+1000%....Those pissed away games against OSU and USC, let alone Kentucky had a big time impact on this team. The one Ohio DE was practically signed, sealed, and delivered until the loss at the shoe when we were up 28-7. If you recall, in the 4th quarter, we had the ball first down and OSU's 7 YL. Three insane RPO calls later, we were 4th down on the 7 YL. We didn't gain an inch. Kicked the FG to go up by 10 and lost the game.
Neither will CJF haters.
Not a Franklin hater. Just a realist who don’t make excuses like the facilities or recruits for Franklin.
The stadium isn’t “facilities” it’s a facility. The problems are the rest of the buildings that make up “facilities”.
Stadium as a whole is garbage except for big games where it really gets rocking. CJF is getting the parts that matter to the recruits upgraded though. The recruit lounge is way behind. The locker room in Lasch is awesome. No need to make stadium locker room like that, but still more that can be done. The blue tunnel lights are a wow players/recruits like. I think that one other thing recruits would like are doing stadium lights similar to Bama and Georgia. There are things that should be done in stadium that can attract recruits, but no need to upgrade things that recruits don’t care about.
In addition to facilities, wasn’t the financial aid package for this recruit’s girlfriend at the time one of the deciding factors? Didn’t Penn State tell this recruit that they were not willing to play ball, which effectively ended Penn State’s recruiting of this recruit?
That was Brian Bresee, I believe. Not that I think he was headed to PSU anyway. Sounded like we came in third (at best) behind Clemson and OSU. Was in a solid position early (in part due to location), but when the elites put pressure on him, that was that.
Their dline coach was the deciding factor. Not sure osu was number two, more like uga.
Perhaps my memory isn’t what it used to be, but I recall that Illinois scored a whopping ten points in regulation time.
You sound like the wife of the Admiral making excuses for the CO at Pearl Harbor on 12/8/41 after the Japanese cleaned out clock that day.
Yeah, and they ran for 360 yards and dominated time of possession. They didn't convert that into many points, but they certainly limited our opportunities on offense. That's part of the game.
Penn State averaged 174 rushing yards per game last year, 192 yards per game in 2019, 204 yards per game in 2018, 170 yards per game in 2017, and 175 yards per game in 2016. This year they’re averaging 106 yards per game. I know this may sound crazy, but perhaps it’s the players’ fault?
They didn’t convert that into points…….
I know you're being facetious but we should give him some credit for it. While it is also annoying as fans to deal with the constant rumors and uncertainty, he is dragging the program into the modern age and is forcing the administration to decide if they want to play big boy football or not. If they say no, Franklin will leave. But so far by giving in to at least a portion of Franklin's demands they are saying that yes, they do have some interest in competing with other top programs. We obviously won't get there overnight but Franklin is helping us get there, despite it being frustrating for us on the outside looking in.
How many hours are athletes spending in the stadium vs. in other facilities? I'd imagine it's not even close. The stadium is more for the fans. I'd think the practice facilities, weight rooms, training tables, dorms, etc. are far more important to the average recruit than a stadium where they spend maybe 10 hours a week.
I understand your point that there is less room for excuses if everything is in place, but upsets still happen. Should OSU fire Day the next time they lose to Purdue because that's "unacceptable" given the investments in their program?
Let me make this easier.
Hack is a story in and of himself. Really not related to my point. Why does Bama never have problems with Backups. How about UGA. Hell ND has 3 QBs better than our Backups now. You must be a paid publicist for CJF. I see that he has very definable Achilles heels. One is OL Coach turnover/ probably coaching turnover in General. I am not one to say CJF needs to go however this season is a huge disappointment. So was 2019. I don’t count 2020.
Are you saying that PSU’s defense fails if they don’t shut the opponent out? It sounds like you are?
Bama probably has 4-5 star recruits 3+ deep at every position. If they lose one it's not a big deal. PSU and most other programs don't have that luxury.
Well given some of your posts, glad I don’t know the people you know. I would not feel bad if you moved on (from the board, not life).
