I don't think getting shut out on the top 5 prospects from PA, MD, & NJ was calculated. Otherwise why did we even offer those kids?
Which one of those kids did PSU match or have the top $$$ bid on and lost out on? Clearly it must be several. How is it there are people that have followed this sport for decades and still are clueless as to what is going on currently? I get people maybe not liking the results there, but cause and effect when $$$'s are on the line is a real thing. It's no longer recruiting, it's free agency from HS until they graduate college/get drafted......that is the game now. These kids basically have 10+ job offers so they can take the most lucrative package out there. Now just like any other occupation sometime geography, family, or factors come into play, but $$$'s often win out. A few won't get wrapped up in that maybe and give the hometown discount once in a while to a school, but this notion it's not about incentive package first and foremost is outright crazy.
None of us know the answer to that but it seems to me that lack of NIL money would cost us SOME of the top kids, not ALL of the top kids. Nebraska has a higher rated class than PSU but reports don't show that they have more NIL $$$ than PSU.
Well we do know what happened on the heads up WR recently. Not to mention what those paid on this site to report have been saying. There will always be one offs of some kids playing for their home team but money matters most now with the high end recruits. The game is changed. It’s not very confusing when you look at the top 10 on signing day.
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No doubt. The "every other program is throwing bags of cash at kids", and PSU cannot/does not (Because? Why? LOL), is just so intellectually and logically stupid. It really doesn't merit any oxygen.
I don’t think we have a lack of NIL, in that we’re probably hovering around #15. Yeah that’s a lack of funds compared to the Uber NIL rich schools, but it’s good enough to compete. We’re starting to see how disciplined or undisciplined some coaches are financially.
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I'd stop worrying about Franklin. Succeed or fail, it's not moving the needle at PSU. But there is that one slight detail....he's currently out recruiting PSU. Losing chips to Nebraska, Rutgers or Auburn isn't about how they will or won't impact those schools. The bottom line is those coveted players are lost to PSU.
Certain schools could always afford recruiting mistakes in the past with over signing and forcing them out the door. Now they just tell them to portal and move on to the next guy as $$$'s isn't as big of an issue there. Out of the 120+ D1 schools out there PSU is not the little sister of the poor by any stretch, but they also aren't in that top 10 $$$ conversation. Why some people want to pretend they are top 10 $$$ school or ignore the fact other schools are paying more than others is wild to me. It's pretty much trying to be actively ignorant to how the "recruiting" game currently operates. It's no longer recruiting really....it's free agency and if you have two offers...with one more than $50K plus more....MOST not ALL, most people may take the better financial package. Some people do not center their lives around $$$'s and some want to be that hometown hero, but exceptions are that....exceptions. Most of the time $$$'s will win out with the most elite "recruits".
All I heard when Campbell was hired is that Penn State would provide him with lots of NIL money to spend. And here you are claiming, without YOU bringing any receipts, that Penn State is losing all these recruits solely because they are being out spent. What happened to all that NIL money? Did Campbell use all of it to bring in Becht and the other 24 ISU players?
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I think lack of NIL $$$ is a problem for PSU but I think there's more to it than that. I was always concerned that Campbell lacked recruiting contacts/relationships in the northeast. It will take time to build those relationships. I think that lack of a 2026 high school class is a factor. That put Campbell behind the eight ball before he even arrived. Top players want to play with other top players and PSU doesn't have many coming back next year. I'm sure WR Khalil Taylor liked the idea of catching passes for the #1 rated QB in the country Trae Taylor. His alternative at this point was to catch passes from the 44th rated QB last year Manske or 26th rated Will Wood.
Yes, I bet we spent a lot of NIL on retention and transfers. We’re going to have one of the most veteran teams in the country this fall and now with the new 5-for-5 rule, many of those starters are going to be coming back for an extra year and we gotta pay them if we want them.
Does that matter? Most of the highest rated Iowa State kids are going to be seniors and the money going to them will be done before this class enrolls.
I'm not claiming it, but the people who write for this site don't really sugar coat things if you read the actual articles.
If PSU is "struggling with NIL" money - now - then there is a far deeper problem than anyone could imagine.
The $10 million severance for Franklin comes from a different pocket than the NIL money for players.If PSU is "struggling with NIL" money - now - then there is a far deeper problem than anyone could imagine.
They have a current roster of bargain basement personnel (relative to the "big boys" - hell, the "open market" value of OSU's top 5 guys is probably more than the entire PSU roster), and a brand new shiny coach that is in his honeymoon period. Not to mention the piles and piles of cash money Kraft lined up with his "transformative" business deals and acumen. Hell, they had so much money flowing in that they could brush off giving Former HCJF a $10,000,000 parting gift to coach somewhere else.
And they can't compete with anyone wrt bringing in new talent? Due to not having enough money?
That is so far from "adding up" or making sense that it boggles the mind (any mind but a fan(atics) mind).
Or, just maybe, it is all horse manure contortions and alibies?
s have ruined CFB.