Off the top of my head… Twice last year we ran a very questionable QB draw on 3rd and medium to set up VERY long FGs in high leverage situations.
Ouch. Penn State 2027 Recruiting Decline?
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Mouser is his OC now. You think MC gets a pass in happy valley for a call like that when it backfires?
The one against Iowa was with a couple minutes left and would have given Iowa a short field and a chance to go win the game. If his kicker hadn’t banged in a long field goal Iowa most likely wins that game and CMC looks like an idiot. Having a kicker who could make long FGs really ****** with the play calling across midfield last season.
Also… I liked CMC. He was the best football coach ever at ISU. I don’t dispute that.
But he had his faults.
Zero doubt that Konrardy is a huge weapon. That's one thing that has me optimistic about this year. If you get across the 50, you at least have a fairly automatic 3. Obviously, that is going to influence your playcalling and you can probably be more aggressive knowing if you don't connect, you can at least count on the K.
That's also a big reason why we lost 4 in a row mid season when Kyle was hurt.
Campbell is no longer a darling of the sports media.
CBS ranked Campbell higher in their coaches power rankings while he was at Iowa State than now at Penn State. He dropped six places, (10th to 16th).
Penn State fans certainly will be comforted to know that CBS ranks the former coach PSU fired, James Franklin, three places higher (13th) than the one who replaced him, Matt Campbell.
CBS ranked Campbell higher in their coaches power rankings while he was at Iowa State than now at Penn State. He dropped six places, (10th to 16th).
Penn State fans certainly will be comforted to know that CBS ranks the former coach PSU fired, James Franklin, three places higher (13th) than the one who replaced him, Matt Campbell.
Interesting but a silly list, for example DeBoer gained one spot from last year, and is #8 on the list after back to back 4 loss seasons at Alabama. Campbell drops 6 spots after moving from ISU to Penn. State while Franklin also dropped six spots after a 7-5 season which cost him his job.
So are we measuring them on how they did last season, or what, but not taking into account coaches that were fired or moved up to a better job? At least they got the top three correct.
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It still pisses me off what the S&C staff did to Mike Rose…
I'm sad that 2022 defense (which really was special) wasn't paired with a better offense.
Campbell is going to have to use the transfer portal more than he did here. Development of players is not really going to be too much of a thing at Penn State for him. Having 35 million to spend on transfers does help though. But man it’s going to be interesting to see how Matt handles the PSU Media and fans. He would get so butt hurt over the tiniest things here, example the “hot seat guy”. And has gotten testy with some reporters that asked half way hard questions. If and when the pressure builds on him there he may lose his damn mind.
That uis just a lack of class by Brahmer- if true the dude is garbage.
I hope Matt Campbell gets to the playoff every year and never wins a playoff game.
I don't know if I can think of a more insulting thing to call a Big Ten coach.
At least if we could have made 2 wide open catches... may have been a completely different season. Still cannot believe Hutch (and maybe Noel?) dropped those 2 passes. Absolute money throws from Hunter, in the clutch.
I was at that game in Austin. Up in the nosebleeds but looking right down from midfield.
Goodness me I wanted to send them out of the conference with a Cyclone win on their field.
Have to say Austin is great and Texas fans were super nice... just wish their admin wasn't sociopahtic.
I don't know, a lot of people in here dunking on their recruiting-class rankings, but I think he still doesn't care about that and wants a development-focused program. I also don't think that will necessarily make it harder for the program to find success. If you want Campbell's Penn State era to be a failure, 1. give it a year, because Brian Ferentz could probably win 9 games with Penn State's roster and schedule this season. And 2. you're betting on his teams continuing to come up short in the biggest games
Whether or not people agree with this, McKewon is an idiot. Not that this is news, but Nebraska is in crisis, because while they have far more money and better recruiting classes, Iowa State's athletic department has outshone theirs for at least the last eight years, a period during which 99% of schools with means should've been blowing those without out of the water. Their delusional local media, still clinging to the 90s, refuses to accept that we could live in a world where that's conceivable, so has to project onto Penn State Nebraska's failures. Campbell would've been more successful there than Frost and Rhule, but, again, they can't countenance that one of the biggest mistakes of the last 15 years might have been that mighty Nebraska didn't buy a coach from the lowly Big 12—and little ol' Iowa State to boot—so they fall back on "Maybe everyone's as dumb as us?" Enjoy another 6-6 season, Sam. I'm interested to see what you're saying in January when Rhule is fired and Penn State went 11-1
I always find it hilarious that they blame Mike Riley for everything as if Bill Callahan didn't exist.
