We wouldn’t be anywhere near this talent deprived if Franklin would have stayed. Might have been an 8-4 type season, but not a 4-8 type season like we’re looking at now.
Official ‘26 PSU - Northwestern game thread
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And the 2027 recruiting class - who will. once again, be pimped as "diamonds in the rough" - ain't gonna' help.
And there ain't a roster full of "young guys coming up" who are likely to be improving (most of those fillers are done, or nearly done, with their eligibility)
So any hope for significant improvement from 2026 to 2027 would lie with bringing in a **** ton of good "playing ready" transfers - which is very expensive.
And PSU doesn't have any $ (they don't even have anyone leading their "NIL" efforts right now)
That isn't the best possible scenario - to say the least
This is what many here asked for, they shouldn't whine now.And the 2027 recruiting class - who will. once again, be pimped as "diamonds in the rough" - ain't gonna' help.
And there ain't a roster full of "young guys coming up" who are likely to be improving (most of those fillers are done, or nearly done, with their eligibility)
So any hope for significant improvement from 2026 to 2027 would lie with bringing in a **** ton of good "playing ready" transfers - which is very expensive.
And PSU doesn't have any $ (they don't even have anyone leading their "NIL" efforts right now)
That isn't the best possible scenario - to say the least
Perhaps those teams are better than the norm. But they made NW look like the 95 Huskers. And NW had a RT playing RG and a 3rd stringer at LG. Plus missing 3 secondary starters. Becht looks like a deer in headlights. Zero run game. Turnstiles for OL and DL. LBs are lost.
And yet last year with considerably better talent, we weren't going to be 8-4 even if Franklin wasn't fired.
You can't put lipstick on the past 6 quarters of play. Agree this is a better NW Team, but we've routinely beaten better Wisky teams. I mean their QB threw the ball right to our defense twice out of 3 ints. It's as much the way they played as the losing.
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