2027 Recruiting Thread

Marshall2323

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This is an excellent pickup. I think any questions about MC’s recruiting abilities have been answered over the last few weeks. For anyone counting, PSU 6 recruits vs VT 2.
Incredibly exciting,,,,PSU has never attracted a 4 star linebacker under BGJ. He is a composite 3 star and also 3 on 247.
 

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Incredibly exciting,,,,PSU has never attracted a 4 star linebacker under BGJ. He is a composite 3 star and also 3 on 247.

His two best (rankings wise) LB recruits were absolute busts. One is a ‘never was’ (Smith) the other transferred (undersized five star from Michigan). Not Franklin’s fault but the five star guys not living up to ranking happened a lot…(Simmons, Slade, Allar, Ford, Johnson, Shorter, Reynolds).
 
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This is an excellent pickup. I think any questions about MC’s recruiting abilities have been answered over the last few weeks. For anyone counting, PSU 6 recruits vs VT 2.

Hovering around 50 or so in national rankings. They’re going hard after QB Bourque as are we - will be interesting to see how it ends up.
 

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His two best (rankings wise) LB recruits were absolute busts. One is a ‘never was’ (Smith) the other transferred (undersized five star from Michigan). Not Franklin’s fault but the five star guys not living up to ranking happened a lot…(Simmons, Slade, Allar, Ford, Johnson, Shorter, Reynolds).
Ignore Marsha.. she hopes the new coach loses at everything and her hero BGJ comes back.. as well as several other butt hurt clowns on this site
 

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Ignore Marsha.. she hopes the new coach loses at everything and her hero BGJ comes back.. as well as several other butt hurt clowns on this site

Yeah, I know Marshall’s MO. Think he likes to agitate just to agitate and isn’t necessarily huge BGJ fan - just that he hates PSU fans who weren’t happy with how things were going.
 

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Ignore Marsha.. she hopes the new coach loses at everything and her hero BGJ comes back.. as well as several other butt hurt clowns on this site
If posters like Franklin, how is that a problem for you? They may appreciate that he came here while we were still under sanctions, had a winning season his first year with 44 available scholarship players, won the Big Ten in his third year, had an excellent won loss record (only JoePa won more games),didn’t cheat, and his players had to go to class. You don’t evidently admire achievements like that but many people do.
 

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Hovering around 50 or so in national rankings. They’re going hard after QB Bourque as are we - will be interesting to see how it ends up.
It will be fascinating to see how VT plays it with Bourque. I read elsewhere that those lesser programs could put out more money for an upper level QB if they’re putting all their eggs in one basket and not paying the rest of their recruits as much as we are. But for Bourque, it seems to be PSU verse ND and Georgia. We are also very high on Mencl out of Arizona and we may have him higher on our board. It’s literally us versus Oregon for him, which means the PSU NIL collective versus Phil Knight. Hopefully we get one of the two.
 

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It will be fascinating to see how VT plays it with Bourque. I read elsewhere that those lesser programs could put out more money for an upper level QB if they’re putting all their eggs in one basket and not paying the rest of their recruits as much as we are. But for Bourque, it seems to be PSU verse ND and Georgia. We are also very high on Mencl out of Arizona and we may have him higher on our board. It’s literally us versus Oregon for him, which means the PSU NIL collective versus Phil Knight. Hopefully we get one of the two.
This doesn’t make me overly optimistic for either to be honest
 
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LMTLION

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This doesn’t make me overly optimistic for either to be honest
Agreed, but to be honest, the last two Natty winners rented a quarterback for their championship run. They were both able to identify the right fit QB for their systems. Neither was the best available. Maybe that’s the model moving forward, who knows. But I still want one of these two high school recruits.
 

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Did messages get deleted on this thread? I think the ones commenting on how ridiculous some people are to go out of their way to bash Campbell while still supporting BGJ. Weird.
 

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It will be fascinating to see how VT plays it with Bourque. I read elsewhere that those lesser programs could put out more money for an upper level QB if they’re putting all their eggs in one basket and not paying the rest of their recruits as much as we are. But for Bourque, it seems to be PSU verse ND and Georgia. We are also very high on Mencl out of Arizona and we may have him higher on our board. It’s literally us versus Oregon for him, which means the PSU NIL collective versus Phil Knight. Hopefully we get one of the two.
FWIW, sounds like ND is now the competition for Bourque. They hopped in late. If they offer, his recruitment could completely shift.
 

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FWIW, sounds like ND is now the competition for Bourque. They hopped in late. If they offer, his recruitment could completely shift.
If PSU decided to offer some pee wee player, that annoying person who leads ND would offer him just out of spite. I look forward to when he finally accepts a NFL job.
 

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If PSU decided to offer some pee wee player, that annoying person who leads ND would offer him just out of spite. I look forward to when he finally accepts a NFL job.
Franklin really pissed him off leading up to the last bowl game and he holds it against us.
 

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If posters like Franklin, how is that a problem for you? They may appreciate that he came here while we were still under sanctions, had a winning season his first year with 44 available scholarship players, won the Big Ten in his third year, had an excellent won loss record (only JoePa won more games),didn’t cheat, and his players had to go to class. You don’t evidently admire achievements like that but many people do.
You missed the point in a big way. It is fine to admire Franklin if that is your choice. The point is the ridiculousness of being fiercely loyal to Franklin and not honestly and objectively assessing nor admitting his failures while at the same time having this bizarre negative attitude toward Campbell that comes off as hoping Campbell fails. Analogous to a father being butt hurt that his son got canned and now he is super bitter and is wishing/hoping his son's replacement falls on his face.
 

Marshall2323

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His two best (rankings wise) LB recruits were absolute busts. One is a ‘never was’ (Smith) the other transferred (undersized five star from Michigan). Not Franklin’s fault but the five star guys not living up to ranking happened a lot…(Simmons, Slade, Allar, Ford, Johnson, Shorter, Reynolds).
I think 5 star failures at PSU leave a mark, because we don't get many. I wonder how many 5 stars under achieve at OSU or Alabama but it's not as noticeable because there are several others balling.
 

Marshall2323

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Ignore Marsha.. she hopes the new coach loses at everything and her hero BGJ comes back.. as well as several other butt hurt clowns on this site
How precious. You try to insult me by inferring that I'm a woman? Is gender a prerequisite for sharing opinions here? Or, more likely, you just stupidly revealed your misogyny. As for being "butt hurt," it's evident that you are also homophobic.
But good job, other morons liked your line of thinking.