The morning after…

[ryoder1]

I’m thinking it will be a long time to see the series of events that led to this year’s playoff run.

They opened with 2 easy wins against weak teams most thought shouldn’t have even been in the playoff. They were pretty much gifted a spot in the final 4.

I have a feeling it’ll be a long time before we see those cards fall in place like that again.

I would like to think Franklin could beat a ND caliber team like this year in Happy Valley if it was a first rd game like an 8 vs 9 game in the future. But maybe that is just a pipe dream. But after that there is no way an 8 or 9 seed PSU is beating the 1 seed in the quarters on a neutral field. After all this is Franklin we are talking about.

 

[Waltwam]

Apathy is a good word. Losses like last night used to be so significant when PSU was still a big boy. Now, they are so commonplace with Franklin that it is who PSU has become. Mediocre. No use even stressing over it. It is what it is. This guy has turned PSU into the 90s Bills while laughing to the bank.

How many times can one coach no matter the players, qbs, or assistant coaches choke away a game when it matters?

Over a decade now of this nonsense. PSU beat no one of consequence this year. Same old story.

You know what would have been said if PSU had pulled that game out? No biggie, Notre Dame was no good, they lost to NIU, Franklin still hasn't beaten a good team. There's no winning with many on this board.

 

[ryoder1]

You know what would have been said if PSU had pulled that game out? No biggie, Notre Dame was no good, they lost to NIU, Franklin still hasn't beaten a good team. There's no winning with many on this board.

I disagree. Maybe some big time haters on the fringe would have explained it away like you suggest. However, I believe the large majority of pundits would have given Franklin his due for winning a tough, close game versus a top 5 team....finally!

That is what is so frustrating. He had a golden opportunity to shut up at least for the time being all his critics like Klatt. Finebaum. Meyer, etc. Saban and Herbstreit picked ND. He could have proven them all wrong. He just finds ways to lose these games time and time again. Winnable games he lets slip away. He is a classic schleprock in these games and a walking Murphy's law.......whatever can go wrong will go wrong.

 

[PSU4U]

It's painful but if you can step back, it was a great season. This was a really good Penn State team and they made the Final Four out of 134 in FBS.

I think this PSU team did really well considering they were not really a complete team. They didn't have anything close to a top 20 passing game -- and I mean QB and wideouts were both limited. And they -- Allar and the receivers -- really worked very hard and did the best they could with the talent they had, but there were limitations and last night the limitations caught up to them.

But why focus on the negative. This team had an awesome defense (again not what it could have been without injuries, but really really good). And this was the best O-line at PSU in decades.

The future is bright. The PSU coaching staff is really good at so many positions -- OL and DL programs are the foundation, but PSU is or is starting to be an NFL factory for safeties, corners, running backs, tight ends.

A lot of schools are great at development for 1 or 2 positions. PSU is entering the world where it's a player development factory at many positions. If PSU can fix its wideout program, that's kind of the last frontier. Fix the wideout program, QB will take care of itself because great QBs will want to come to PSU.

Next year the NCAA will allow football revenue (and PSU has a lots of it) to be used to finance NIL, which will help PSU greatly starting in 2025.

That will go a long way to leveling the football field.

 

[BucksLion52]

Well, Gattis is free these days, isn't he? I know there was some falling out there but a reunion with Franklin might not be the worse thing in the world... (though he probably would want an OC position)

The WR room is mostly made up of Stubblefield guys. We will see Haggens next year. Maybe a surprise or two, we can only hope.