Wondering if he’s thinking he might a made a bad calculation? PSU is playing garbage football… 
Matt Campbell and the PSU Cyclones
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I would imagine with the contract he will be set for life even if he gets fired.Wondering if he’s thinking he might a made a bad calculation? PSU is playing garbage football…
He may have made a mistake, but he took a shot at an elite program and will be paid richly!Wondering if he’s thinking he might a made a bad calculation? PSU is playing garbage football…
PSU is the side that made a terrible calculation! And it will cost them!
Isn't he from rust belt Ohio? Short of Ohio St., PSU is probably one of his dream jobs. Can't blame him for taking that opportunity. But anyone who thought he could just plug ISU's players into Penn St. uniforms and roll through the B1G was in need of a reality kick to the nuts, and that's what they're now getting.
He’s guaranteed 70 million dollars for his 8 year contract. And every year he’s still there he gets another $1MM bonus. And don’t forget that he’s already likely earned around $30-40MM in his career.
As long as he utilizes good financial planners and lives a nice but not extravagant lifestyle, he will have developed generational wealth by signing this contract no matter how poorly he does as a coach there.
It's all about recruiting,.. this was never going to be his season.
Yeah he can't quite live the luxurious lifestyle as your average poster here but I can't see him going hungry as long as he sticks to Wednesday night Ramen night.
if he can recruit the Penn State footprint, which I have to believe is very large and deep, he can do relatively well there (but prbl not well enough to keep their spoiled fan base happy)
I thought I read on here that most of Penn State's roster from last year either Followed Franklin or went elsewhere. does anybod know how many of their entire roster is holdovers? Probably not too many.
I thought I read on here that most of Penn State's roster from last year either Followed Franklin or went elsewhere. does anybod know how many of their entire roster is holdovers? Probably not too many.
Firing Franklin was a mistake. He was having a rough start last year but won 10 games in each of the previous 3 seasons. He took PSU to the national semi-final in 2024.
Campbell made Iowa State [somewhat of] a winner. Give him a bit more time in the Big Ten and I'm sure he'll end up doing well. The guy finds quality ball players.
He couldn't win the big game which cost him in the long run, but it was a knee jerk reaction. I do think Campbell could succeed there, but he was way down on their list of candidates.
Campbell in over his head in the B1G. He won two games vs Iowa while at ISU with three months to prep for that game every year. He’ll be fired at the end of the 28 season.
I won't disagree about recruiting...obviously essential. However, psu fans, and everyone else thought this could be a playoff team, not a 3-loss team in early October.
Their fans are already unhappy!
They thought just because he took the majority of isu guys with him??? I dunno.
True. They had a VERY favorable Big Ten schedule, and a clear road to the CFP.............until they didn't. That would have certainly helped his recruiting down the road to make the CFP in his first year.
I think one of the major factors is the Big Ten actually plays Defense, and Campbell is not used to that on a week to week basis. To his credit, Iowa State was one of the few teams in the Big 12 that actually could play some decent Defense.
Penn State has a ton of advantages from a size, money and history perspective. So he'll likely do just fine in the long run, but you're always going to be up against the behemoth that is Ohio State. Then Michigan on occasion and now Indiana out of the blue. Oregon's Nike cash train, USC with a real Coach could be a major concern too. Lot of roadblocks to finish with 2 losses or less.
It really doesn't matter where you Coach these days relative to money at the P4 level. By the time you're a Head Coach candidate, you SHOULD have plenty of money in the bank already. There are a LOT of things more important than money, unless you don't have any at all of course.
It should have been a CFP year for them given their schedule. Preseason, the only ranked team they had was USC.
I find this extremely hard to believe. PSU had close to 50 players hit the portal following Franklin's dismissal.
You all are ridiculous; Campbell will be fine longer term. This is year one for god’s sakes.
There was CFP talk because of their schedule, but Michigan and Washington were also ranked early and both were ahead of PSU in the AP poll.
Didn't that horse face dbag cancel an ooc game because the team was ok? Their schedule is a joke.
Agreed, it's way too early to consider this a bad hire. That said he's going to struggle in the BIG unless he can find the next Heacock to run his defense. As others have said iowa state actually playing defense in the B12 was a major reason for their success and that was Heacock, not Campbell. If '27 isn't much better than this year the seat will be getting very warm.
He's a good coach and not stupid, so he knew he was never going to win a national championship at Iowa State. They haven't won so much as a conference football title since 1912.
He had a shot at the Big Time and went for it. Who can blame an ambitious coach for wanting to win it all.
Mattie deserves another three or four years at PSU. They lost about 50 players and he had to replace them with Big 12 players. It has not been an easy integration.
This is the easiest schedule he will ever have. Ever. He blew a 17 pt lead at home to a mediocre Wisconsin team, let NW run for over 400 yards and the let USC go up and down the field on him. You have no idea if he will be fine. The right coach can turn a situation around in 1 year now. Cignetti did it at Indiana, look at UCLA, they were as downtrodden as you could be. NW as well. While he has all the resources to turn it around there are zero guarantees.
Exactly this. He had to fill a roster and the ISU players he had were the best way to do it. I think he’ll be successful long term. Whether that will meet PSU’s standards of success, I don’t know
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