2027 Recruiting Thread

[BobPSU92]

He said favored, so you showed your ignorance by stating that Iowa game. PSU was not favored.

They also wouldn’t have been favored against Toledo had they played later in the season, but they were when it was played despite PSU already having been spanked by USC.

Nothing in any of our lifetimes matches that UCLA fiasco.

Campbell: “Hold my latte.”

 

[Nothing Special]

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I can't verify 100% because I don't tune in to the commit extravaganzas, however, Tengwall mentioned on one of his programs that McGee did the same thing with a Texas hat. So while I wouldn't condone any behavior that others could deem "disrespectful," I don't think its worthy of angst. Suffice it to say that it ranks up there with things an older generation may differ with on with younger ones. Perhaps Taylor really wanted to come to PSU but the fact that their offer was lower than not only Nebraska, but Colorado as well, left him wondering just how much the coaching staff really valued him. This is after all a game where "money talks." Perhaps some here have been in a relationship where someone says that they really care about you, but their actions seem to indicate otherwise?
If this is truly about being averse to spending money on "unproven" high school talent, I would suggest:
It doesn't seem to be a deterrent to Ohio State, Oregon, Texas, Notre Dame, USC etc. Is this coaching staff smarter than all others in America? Or is it a matter of Kraft lying about "elite" resources?
Secondly, talent in the portal....proven talent....is much, much more expensive than high school commits. In addition, our adversaries will be shopping for the same jewels and driving the price up and up.
To do better than what PSU has done the past 10 years, they need better talent.
I don't like what college football has become. I appreciate the dialogue.

Again, I agree with much of what you say. I realize it's my problem that I don't like the "dissing" of the school not chosen. I don't wish ill on any of the kids who do it. If I had any influence (I don't), I would recommend a kid not do that, but that doesn't make me right.

I don't like where college football is at this point either. Again, I blame the NCAA for allowing to get this far. It reinforces my belief that Mark Emmert was easily the worst lead executive for any sport organization in the history of organized sport. Although, those that follow soccer may argue that FIFA owns that position.

The willingness to pay for potential is certainly a strategy worth considering. It has worked for the schools you mention. I guess the only counterpoint I can come up with at the moment would be that it seems to have failed at Texas A&M, at least in the short run. I don't completely trust Kraft and don't know the existing resources.

I don't know how Campbell will work out. I rooted for Paterno, I rooted for Franklin and I'll root for Campbell. Initially, I hoped for Meyer. I've dropped the facade of college athletics being anything less than a transactional business.

I, too, enjoy the discourse and do not get offended by opinions that differ from my own.

 

[Thorndike2021]

Someone else gets an opportunity. Step up and deliver.

We have no idea (besides gobs of cash) what this young man was promised. I, for one, hope we aren't promising early playing time, etc. to anyone. I don't care if they have 25 stars. What you get is an opportunity to become your best you at one of the top programs, historically, in the country. Come in and earn it...it will mean more in the end to you and everyone else. You want stuff handed to you, go to Nebraska.

 

[Connorpozlee]

Worst showing by a favored PSU team ever.

Yeah. That be broke me. And I was already on the brink after the Oregon loss.

 

[NittanyLionRoar]

Yeah. That be broke me. And I was already on the brink after the Oregon loss.

I just laughed. Before we played our season opener I told my wife there was no way we were the #2 team in the country and I’d believe Franklin could win the big games when he proved it. I bought no tickets for the season because Franklin had burned me one too many times spending to go to big games. I had no clue the meltdown would be as epic as it was, but whatever the opposite of clutch is—that’s what Franklin is.