The trip to Italy last year certainly paid off handsomely. Actually, I think it’s just so Harbaugh can go see places on his bucket list.
In defense of the French, losing a war means they finished in second place. Harbaugh can't seem to finish better than third. Maybe the French can teach him a few things.
Harbaugh plans to try the escargot. He's heard it's better than boogers but he wants to find out for himself.
As much as I am annoyed by Harbaugh, and he may be motivated by the attention, I think exposing his players to things beyond football is fantastic for their growth as contributing members of this country.
It's costing less then $500k (much less than last year since no equipment lol),
I agree with the general concept but seeing the Mona Lisa, for example, doesn't do much for personal growth. Why not go somewhere like Haiti and help build houses for a week. That'll do more for personal growth and gaining an understanding of the lives of others that will visiting Paris or Rome. The European trips are simply tourist getaways.
You’ll get no argument from me that collegiate football programs spend too much money in general. For whatever it’s worth, this trip - like last year’s to Italy - was funded in its entirety by a couple of donors.
I can’t argue with the benefits of visiting areas of great need, but that doesn’t excite all recruits like a sightseeing trip.
I agree with you Dan. The reality is that if Franklin was doing this there would be a waiting list to join the official "PSU in Paris" tour.
I vote for PSU in Amsterdam. That will be a smokin' good time
I don’t believe that we can say UM got “special treatment” on the Patterson transfer yet. The NCAA changed its transfer rule on April 18, after which UM, Ole Miss, Patterson and the NCAA agreed UM and Patterson would rescind their application on the grounds Miss/Freeze mislead him and instead apply under the new rule with Ole Miss rescinding its objection. So we’ll have to see how that new transfer rule is applied going forward - this was the first case to use it. I would suspect the next few cases to attempt to use it will be the other former Ole Miss football players trying to transfer to other schools. If they are denied immediately eligibility, it would certainly appear UM/Patterson got special treatment. Their cases haven’t been ruled on yet.
I don’t know..the reversal of offensive fortunes/outcomes over the past two PSU-UM games would lead me to believe each is capable of putting up points and yards on the other, no?
Well, there was the time France saved our bacon in the Revolutonary War.....
My mind is made up... helping the downtrodden would be better for them than seeing the world as a tourist, but Harbaugh can’t sell that as well to recruits. Seeing the world is still better than not seeing the world for these kids. How is this difference so hard to understand?
