People come up with the craziest ideas. My assumption is you'll barely notice a difference in culture and traditions.Why would Rogers kill a tradition that I believe has been going on way before Campbell?
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People come up with the craziest ideas. My assumption is you'll barely notice a difference in culture and traditions.Why would Rogers kill a tradition that I believe has been going on way before Campbell?
Rogers wouldn't intentionally kill the tradition. Our returning roster is young and few in number. They may not even have the song memorized. If we struggle to win games, they won't get any practice. Who's going to enforce it?Why would Rogers kill a tradition that I believe has been going on way before Campbell?
Apparently his injury was a torn Achilles, so with the severity of those I wonder his availability for next season. Regardless, I sincerely hope to keep him.I kind of wonder about Ryver Peppers. I think that he may have had the most potential of our RBs last year, but was injured. If he stays, between him and Francois and Flora, we have some decent backs. Could use one more though.
What does the defensive scheme have to do with it?Not going to be the same defensive philosophy...the DC that MC hired doesn't run the same system so it is basically apples to oranges. MC isn't dictating what type of defense to run...but he is responsible for hiring the guy who will make those decisions. No doubt Heacock was awesome here...but there are other very good DCs out there in college football. Why is it hard to think MC couldn't hire a 2nd guy who is solid?
And if you believe those were the reasons, I have some oceanfront property in Arizona to sell you.According to Matt, he left to be closer to his mom battling cancer and closer to his daughter going to college. Let's not invent reasons please.
How many fans know the fight song? We still have some returning players and I would guess that Roger’s asks if there are any ISU things that happens on a small scale that can continue.Rogers wouldn't intentionally kill the tradition. Our returning roster is young and few in number. They may not even have the song memorized. If we struggle to win games, they won't get any practice. Who's going to enforce it?
It has already caused riff. There was a PSU player 2 days ago that entered the portal and cited on X it was disrespectfulI don't think Matt bringing players over is going to cause any riff in and of itself. It's going to take some time for these guys to get to know each other and trust each other, but - by all accounts - the kids he's bringing with him are pretty high character guys that aren't going to set off a locker room.
What this is ultimately going to come down to is who Matt is playing. Using your LB example, if he's willing to sit some combination of Bacon, Ebel, and Brezina but current/other incoming PSU guys because they're just not the best players at that position I don't think this spirals into anything that negative. However, if he's playing them over guys that are clearly better than it's going to reek of nepotism and create resentment in the locker room.
It's like the coach's kid on your sports team growing up. If he/she was really an outstanding player and the coach was as hard (or even harder) on their kid than the rest of the team it's usually not a problem. It's when the coach's kid doesn't deserve the playing time they're getting and/or there is double standards from the coach where things get messy.
With the current portal system being absolutely broken, let's just be happy they're on board for 2026. Anyone/everyone could be gone after one year.
Hope so. And, also hoping they're able to sign "two year" deals we've heard about being reported for other teams in the media.I’ve noticed a lot of Jimmy’s portal gets have more than one year eligibility. We get a two for one.
People don’t like change really. So if you get them and they don’t feel disrespected, they will be content to stick around.You’re not guaranteeing that you keep them, but you’re giving yourself a head start and a leg up on retention, and that leg up isn’t included when you take a guy with only one year left.
5'9" and 195- I am glad I do not have to tackle his a$$. A back like that is tough to get under his pads.Levi Stevenson, Matthias Schwartzkopf and Dylan Soehner featured him on CF After Dark
That’s interesting, do you have a link?And, also hoping they're able to sign "two year" deals we've heard about being reported for other teams in the media.
When I went to orientation, they had us sit in one of the Carver auditoriums and sing it over and over.How many fans know the fight song?
The lack of retention was a need to clean house is what I am seeing and starting to believe. JFR was removing the entitled (Pick your own adjective here) from the locker room. Probably wasn't his first choice, but one to pay dividends down the road.It's not so much the individual players as much as it is the numbers. No retention; basically burning everything to the ground and starting over at Ground Zero. No continuity of culture. The tradition of singing the fight song in the locker room after victories is probably dead. Not saying 2026 can't be competitive, but it's tough building from scratch in football. If this team manages to make it to a bowl game I'll be super happy.
Not everything is a conspiracy dawg.And if you believe those were the reasons, I have some oceanfront property in Arizona to sell you.
Someone should post a billboard in times square advertising all the money he spends to not win a championship.
He posted these yesterday on Twitter...he's such a tool. He's trying way too hard to make TT seem relevant. Nobody would go to that sh*tty-a** ghost town if he wasn't shelling out crap-tons of money. Such a d-bag. He's all that's wrong with this new world of college athletics.
Kamari Moulton for ToE is the same size for comparison.5'9" and 195- I am glad I do not have to tackle his a$$. A back like that is tough to get under his pads.
Campbell has been very open about how important having the financial resources at PSU are in allowing him to compete at the highest level. It's not some secret. He certainly downplays it as "it isn't everything" but he doesn't pretend like it doesn't matter, and that it isn't a massively important thing that makes the job attractive.According to Matt, he left to be closer to his mom battling cancer and closer to his daughter going to college. Let's not invent reasons please.