I expect a great season if PSU can coach some receivers up for a change. No reason not to be successful. To me, QB is a non-issue at this point. I think he'll be accurate - both short and long - with few mistakes. I hope I'm correct.
What are your expectations for Rocco Becht this coming fall?
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Serious though, no reason to not have a 3000 yard season (unless we just decide to run it down peoples' throats), with 60%+ completions and 20+ TD in the air and another 5 on the ground.
Serious though, no reason to not have a 3000 yard season (unless we just decide to run it down peoples' throats), with 60%+ completions and 20+ TD in the air and another 5 on the ground.
This SHOULD be the easiest "expectation" among the entire squad.
For three years he has been very consistently a "middle of the road" P4 QB.
Could that change? Up? Down? Sure, who knows.
But no spot on the squad has a longer or more consistent track record of "what it is" to base expectations on.
Becht's spot among the 70 P4 QBs in total QBR:
2023: 33rd
2024: 35
2025: 43
2025 College Football Season Leaders Total QBR | ESPN
Which would also mean track record would also project out very close to Bison's "counting stats" projections:
3,000 Yards, 20 TD, 10 Picks
But who knows? Lots of moving parts (roster around him, strength of schedule, health, etc)
For three years he has been very consistently a "middle of the road" P4 QB.
Could that change? Up? Down? Sure, who knows.
But no spot on the squad has a longer or more consistent track record of "what it is" to base expectations on.
Becht's spot among the 70 P4 QBs in total QBR:
2023: 33rd
2024: 35
2025: 43
2025 College Football Season Leaders Total QBR | ESPN
Which would also mean track record would also project out very close to Bison's "counting stats" projections:
3,000 Yards, 20 TD, 10 Picks
But who knows? Lots of moving parts (roster around him, strength of schedule, health, etc)
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He's a very experienced vet who has seen it all and played in several big games, including a Big 12 Conference Championship Game, and has performed well in many of them. He should be the least of any of the problems that we may have on offense. He also seems to be a good, mature leader around whom others can rally, which I don't think that Allar was.
I expect that he will do well and that I will be disappointed.
Another major benefit is that Rocco should have a competent offense coordinator this season.
Recent Penn State Football history has proven that an incompetent OC can derail an offense regardless of who is the QB.
Remember when we were growing up and every time Penn State had a senior quarterback they had a great year?
Joe had those four year cycles. year three was starting a jr QB who didnt quite get them to the top (9-2 ish) and then was a true leader the next year. Plus they always had a Sr heavy OL/RB and defense too
I expect him to get injured in the first series, and then the unknown D-III transfer will come out of nowhere and lead the team to victory. Becht comes back for the next game, is ineffective, and is replaced by same D III transfer. Becht starts the 3rd game, is shown to be ineffective and once again, the D III transfer saves the day.
The D III transfer starts every game in the conference, leads PSU to the Big Ten Championship, and takes us on the brink to the National Championship - where he gets hurt while on the drive for the winning touchdown. Becht comes in, fumbles the ball, the other team recovers and the Natty is lost.
For the entirety of Campbell's tenure, that will be as close as PSU will have gotten to the National Champtionship.
You heard it here first, folks.
The D III transfer starts every game in the conference, leads PSU to the Big Ten Championship, and takes us on the brink to the National Championship - where he gets hurt while on the drive for the winning touchdown. Becht comes in, fumbles the ball, the other team recovers and the Natty is lost.
For the entirety of Campbell's tenure, that will be as close as PSU will have gotten to the National Champtionship.
You heard it here first, folks.
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Yep, except for the senior QB years of:
Strange, Tate, Knizer, Thompson, Casey, Mills, Morelli, McGloin (for unusual reasons, of course), and Allar
And maybe Hackenburg (if you consider his "last year" as being a "senior" - of course he left a year early)
McGloin’s senior season was under BO’B and he had a good season that included leading the conference in completions, attempts, yards, TDs, and yards/game. He was also an Honorable Mention All B1G selection in 2012.
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Sure, but that wasn't the issue at hand.McGloin’s senior season was under BO’B and he had a good season that included leading the conference in completions, attempts, yards, TDs, and yards/game. He was also an Honorable Mention All B1G selection in 2012.
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"every time Penn State had a senior quarterback they had a great year?"
Will be? Hell, I'm disappointed already. No reason not to get a good head start on the disappointment.
Fire Campbell!
I expect Brecht to make Mendoza look like Kenny Pickens. I expect he will win the Heisman unanimously.
Weird. In 6 starts as a freshman Ethan’s QBR would have placed 30th.
Man, I have no expectations for anything next season. I’m hoping to be able to identify a few players by midseason, but this is a whole new group.
You have reminded me just how bad historically Penn State has been developing QBs.
It’s hard to imagine another blue blood P4 program with a worse QB legacy.
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Chuck Fusina and Kerry Collins were Heisman Finalists, and Blackledge and Collins were No. 1 picks, and Collins took a team to the Super Bowl, and even Fusina was great in the USFL. PSU has had its share of excellent college qbs, and I didn't even mention qbs like Daryll Clark, who won Big 10 Player of the Year in 2009, and McSorley and Clifford who collected NFL paychecks for several seasons.
McSorley was my favorite.
However, to have only a small handful of good QBs over the past 50+ years is pretty bad.
Let’s hope Coach Campbell can start a new positive trend upward with Rocco.
I just hope we start to see real qbs rather than glorified running backs, and then schemes that suit those type of qbs.
Not to mention Michael Robinson, who was somehow Big10 offensive player of the year but not 1st team Big10 QB.
Mid pack at best, based on what he's done in a much weaker conference. I could be wrong, but I'm not.
I would say from the 2000's thats mostly true, prior to that they did pretty good at it.
In modern days. Yes. I was a Daryl Clark fan and really liked Mills until his shoulders got blown apart at Wisconsin.
And really Clifford was not as bad as people think.
From everything I've heard so far about Becht, I expect him to be McSorley 2.0. I expect him to be a savy leader that does what he has to do to keep the chains moving and the offense on the field. I also expect him to give his WRs a chance to make plays downfield like McSorley did.
If he can stay healthy and we catch a few breaks, we've got a shot at hosting a playoff game in Beaver Stadium in year 1 of the Matt Campbell regime. WE ARE!
If he can stay healthy and we catch a few breaks, we've got a shot at hosting a playoff game in Beaver Stadium in year 1 of the Matt Campbell regime. WE ARE!
I’m expecting GRUNK. 
to win the Heisman this season.
to win the Heisman this season.And destroyed defensive backs when he ran over them. That's why they turned him into a fullback in the NFL.
that would be fabulous entertainmentI’m expecting GRUNK.
And against MUCH tougher competition. MUCH tougher. (And, of course, a program that was a dumpster fire the day he ascended to the top spot)
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