Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)

[ScriptOhio]

Those guys have a total of less than 1 TD and 100 yards per game, so that’s not very good production.

Overall, I guess, it was bad; however, it wasn't quite as bad as that. They had other guys catching the ball too. Through 7 games:

1298 receiving yards ÷ 7 = 185 yards per game
9 receiving TDs ÷ 7 = 1.3 receiving TDs per game

Compare that to 2024:

3646 receiving yards ÷ 16 games = 228 yards per game
30 passing TDs ÷ 16 games = 1.9 receiving TDs per game

Still, I think the drop off in passing production from 2024 to 2025 was more on Allar than the lack of decent WRs. It should be noted that the average yards rushing per game dropped off too. In 2024 it was 203.3 yards per game and so far in 2025 it is 169.36 yards per game. In summary Ped State's offense (basically) just really sucked this year.

 

[CincyInterloper]

They say history repeats itself. Remember when Nebraska fired Bo Pelini? This is what Wikipedia says about that:

“Pelini left the NU football program with a 67–27 record, winning at least 9 games in every season. Despite this record, and winning several bowl games, Nebraska never won a conference title under Pelini. Eichorst stated at a press conference that Pelini hadn't won "the games that mattered the most" against top-tier opponents.”

Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? I wonder if PSU is headed for a similar situation as Nebraska?

 

[exhawg]

They say history repeats itself. Remember when Nebraska fired Bo Pelini? This is what Wikipedia says about that:

“Pelini left the NU football program with a 67–27 record, winning at least 9 games in every season. Despite this record, and winning several bowl games, Nebraska never won a conference title under Pelini. Eichorst stated at a press conference that Pelini hadn't won "the games that mattered the most" against top-tier opponents.”

Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? I wonder if PSU is headed for a similar situation as Nebraska?

Ped State probably has more potential than Nebraska, but their biggest problem is that they want to be where we are, which isn't feasible. Their problem this year was that they let expectations get too high. Losing to Oregon destroyed their confidence and cost Franklin his job. For some programs, winning the games you should win is all you can ask, which is what Franklin was good at until this year. Maybe they make the right hire and take a step forward over the next few years, but there's just as good a chance they make a bad hire and end up middle of the pack in the Big 10. I don't think that fanbase would be happy if they hired a guy like Cignetti when he was at JMU.

 

[TampaBuckeyes]

Didn't see the end of the game, switched with PSU leading and it looked like they were going to pull off a win. Didn't see until this morning the game ended with the patented "PSU QB throws a pick on what would have been a game winning drive" play.

The simulation is broken and stuck on repeat in happy valley.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

their biggest problem is that they want to be where we are, which isn't feasible.

This is spot on. What Alabama did with Saban isn't even logical. What we have been doing since Tressel is damn near impossible. Not only do they think they CAN do those things as well....they think they DESERVE it. Because Paterno donated a dollar to the library or some shit.