are very bad and the other half are good teams. It causes big schedule imbalance where you get teams like Indiana last year or Michigan this year who have more wins than they should have

At the top, they are recruiting on par with the SEC: They have 8 top 30 classes (5 top 15), SEC has 10 top 30 (6 top 15). The difference is only two teams in the SEC are having shite recruiting classes, while the B1G has six teams with shite classes
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
61106 posts
Posted on 12/3/25 at 4:32 pm to
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