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    PSU MLAX 2026 thread

    That, and Lacrosse is an Upper class sport, for many of the well to do families the scholarship isn't the goal, the Ivy IS.
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    PSU MLAX 2026 thread

    18 teams out of 73 made it, so about 25% of all college lax teams. For comparison, only 18% of D1 basketball teams make the NCAA tournament and only 9% of all FBS football teams are represented in the College Football Playoff. When a quarter of your entire sport makes the playoffs, I struggle...
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    So Franklin gets hired at VoTech and senior administrators suddenly start retiring.

    They lose to ucla?
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    So Franklin gets hired at VoTech and senior administrators suddenly start retiring.

    VT is totally bought into James, and they should be...but it comes with things we know about. He needs total "alignment" or.... more easily defined: Absolute unfettered spending for his football team and coaches to produce the 9-10 wins you covet. If they don't win the 9 or 10 games after...
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    Terry Smith on Drew Allar: “Our system wasn’t built for him.”

    To your point, I was amazed at halftime of a rutgers game in which Clifford played well and we were handling them, when interviewed at halftime, the reporter asked franklin what he wanted to see in the second half from clifford and he said "I'd like to see him slide and step out of bounce LESS...
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    Terry Smith on Drew Allar: “Our system wasn’t built for him.”

    I totally agree and what credit to Terry when he took over that he continued to effuse Franklin and mention "letting him down," but the sense I get is that he didn't feel that way inwardly, he was trying to be empathetic to the players.
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    Terry Smith on Drew Allar: “Our system wasn’t built for him.”

    You're right, "weird" was the wrong term.
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    Terry Smith on Drew Allar: “Our system wasn’t built for him.”

    Everyone knew this to be the case, but it's weird to hear it so directly from a trusted coach like Terry.
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    2027 Recruiting Thread

    For everyone spouting off about "3 stars" I don't think you are taking into account the change the program underwent and the change in the entire recruiting landscape. You understand we have a GM now? Whats the point of filling your roster with expensive 5 star high school seniors that may not...
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    Your way too early season prediction?

    Yeah, I'd be pretty disappointed with 8 wins or less considering the schedule. If we brought in Rocco to be an 8 win QB, id just question why we paid him what we likely did and why, considering his experience, he wouldn't have opted for somewhere else. Our talent didn't really perform last year...
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    Tips for a golfing newbie

    I have a different view of golf than many, I started like everyone having no idea about anything, playing golf courses, losing 1000 balls and my mind. After doing that for 2 years and realizing that golf is actually miserable if you suck at it(Credit to those on here that say they just love the...
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    Great SI article - How Terry Smith's Role Has Changed, and Even Grown, at Penn State

    I liked James, I don't want to bash him, there has been plenty of that....but one theme that always keeps resonating...whether being prickly with fans or media...shrinking in big moments, the long stares....he is a very insecure person. I think he suffered from bouts of "imposter syndrome" and...
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    2027 Recruiting Thread

    Its clearly too early to tell, but just a really broad thought re Campbell and recruiting. The things I think I like about him as a coach aren't necessarily aligned with big recruiting splashes. Disciplined, earnest, honest....nobody is bigger than the team. I feel like these recruits want...
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    Rutgers Athletics bleeding red ink

    Clearly this sport needs to fracture into teams that are capable of competing...er, affording to compete and schools that just don't need the headache. Its a total drain on the state tax payers, the school, the academic mission to be losing this kind of revenue on teams that frankly aren't any...
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    '25 (in-season) - '26 CFB Portal Thread

    It just took becoming part of the media for Saban to be totally full of Sh*t. The stunt he pulled with James about how terrible it was for them to fire such a successful coach was really something....everyone knows if Sabans teams had the history of PSU under Franklin the OC/DC would be fired...
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