I think Kraft ordered Campbell to keep him on staff to prevent everyone on the team from entering the portal.
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It was a nice thought, but seems like they are losing a lot. 37 transfers and 27 decommits. He better start bringing in some other transfers. Mostly ISU guys won't cut it there.
I think it's a mistake to think it's only about money.The Campbell plan...
He did- he got Pedo State to a Bowl game, and won the game. I think donors would have revolted if they took the interim tag off- and the donors had already gotten Franklin fired
Penn State fans are starting to realize this. A lot still have their heads buried, but some have started to awaken on their social media today.
I think many of us are focusing too much on the "right now." Clearly, JFR has a plan that is working, even though we don't know the details. These coaches aren't trying to impress us, they are trying to get commitments from players who are being recruited by lots of others. As with JFR, I suspect that MC has lots of "silent recruits" that will be made public as we get closer to the end of the portal window.
I'm not sure I totally agree. Looks like Rogers "silent recruits" are WSU guys we expect to land here. I don't know what Matt has up his sleeve in that regard as he's already raided our lockerroom.
PSU certainly has the money and the brand to land some higher profile guys from places other than Ames. But I do think one noteable difference thus far is that Rogers is bringing in guys from many different places where Campbell is exclusively ISU right now.
I'm sure he has many offers out that are not committable until bigger fish make decisions. This is why the way you play the portal is so important. Wait on a big fish too long and you may lose some of your other preferred guys and have a bunch of rev share held back for a player you don't even land. It's tricky AF.
The window is just for notifying your school that you're transferring too, with so many people in the portal I wonder if this will drag on for a while, maybe especially for people with multiple options.
To think what is only about money? Rocco Becht commented that they didn't have enough resources to win a championship at ISU so he went to PSU with CMC in hopes of being able to win a championship. The irony of course is that they are going to have pretty much the same team at PSU they had at ISU but getting payed more. I guess paying the same players more money makes them better? What am I missing.
I just had an SI article about PSU recruits pop up in my feed that described Eskildsen as a "big play machine." Like... what?
$hit like this and the sudden "4 stars" on our roster to prop up the recruting rankings (e.g. Sowell the 15th best receiver in the portal) is the college football psyop from the media we've all be living in.
Absolutely. Kraft was on the hot seat and boosters were pushing Smith on him pretty hard. I don’t know any more about this than any of you, but it feels like it wasn’t Matt’s idea or decision. It doesn’t really feel like something Matt would want to do.
