Well, 6-6 is quite optimistic when you consider...
1. James Franklin is a terrible game-day coach.
2. Ricky Rahne is an even worse OC.
3. Matt Limegrover hasn’t made the OL solid yet.
4. We lost the starting QB and his backup.
5. We lost 2 starting OL.
6. We lost the starting RB.
7. We lost our WR coach.
8. Juwan Johnson transferred to Oregon.
9. Did I mention how awful Ricky Rahne is?
10. We lost DT Givens, CB Oruwariye, and S Scott.
11. The returning punter struggled, and the PK was meh.
12. Joe Moorhead is gone, replaced by Ricky Rahne.
13. All the good teams on the schedule have better coaching, especially on offense, than PSU does.
14. All the good teams on the schedule return all the important players and the replacements are even better than the ones they’re replacing.
15. James Franklin just can’t outcoach his peers at OSU, MSU, and Michigan, and even with Saquon could barely beat Iowa on the road.
“Obviously” I’m joking. But the above 15 points have been expressed by numerous posters. And most positive comments are met with the “take off your Blue and White glasses” response.
It’s mid-June. My B&W glasses block not only UV rays and but also David Jones-level pessimism. Right now, it’s just as “realistic” to think positively as it is to think gloom and doom.
Until late August when I read that 6 more guys have entered the portal, I’m going to be full bloom optimistic. The only coaches better than James, IMO, are at Clemson and Alabama. Ohio State is the star of the conference and PSU has been neck and neck with them. MSU has had a 4-hour rain delay and an easy dropped interception turn 2 losses to wins. That won’t go on forever.
Besides, all I have to do is read the Idaho game thread to cure me of this irrational positive thinking.
