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re: Someone please explain the Penn St. hype going into this season.

Posted on 8/21/25 at 10:14 am to
Posted by Buckeye06
Member since Dec 2007
25269 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 10:14 am to
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Do you seriously think ND holds UGA to 10 points with Carson Beck out there, and not an underprepared backup making his first start? Hilarious



He had a month to prepare for that game so he shouldn't have been unprepared. It wasn't like he had a week

Additionally, there were many people saying he would be better than Beck because Beck had been so bad all year. UGA couldn't run the ball, and their WRs couldn't catch the ball last season. They got beaten in the trenches by ND, which as you said should never happen basically
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
38031 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 10:32 am to
exactly...possibly 2 losses on that schedule. they split Oregon/Indiana and lose to OSU. win both those home games and its a 1 loss season for them.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
37054 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 11:58 am to
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but ND did beat UGa

Carson Beck isn't a world beater, but you can't ignore the fact that they started a backup QB vs ND.
Posted by GentleJackJones
Member since Mar 2019
5147 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 1:16 pm to
CONS:
-They lost their two best players, Abdul Carter and Tyler Warren

PROS:
-They've got their two stud running backs back
-They return a lot of other good players on defense
-They've got a QB, Allar, going into Year 3 as a starter
-They've got Jim Knowles as DC
-They were pretty solid last year...easily a top 7 team
-They've got an easy, dog shite schedule
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
37536 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 1:47 pm to
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I know transitive property is bad, but ND did beat UGa, who beat Texas twice. And ND played Ohio State better than Oregon did a couple weeks prior.


I agree with you, but I’m nearly certain both Texas and Oregon would have been favored over ND on a neutral.

I’m not bent out of shape over it, notre dame was a good football team last year and they beat the teams the bracket put in front of them. But they definitely got lucky with their draw as well. That Oregon, Ohio state game looked like it pretty inarguably put the two best teams at the time up against each other.

Posted by Bear88
Member since Oct 2014
15071 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 1:52 pm to
Their defense is pretty legit
Posted by moontigr
Dark Side of the Moon
Member since Nov 2020
7578 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 9:38 pm to
I'm going to the Nebraska game at Happy Valley in November. Looking forward to it.
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
33300 posts
Posted on 8/21/25 at 10:37 pm to
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Please explain why Allar is going to all of a sudden become Joe Burrow

The majority of Heisman QB candidates who make it to NYC are juniors and seniors. He also plays on a team that's not afraid to run up the score
This post was edited on 8/21/25 at 10:38 pm
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
37533 posts
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:16 am to
First 4 games at home....nice.
Posted by VolSquatch
First Coast
Member since Sep 2023
8364 posts
Posted on 8/22/25 at 7:20 am to
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Please explain why Allar is going to all of a sudden become Joe Burrow.


Allar doesn't have to be Joe Burrow for that team to be very good

Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
68366 posts
Posted on 8/22/25 at 7:56 am to
Also a good point. Your last three championship QBs are Bennett, JJ, and Will Howard.
Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
18699 posts
Posted on 8/22/25 at 12:50 pm to
Much like Clemson they made the playoff last year and have some returning starters. The rest of the context does not really seem to matter to those doing the hyping.
Posted by GoldenGuy
Member since Oct 2015
12782 posts
Posted on 8/22/25 at 12:57 pm to
quote:

2. I don’t really understand the James Franklin bashing. The guy seems to always have Penn State in the mix, which they hadn’t been in for quite some time. He’s won the Fiesta, Rose, Cotton, and Peach Bowls in his tenure, close loss in the semis last year.


Their record against tOSU and Michigan.

Until playoff expansion, when your race had only two hurdles, and you ate shite whenever you cleared one, you got fricking nothing.
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
15400 posts
Posted on 10/7/25 at 2:02 pm to
I would like to revisit this.
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
36097 posts
Posted on 10/7/25 at 2:03 pm to
quote:

I would like to revisit this.



Surprised it took this long but Penn State will be overrated next year as well
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
15400 posts
Posted on 10/7/25 at 2:08 pm to
quote:

Surprised it took this long but Penn State will be overrated next year as well


Franklin is straight up a bad coach.
Posted by IlikeyouBetty
Bossier City, LA
Member since Nov 2010
1636 posts
Posted on 10/7/25 at 9:05 pm to
Helluva bump.
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
15400 posts
Posted on 10/8/25 at 9:34 am to
When you know you know.
Posted by GoGators1995
Member since Jan 2023
7725 posts
Posted on 10/8/25 at 9:39 am to
This was their "all in" year. Only they don't have 2024 Ohio State talent and they don't have Connor Stallions like 2023 Michigan.
Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
18699 posts
Posted on 10/8/25 at 12:45 pm to
Really alot like Clemson, they made the playoff last year and even won a game in the playoff, but if you look at who they really beat not much there that was impressive. And their QB looked awful.

So you get lazy takes from those who don't really want to bother digging deeper into the how and why.
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