'25 (in-season) - '26 CFB Portal Thread

Efejle

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Seems curious why Grunk's massive message board fan club now thinks he made a huge mistake by leaving. We were informed many times that he should be the starter at Penn State in 2026, but now in just days, suddenly he can't stay and win the job over some kid from UNC? Odd .
 
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CyphaPSU

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SMH. PSU has 30+ portal guys coming in and counting and we are going to throw insults at others.
I have to say that I get tired of seeing the "you must be new here" comment that gets bandied about around here.
 
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DaytonRickster

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This was reported yesterday, but nothing official was posted until today.




Am I remembering correctly he saw very limited PT at Safety but played alot on Special teams? All the best to him. He certainly received quality coaching at PSU by coach Poindexter. Does he have the talent to start at G5, don't know? I expect he will play more Safety than at PSU. Definitely good spot for him, Smolik, and Sheffler.
 

KingLando

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Seems curious why Grunk's massive message board fan club now thinks he made a huge mistake by leaving. We were informed many times that he should be the starter at Penn State in 2026, but now in just days, suddenly he can't stay and win the job over some kid from UNC? Odd .
The only mistake is him following James
 

Binder74

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I wish he would have done better than VT. Grunk was really good. Seems like he could have done better. Who knows, maybe next year he will tell Franklin to hell with this and transfer to a real contender.
It only takes Franklin 1 year to break a QB.
 

WaffleShopper

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Seems curious why Grunk's massive message board fan club now thinks he made a huge mistake by leaving. We were informed many times that he should be the starter at Penn State in 2026, but now in just days, suddenly he can't stay and win the job over some kid from UNC? Odd .
Lol sounds like a Grunk fan hurt your feelings. Most of the posts I’ve read simply say that Grunk is stupid if he wants to play for Franklin again or that he’s stupid if he believes he’ll be handed a P4 starting job without any competition.
 
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BobPSU92

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SMH. PSU has 30+ portal guys coming in and counting and we are going to throw insults at others. FFS.

I have to say that I get tired of seeing the "you must be new here" comment that gets bandied about around here.

I have never seen or considered “you must be new here” being used as an insult. Humor or sarcasm, but not an insult. Folks need to chill.
 

LMTLION

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Just ridiculous....gave it the old college try at Penn St for less than a year...all after announcing his return a few days ago. Maybe he ll do the walk of shame and return like Cam Wallace after finding zero interest or not enough bank elsewhere.
Unless he goes to fcs, he is not starting at this point.
 

KingLando

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Why do people get mad at these kids for changing their minds?
They all have until the 16th (I think) to make a decision. Depending on what other moves we make that will change the minds of many.
I'm still waiting to see Martin leave and people freaking out after we added 2 backs
 

LMTLION

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Thought he would have helped us more last year but he did not. Moved down inside and was not a factor.
White is in no mans land at his size. Probably too large to have the speed to be a DE but definitively too small to be a DT, particularly considering Campbell wants size at that position.
 

KingLando

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Just stupid. These young guys won't compete.
Why does everyone want these kids to be loyal when the programs are bringing in other guys?
No one is afraid to compete--they just want to be in the best possible position to do so.
It goes back to Grunk--Grunk isn't afraid--he's just not stupid and knows Becht is starting in 2026 like we all knew when we hired Campbell
 

Patterson825

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Don’t worry we’ll probably get guys from slippery rock and fordham tomorrow. Literally don’t get any high end guys from the portal outside of Iowa state