Yeah, to be clear, I am not suggesting Penn State should not be better. I think I am just resigned to the fact that with these players and these coaches, I never saw reason to expect anything more than 9-3.
8-4.
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In modern day college football with more parity, only programs like Bama, OSU and a very few others, which change year after year, should enter any season expecting to lose fewer than three games a season, especially programs in areas of the country in which the traditional recruiting areas are drying up, like PA. Unfortunately, except for a brief period in Franklin's tenure (2017-2019), PSU never has been in this category, and I question whether it ever will be on a consistent basis. In this respect, college football has become much more like the NFL, in which even the best teams end up losing a third of their games in most seasons.
Except for when Michigan didn't a few years ago, with the plane flying recruit (forget his name).
Most on here simply don't understand how important home-field advantage is - important in NFL and even moreso in CFB.
PSU will be at least a 10 point fav or more in the remaining 4 games. The only way we do not finish 4-0, 10-2 is if Franklin finds a way to screwup the preparation for the final 4 games.
So to get better we need to do what? Fire Franklin? Then who should be hire? And be realistic - people who bitch without realistic solutions are worthless. I am sure a boss of yours told you that at least once I hope.
You can't be afraid to fire a semi-successful coach because of the unknown.
See Georgia firing Richt and hiring a coaching with absolutely no HC experience.
Smart is 46 and has won 74 (and counting) games in 7 years
Franklin isn't capable of getting us to the next level and therefore must go
I don't understand this fear people have
Again - and replace him with who? BS to just say fire him - what is your plan or do you want to wing it like Nebraska- spare me.
Did you know Smart was going to be at the level he is?
There's a ton of guys I'd hire over keeping him right now. Sadly I don't get to make the choice
The fact you even brought up Nebraska shows that you're keeping him over fear not because you think he's the right coach. Grow a pair.
The thing is, for every "Nebraska" there is a "Georgia" for an answer.
And let's get one thing straight: Once they stopped cheating with Osborne, they fell immediately. Finally, we don't need to go 500 miles in any direction to recruit like Nebraska.
Oh for sh#t’s sake - OK at least I know where you clowns are coming from - I want to win also but when you sell your soul it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Clowns? Because the objective is to win?
Do you believe Franklin will ever win a national title? If not, he has to go.
Just my opinion but........
This is the reason I'm against expanding the playoffs. You are correct that if we finish 10-2, we would make the playoffs under the expanded 12 team format. And.... we don't f**king deserve to be involved in a nat'l championship playoff!!!!!!!
Just my opinion......
If you consider 10-2 a GREAT season........you have accepted the fact that we are no longer elite.
If you consider 10-2 a GREAT season........you have accepted the fact that we are no longer elite.
Many nfl teams win super bowl from wildcard.
Not all 1-4 seeds win the final four.
The Phillies are tied 2-2 in World Series, they were last seed to get in.
do those teams not deserve it?
Your objective might be to win a national championship but I don't think the University is in the same boat. That might be changing, but I think right now they are happy with things as they are.
As you said "your opinion" - you never know when you get hot and opening the playoffs to more teams is only fair since the level of competition in the various conferences doesnt make for a level playing field either.
First of all, the current system is not a "playoff" - it's an Invitational. It is beyond absurd to say that only 4 teams should be involved in the postseason of an 11 Conference 131 team field (counting Independents as a conference). It would be equivalent to only having 10 teams in the NCAA Division I Basket Postseason. Or no postseason in NFL (4/131 = 3%, 32 x 3%= 1). Utterly absurd to say NCAA D1 Football should determine the Champion via an "Invitational" rather than a true playoff structure as this year is quickly proving again.
If it isn't then the powers that be need to be fired and are a bigger issue than Franklin. I don't see spending the money on a coach that we're spending without trying to win titles.
