How are we going to be competitive?

JVP_Yahweh

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How about a kickback from the State College hotel establishment? They're going to take a major hit if people stop coming to the games and booking the $3,000 hotel rooms.
Yeah that too. The 2 day minimum stay was a big cash grab for the hotels. Time to pay back the cash cow
 

Lion84

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I would think State College businesses get a huge boost every PSU Home Game 9duh) so if they want the gravy train to continue they better step up and maybe as mentioned Pegula can shake a few of his Billions loose and throw it into the NIL pot - the reality is that aside from the doom and gloomers here it has never been easier to go from worst to first in College Football. I still would not want BGJ here but Krafty did screw up but not having his replacement almost in hand before he showed him the door and that's on him.
 

JoePaMajorCFBrecord409Ws

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Another awful Krafty The Clown decision - go figure. I wonder if he's getting a kickback from the National Subcontractor that all the other Blue Bloods refuse to use to supplement his absurd 2024 sweetheart deal? Anybody question why Franklin was fighting with Krafty The Clown regarding his ineptitude and decision-making regarding the PSU Football Franchise???
 

PSUForever

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Another awful Krafty The Clown decision - go figure. I wonder if he's getting a kickback from the National Subcontractor that all the other Blue Bloods refuse to use to supplement his absurd 2024 sweetheart deal? Anybody question why Franklin was fighting with Krafty The Clown regarding his ineptitude and decision-making regarding the PSU Football Franchise???
Kraft has done a poor job, no doubt. However, denying BGJ the undeserved raise was a good move. No one can convince me that we should still have BGJ.
 

Steelers1

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If you're saying the strategic error was doing this while the stadium project was underway, then the error was not firing Franklin before the start of last season because you seem to have forgotten that James started this spiral.
IF JF was here this year the team is unbeaten or has one loss. Not exactly as spiral
 

Steelers1

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So Franklin gets to hold the university hostage forever?
Forever???? He had two bad weeks (losing to top 5 Oregon in double OT is not bad) the year after being one play from the the title game.... Geeminy. For the life of me I can't figure out any logical reason for the hate JF gets. I really can't.
 

Steelers1

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I have always contended that we should have canned BGJ after that stunning run of the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Iowa 2021? Illinois 2021? Fond memories. 2022-2024 cemented the narrative of never being able to win a big game. Then 2025.
So if you said we should can him.... Do you think that we are currently better off as program? Are you more optimistic today than in the past? Serious question. Everyone that shouts "fire someone" needs to realize that you have to replace them with someone better. That was never gonna happen in this case.
 

Steelers1

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Kraft has done a poor job, no doubt. However, denying BGJ the undeserved raise was a good move. No one can convince me that we should still have BGJ.
Doesn't the evidence convince you? Seriously, what would it take. Lets say in three years we have a total of 7 big ten wins, and JF has a lesser program like VT in the playoffs. Will that be enough? And maybe not, I'm legit asking.
 

JoePaMajorCFBrecord409Ws

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Doesn't the evidence convince you? Seriously, what would it take. Lets say in three years we have a total of 7 big ten wins, and JF has a lesser program like VT in the playoffs. Will that be enough? And maybe not, I'm legit asking.

I don't get how they're big apologists for Campbell because he's been handicapped by Krafty The Clown's ineptitude, but they hate Franklin who had to deal with the same issues stemming from Kraft's ineptitude, but did a whole lot better with less than what Campbell's been given.
 

Nits1989

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Forever???? He had two bad weeks (losing to top 5 Oregon in double OT is not bad) the year after being one play from the the title game.... Geeminy. For the life of me I can't figure out any logical reason for the hate JF gets. I really can't.
Because he did things that disrespected PSU. He regularly had his agent say he was being sought by other schools and did little to nothing to put out the rumor talk. It made the school look bad. To an alum, it was offensive.
 
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I have always contended that we should have canned BGJ after that stunning run of the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Iowa 2021? Illinois 2021? Fond memories. 2022-2024 cemented the narrative of never being able to win a big game. Then 2025.
This is correct, he should have been canned after the 2021 season.
 

JoePaMajorCFBrecord409Ws

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Yep, and been much further along with rebuilding. Instead, the infection was allowed to fester into the pusbag it became last year. Good news is that the healing has begun.

Yeah, the healing has begun..... we're paying even more (for both coaching and roster) for a way less competitive team. LMAO. Welcome to "Excellence at the highest level" and "Championship Football" - would be hysterical if it weren't so pathetic and sad.
 
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Yeah, the healing has begun..... we're paying even more (for both coaching and roster) for a way less competitive team. LMAO. Welcome to "Excellence at the highest level" and "Championship Football" - would be hysterical if it weren't so pathetic and sad.
It amuses me watching your verbose gyrations. When you gonna pull out the "DIAMETRIC OPPOSITE" and get down with it? The world awaits.
 
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