Wolverine247 Board

Right now they're selling this and the NFL. I was not a fan of the BOB hire at first, but it's been a blessing they hired an NFL guy and some NFL guys on staff. As much as we all know BOB isn't responsible for Brady and the Patriots offense, kids still believe that sales pitch. He's selling that these guys know what it takes to get to the league, and it doesn't make a difference what happens in a bowl game.

With that, if they can keep the sales pitch up and the current class stays together (which is always going to be iffy up until they actually sign), they might be able to stay afloat through the sanctions. We won't have anything more than mediocre records, but that's probably all they need to do and then 8-10 years down the line, they can really start to get back into it. We'll see though, I'm just hoping it still feels fun the next few years.

Me too, I'm really hoping it doesn't take you guys too long to bounce back. I'm so sick of everyone baggin on the B1G and we need more than just Michigan and ohio to step up. It looked like PSU was gona be the next powerhouse before the sanctions came down. We need your program to become strong again, very impressive that BOB got half his recruiting class to confirm their commitments after the sanctions. With your great tradition and a talent laden state I do think there's a very good chance PSU can stay relevant during the sanctions and come back very strong within a couple years after they are lifted.

The transfers appear to be over with the 9 guys (we lost a WR after my original post) leaving. I say appear to be over because everyone else was at the first practice, so it would be strange for kids to leave after starting practices, but not the most shocking thing I guess. By my count we're at about 70 guys on scholarship for this season.

Belton was getting very high praise well before Silas left. Not sure how closely you watched PSU towards the end of last year, but he was the kid who played option QB for us after Bradley took over. Supposedly he can make up for a decent chunk of what Silas did and should be better than Silas as a receiver (he was recruited to be a receiver). But his production in the run game will be a stiff downgrade I'd assume. He carried the ball like a loaf of bread at times last year, so hopefully he worked on that. Looked like a fumble waiting to happen. He was a true freshman and wasn't expected to be carrying much, so hopefully that was the focal point of the offseason for him.

The positive spin on Redd leaving is that with his departure, our true freshman 4 star running back decided to stay (he was going to Iowa if Redd stayed most likely). While it sucks to lose Silas, at least it's nice to have a kid for 4-5 years now with his departure, especially when the recruits we were going after for RB this year all dropped us after the sanctions.

I'd rather stay at PSU than lose my ACL/get arrested by being an Iowa running back.

Haha, we had a nice thread about why going to Iowa as a RB is worse than the sanctions. Gotta feel for Iowa fans on that, just beyond unlucky.

We actually stole and amended that saying to "Those who stay may never be champions, but they will always be legends."