247 National Recruiting Analyst: "Penn State closing the gap on college football's elite"

[Judge Smails]

Alabama, Clemson, LSU and Ohio State, perhaps even Oklahoma and Georgia, are mentioned in a different breath than the rest of the college football world.

That’s the status James Franklin and his staff work every day towards regarding their Penn State program that appears on the cusp, sitting at 8-0 and ranked No. 5 nationally in the latest AP Poll.

After a step back in 2018, a 9-4 season most programs in college football would still gladly sign up for, the Nittany Lions now look like a program that can sustain double-digit win seasons and beyond.

 

[cjrugger]

I love that Franklin was on a recruiting podcast on 24/7

 

[kijanacat]

Great news to hear.

 

[royboy]

Great news to hear.

It's true and PSU fans have known it. It's nice that national commentators are realizing it.

 

[Ughhh]

“It’s been a process with Penn State for us to understand we need to compete in every aspect,” Franklin said. “If our facilities are not where they need to be, if our budget for staff is not where it needs to be, if it’s academic support, if it’s dorms, at this point you are typically losing recruits not for what you have but for the areas where you’re lacking and with the teams that we’re competing against they’re not lacking in any area so if you are lacking that becomes glaring so we’ve been chipping away at it and made a lot of progress in a short period of time. But it’s really that mentality that you better be willing to compete in every single area, your training table, the food that you have, you better compete in every single area because the best of the best they want to make sure they’re going to have the type of support in every area to maximize their experience on campus.”



If Sandy and Barron don’t read this as, “Give me the resources to be #1 or I’ll go work for a school that does” then we are in trouble. This Lasch renovation had better blow the doors off of the CFB world

 

[Judge Smails]

I love that Franklin was on a recruiting podcast on 24/7

He made a point of talking about the current roster and how Penn State is in very good shape, but needs some tall, athletic offensive tackles *cough Tengwall, Rucci, Leigh etc*

 

[Judge Smails]

It's true and PSU fans have known it. It's nice that national commentators are realizing it.

Blue Chip ratio and current roster 247 composite, we are Top 5ish to Top 10. It's not a very controversial take.

 

[The Song Remains the Same]

He made a point of talking about the current roster and how Penn State is in very good shape, but needs some tall, athletic offensive tackles *cough Tengwall, Rucci, Leigh etc*

Gesundheit!