They will take a big hit after this year along the DLine. Nassib and Zettel are Seniors and Austin Johnson is a RS JR and likely 1st rd draft pick so he will go also.
I came to an unfortunate conclusion regarding next years game
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looking at our front 7 next year, I suspect that psu running back will rush for about 400 yards, ok im exaggerating but not by much.. PSU will be starting a first year QB and we will have a returning starter at QB, that should help.. Hopefully Lewis for psu goes pro, he will destroy Maddox and our other de backs.
it will be a good game, way too early to see who wins.. Neither team will be ranked though..
it will be a good game, way too early to see who wins.. Neither team will be ranked though..
Great first post.. Take it to the BWI board, they'll love you.. lol
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not knowing much about PSU, who is their QB next year? I know they recruited some highly rated recruits over the last year or two. From a pitt perspective, we may be in more trouble facing a new Qb than Hack, that dude looks terrible.. I was pissed when Eugene Lewis went to PSU, I think we may have been in the final 3.. He'd look damn good in a pitt uni..
The Family has retain a Sports agent for Advice as allowed by NCAA Rules. I view it as a judgment on Franklin's Coaching. Hack has been very loyal to Penn State and if he stays that will say all is forgiven and lets win 10 games next year, if he leaves, it will be a Third Year some Penn State Juniors prefer to leave Penn State even if they get drafted in lesser rounds than waste another year at Penn State? The Players that have left have been vocal just like Hack's Family about Franklin's Coaching and Player Selections?
Very fine line there with the rules and quite honestly it's a little odd. Sometimes they're too harsh while other situations something that sounds like a clear violation is not one at all.
It was between 2 and 3 almost everywhere by game time. The consensus line was Penn State -2-1/2.
Dang. I am real sorry to hear that.
this is a rare normal PSU post....well done....I think that Franklin is great motivator and cheerleader but from several sources not a great X and O guy....we'll see next year!!
Exactly. You have no idea.
Game, set, and match.
Good luck with the last 3 games (Michigan, Michigan State, and bowl opponent). You will actually be playing P5 teams with a good coach in place, not an interim like Rutgers and Maryland had or other teams without a pulse like Buffalo, Army, SDSU, Indiana, or Illinois.
Pitt has not beaten anyone that is any type of world beater, but wow!, that has got to be the worst 7 wins a team has ever had.
Wow coach Ditka.... You really are losing it that tv stuff isn't just an act.
Nobody is going to be hoping for State College to get its ass kicked in the next 2 games more than here ... You can bet that
But just because that is the feeling toward State doesn't mean one has to make the idiotic and clueless comments that it is a bad football team....like some here are doing..
Just like the crying and moaning over Ron Cook....
ND out hit Pitt
Out fasted Pitt
Out coached Pitt
That game, late , was 42 17
End of story that is all one needs to know
So coach Ditka...
Relax. Eat some kielbasa and halupki.
We'll root for Pitt and ....laugh at State College for two more weekends this year
I will add this we talked with a the family of one of Pitt's starters who stated he felt Pitt was going to be really good next year. Will that be good enough to beat Penn State who knows, does the best college football team win every week?
Here's what I'll say about next year: Pitt could get their ass kicked but I'll still be satisfied that the game was played after all the years of Paterno's petty ass, childish attitude that seeped down to the fan base. This game has forced everyone on a level playing field, no more "We're too good for Pitt" when in reality we've been much closer than Happy Valley is willing to admit. Suit up, meet on the field and let it all play out.
Spot on this game has not been played for one reason and one reason only....it was prevented by an old , vindictive egomaniac
Period
And that stuff out of State College about the BE,, we need our fans all over the country blah blah blah was a pack of LIES
But disagree their arrogance is coming back and it is the reason scheduling hit a road block after this 4 game swing
Ped St days of ducking Pitt are about to be over!
Pitt would beat Ped St in bowl game this year and will win next year so yes, the best team will win.
Pitt would beat Ped St in bowl game this year and will win next year so yes, the best team will win.
I see both Michigan & MSU versus Penn State it another way for future predictions and hunches as well for next years Pitt-Penn State game?
Franklin has two weeks to prepare for Harbaugh's Michigan Wolverines coming to Beaver Stadium and for me, that will tell me if Franklin will become a Very Good or Great Coach in the future. I know Franklin is a superb recruiter with the Penn State Programs Resources behind him that is just as big as ND, UM, AND OSU!
Still how his team in its 11th game plays against Michigan with Two Weeks to prepare will portend things to come as far as I am concern. If it is a win or close loss that means Franklin will become better. If Harbaugh blows Franklin away, Franklin will struggle to beat the better Coaches.
