When do the opt-outs start?

[IANit]

Wait until the regular season is over or do it now? Will we have some starters dress but not play the next couple of weeks? They've already won a Rose Bowl, so the uniqueness of that is kind of gone. Chop's injury and the scary injury to one of our recruits last night (he's going to be OK, I think. He may have even been there watching today) make me think it wouldn't be that selfish where I might have felt that way a year ago.

One advantage of the 12-team playoff is that we won't automatically be out of the running when we lose to 2 top 5 teams.

 

[blair10]

The 2024 schedule is brutal and much tougher than this year. Expecting Penn State to lose only 2 games next year with this abysmal offense is just wishful thinking.

 

[Psubiomed]

8-4 next year. Fire him now and move on.

 

[DrJC]

I realize that we do not have the explosive wide receivers we have had for the last 5 or more years. But the run plays were unimaginative, no screens, no slants over the middle. I saw how Michigan brought in extra OL to run. We couldn't think of that? Sorry - sour grapes but yuchich and Franklin need to make massive changes or find some other place to coach. Urban looking good now. Sorry to say that.

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

The 2024 schedule is brutal and much tougher than this year. Expecting Penn State to lose only 2 games next year with this abysmal offense is just wishful thinking.

Each year is not the dame as the last for players. Fir Franklin, that is another matter.

 

[blair10]

Each year is not the dame as the last for players. Fir Franklin, that is another matter.

Yurcich‘s offense has been the same for 3 consecutive years with different QBs and different players at other offensive positions. The results have been the same, 0-6 against Ohio State and Michigan.

Now, I do include Franklin as the primary reason for going 0-6 against the big boy programs.

 

[LandoComando]

Wait until the regular season is over or do it now? Will we have some starters dress but not play the next couple of weeks? They've already won a Rose Bowl, so the uniqueness of that is kind of gone. Chop's injury and the scary injury to one of our recruits last night (he's going to be OK, I think. He may have even been there watching today) make me think it wouldn't be that selfish where I might have felt that way a year ago.

One advantage of the 12-team playoff is that we won't automatically be out of the running when we lose to 2 top 5 teams.

They'll play out the season but none of the main guys entering the draft should play in the bowl game

 

[fastlax16]

Wait until the regular season is over or do it now? Will we have some starters dress but not play the next couple of weeks? They've already won a Rose Bowl, so the uniqueness of that is kind of gone. Chop's injury and the scary injury to one of our recruits last night (he's going to be OK, I think. He may have even been there watching today) make me think it wouldn't be that selfish where I might have felt that way a year ago.

One advantage of the 12-team playoff is that we won't automatically be out of the running when we lose to 2 top 5 teams.

Silver lining is there aren’t 2 top 5 teams on next years schedule.

 

[IANit]

Silver lining is there aren’t 2 top 5 teams on next years schedule.

Check again. Besides Ohio State, who we play on 11/2/24, we play current #5 Washington on 11/9/24. They do lose Penix, but DeBoer won multiple NAIA championships. He was 67-3 in 5 years. So far he's 21-2 at UW. I wouldn't expect a big falloff next year. I'm betting he can find a QB and will have them picking up where they left off. And we go to USC, which with a new DC will probably be Top 5 or so to start the year.

I am looking forward to Oct. 5, 2023. Michigan plays UW in Husky Stadium.