They were never going to be anything better than 10-2 with Franklin. That keeps you employed forever at Iowa or Kentucky, but not Penn State. Right or wrong, it’s just how it is.
I guess I just don’t view Penn State that way and never have. The Paterno era was mostly them being an Independent and playing an incredibly weak east coast schedule the majority of the time until they joined the Big Ten and subsequently stopped being a national contender.
I mean, I don’t either but THEY do.
Yeah and I guess they are massive NIL players. The powers that be want returns on their investments.
I think any program looking for a coach should be looking at Cignetti. But, I read that Mark Cuban was becoming more involved in funding Indiana athletics. Cuban might not be one of the richest in the world, but a net worth of 6 billion is enough for him to outbid Penn State if he wants.
I'm really not sure about that. I haven't seen them making waves in NIL at least in terms of national stories, they might not be as well positioned as some programs. 2024 saw their recruiting class ranked 15th with 0 5 stars. Of course that might be one reason they want the coach out, if they feel he's not doing his part to make that work. I'd put them in a second tier of college football programs generally speaking, not sure they'd be in my top 12 of the biggest players in the NIL era.
And you can’t tell me this generation isn’t used to sitting around for 3 1/2 hours without movingOne of his excuses after the ucla loss was "jetlag"...seriously?!?
It's 3.5 hr flight.