MSU's Dantonio is a Game Day Coach ever since he became a Head Coach and just turns his Players into Teams that can win even against Football Programs with bigger Resources. It will be a game matching coaching abilities and the 12th game. This will portend Franklin & Staff abilities to play a Program with similar talent and again a close game either will portend things to come by Franklin at Penn State.
Both these games will give a clue on what may happen between Pitt-Penn State next year too?
Franklin has two weeks to prepare for Harbaugh's Michigan Wolverines coming to Beaver Stadium and for me, that will tell me if Franklin will become a Very Good or Great Coach in the future. I know Franklin is a superb recruiter with the Penn State Programs Resources behind him that is just as big as ND, UM, AND OSU!
Still how his team in its 11th game plays against Michigan with Two Weeks to prepare will portend things to come as far as I am concern. If it is a win or close loss that means Franklin will become better. If Harbaugh blows Franklin away, Franklin will struggle to beat the better Coaches.
MSU's Dantonio is a Game Day Coach ever since he became a Head Coach and just turns his Players into Teams that can win even against Football Programs with bigger Resources. It will be a game matching coaching abilities and the 12th game. This will portend Franklin & Staff abilities to play a Program with similar talent and again a close game either will portend things to come by Franklin at Penn State.
Both these games will give a clue on what may happen between Pitt-Penn State next year too?
State will ,even at 7 5 ,have bowl options and Big Mouth F will make sure one of them isn't Pitt.
They have already ducked Pitt !!! which is why the series ends at 4 and may not continue until well into the 20s
If that soon
They are sickening.....
James from State College is terrified to play Pitt. Not saying we are some great team that other teams fear, but he's a paranoid loser to begin with.
I agree with Paulbl99 & Pittx9 but I still have to see how Franklin does against Michigan and MSU? The same for Narduzzi for that matter.
Very Good to Great Game Day Coaches make their Players into a better Team as the season goes along, especially against tougher teams by the 8th to 12th Games?
The Coaches that struggle doing that often have a short wait before they are gone for not beating Ranked Teams. This especially goes for Fast Franky whose talk has been great for recruiting but his coaching unproven even in his 24th and 25th games? I was an earlier Prognosticator that Franklin would succeed at Penn State so long as he can play and beat OSU, UM and MSU that is his true challenge to remain at PSU not just beating Pitt?
Fast Franky has the PSU Fan Base high on his recruiting but Game Day is still unproven. Players are leaving ASAP rather remain at PSU. He has recruited a Graet Running back in Barkley and Wideouts but they can't beat Good Teams even with a Junior QB and their Talent at RB and WRs?
Hrabaugh and Dantonio dislike Franklin Talk and in my opinion, will run up the score on him, if they can do that, and we will know in 2 and 3 weeks. On the other hand, if Franklin can beat or play both close, he will be a better Coach than he he is displaying now?
The same goes for Coach Pat & Staff on beating Duke, ULou, and Miami. Pitt Offense should be ready to explode in the next 3 games. They have shown flashes of brilliance and Whitehead will remove some pressures off of Boyd and if they quit dropping balls, and missing blocks, and use the Tight Ends even better they can win all 3 Games and win their bowl and go 10-3?
Until When, We shall see?
Very Good to Great Game Day Coaches make their Players into a better Team as the season goes along, especially against tougher teams by the 8th to 12th Games?
The Coaches that struggle doing that often have a short wait before they are gone for not beating Ranked Teams. This especially goes for Fast Franky whose talk has been great for recruiting but his coaching unproven even in his 24th and 25th games? I was an earlier Prognosticator that Franklin would succeed at Penn State so long as he can play and beat OSU, UM and MSU that is his true challenge to remain at PSU not just beating Pitt?
Fast Franky has the PSU Fan Base high on his recruiting but Game Day is still unproven. Players are leaving ASAP rather remain at PSU. He has recruited a Graet Running back in Barkley and Wideouts but they can't beat Good Teams even with a Junior QB and their Talent at RB and WRs?
Hrabaugh and Dantonio dislike Franklin Talk and in my opinion, will run up the score on him, if they can do that, and we will know in 2 and 3 weeks. On the other hand, if Franklin can beat or play both close, he will be a better Coach than he he is displaying now?
The same goes for Coach Pat & Staff on beating Duke, ULou, and Miami. Pitt Offense should be ready to explode in the next 3 games. They have shown flashes of brilliance and Whitehead will remove some pressures off of Boyd and if they quit dropping balls, and missing blocks, and use the Tight Ends even better they can win all 3 Games and win their bowl and go 10-3?
Until When, We shall see?
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