We will see who contributes more the nest 5 years.
Oregon, Georgia and OSU must not be doing it right when they stockpile high end talent in the beng.
2027 Recruiting Thread
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We will see who contributes more the nest 5 years.
Oregon, Georgia and OSU must not be doing it right when they stockpile high end talent in the beng.
Some Elite 11 QBs never pan out when they're stuck in a system that doesn't fit them and their growth is stymied. I give you Christian Hackenberg and Drew Allar. Borque could be heading down the same road @ VT. "Just sayin"
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Let's get Taylor and Hall, net win.
The euphoria when PSU flipped Olesh was universal here. Hindsight and a $700k miscalculation makes a better story for the BWICAC.
Olesh was quickly welcomed to a "lesser" program. LOL
"Please come to PSU for a lot less money than the NC contenders are willing to pay." But, we promise when you are ready to contribute, we'll compensate you almost as well as they would." Sounds like a winning plan. LOL
We hate people who take the highest paying job. Mostly because we can't pay what others do.
I guess he doesn't want to play for less and be coached up.
Look at his offer list.
Recruiting is opportunity cost in this environment. Resources are limited. At PSU they are more limited than at the top 10-15 NIL schools. It's entirely possible that CMC needed to use the resources that he has at his disposal to fill other more pressing roster needs. If Manske is healthy, and if he is as good as we're being told.....Bourque wouldn't see the field for a few years. Lord knows that PSU has major holes to fill to put a competitive team on the field in 2027. It's that simple. All the other crap here is nonsense. If PSU could have gotten PB for the same $ they secured Wood with, he'd be coming here.
Many would love to drive a Mercedes. But choose a Honda instead, because of other needs/priorities.
Hypocrites. Imagine if this Wood vs Bourque recruitment took place last year at this time. Franklin would have been excoriated for losing the Bourque recruitment to VT. Coach Campbell hasn't bloodied any noses here yet, so we portray him as a recruiting savant or at least "fiscally responsible." It's hilarious.
Hmmm, it's starting to look like Virginia Tech has more nil resources than PSU. That should concern the BWICAC.
I don't think you can look at any QB we had while Franklin was here and say that he really developed him to his true potential. So it would be foolish to expect anything different at VT.
I agree with that to an extent, but the fanbase did not appreciate Cliff during his tenure. It was only after the debacle of Allar did we appreciate Cliff for what he was. Where Franklin did Cliff wrong was forcing him to run. He was more of a pocket passer that could run if needed, not a run first type qb that Franklin himself stated publicly he wanted Cliff to be.
I don't know what happened but:
GA already has a freshman 4* QB Montgomery
OSU already has a freshman 5* QB St-Claire (100 rating)
ND's existing QB Carr is only a sophomore (.97 rating)
Those schools didn't really need a top QB. PSU did.
Unfortunately sounds like Taylor might end up taking the Nebraska trip. Big bag of money being discussed.
Things can turn on a dime (literally) these days in recruiting. Losing Dean + Taylor would make locking down Hall a must at this point. Or maybe we consider throwing the bag to keep the PGH kid in state?
Things can turn on a dime (literally) these days in recruiting. Losing Dean + Taylor would make locking down Hall a must at this point. Or maybe we consider throwing the bag to keep the PGH kid in state?
If Taylor and Hall wanted to be at PSU they would have committed. Taylor to Nebraska, Hall to Tennessee, Dean to Georgia would be my guess. How can you blame these guys for going to the highest bidder.
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I'm sure that Franklin had a recruiting plan. He had reasonably good recruiting classes (15th-16th range) but he also missed out on some key local talent. Maybe it was more a case of failing to execute rather than a lack of a plan.
Taylor to Nebraska would be most disappointing to me and signal that this all about $. That program is just not in good shape and Rhule is a poor season or two from being on his ***. PSU has a new staff that is probably as stable a coaching staff for the next 5 years as any in the country.....clearly Campbell didnt come to penn state to jump to the NFL or another opportunity. It's the in state school, Taylor was committed here....he's even gone so far as to tacitly re-commit on a few occasions, at least loosely. To lose him to Nebraska of all places would be so brutal.
No, he didn't. And, no, he didn't.
Clifford averaged 5 carries per game throughout his career (that includes any times he took off on a scramble on a pass play). And threw the ball over 26 times per game.
Get better "inside sources".
Recruiting is just utter insanity these days. I don’t trust anything until these guys sign on the dotted line in December.
Nebraska gave Rhule a new contract last year during our coaching search. They’re not getting rid of him without paying an enormous amount of money on exit. By every metric he has been a mediocre coach, losing vs nearly every top 25 opponent with a poor record of sending players to the nfl. Rhule would’ve landed here if he could’ve taken care of business vs Minnesota. He and Krafty are close friends. He and Taylor may become close friends too. If money is the only factor he cares about, good riddance. I want players who want to be here. Supposedly, we had a very competitive offer for him . He would not be poor coming to PSU.
Cliff was most effective when he did tuck it in and run keeping the defense honest.
There were times that Franklin said in press conferences he wanted Cliff to be more aggressive in the run game. I think Cliff was more natural in the pass game with the ability to stretch plays. He is an underrated PSU qb by our fanbase, who could not wait for Allar to start.
Dean is gone. Flipped to UGA. Third recruit to flip in the last several days plus Taylor is taking an OV to Nebraska this weekend. No bueno. Something seems amiss after having some momentum.
The thing that’s amiss is that PSU’s billionaire CEO’s don’t donate to NIL like other schools.
Kind of tough to ask them for cash when you spent decades complaining about bag men.
Maybe the new slogan should be "Success regardless of honor."
It seems like QB is the easiest position to get via transfer. IIRC it started when Wisconsin got Russell Wilson but that was before NIL $$$. Last year Indiana got Mendoza for a reported $2.6 million. ON3 placed Bourque's NIL value at $508k. $500k-800k for a high school QB might seem like a lot but that what schools are paying. Things are going to be difficult if we can't pay what BYU & VT are paying.
- Lyons $1m (BYU)
- Haven $976k (ALA)
- Abrams $738k (MIA)
- Taylor $703k (NEB)
- Menci $658k (ORE)
The numbers you cite for Bourque and Mencl are way off. Mencl got a 2 year $3m deal. Reportedly Bourque got the same. The amount you cite for Mencl is likely what we gave Wood. I would not trust those on3 values.
Even then you can’t trust it. Many guys have sign and then transferred out days later. The whole sport has become a EFFIN’ Joke!