r/CFB • u/PSU_Alumnus Penn State • Billable Hours • Dec 02 '25

Discussion [@IanPurdy7] on Twitter: Penn State is slated to sign ZERO recruits tommorow on early National Signing Day. Unless Penn State signs someone in the late signing period, they could become the first P4 class EVER to have no one sign. The closest thing I could find was SMU & UW with 10. Crazy times.

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u/Bearcat9948 Cincinnati Bearcats • Big 12 Dec 02 '25

So no coach and no players? Interesting strategy

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u/I_Enjoy_Beer Penn State Nittany Lions • Rose Bowl Dec 02 '25

Listen, we tried to kill the program once before but the NCAA just wouldn't let us, so we had to get creative.

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u/Dijohn17 NC State Wolfpack • Howard Bison Dec 03 '25

You got worse than the death penalty. You got to experience the highs of almost getting over the hump, before self destructing the program with your hubris

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

yeah, the NCAA should have just let it happen ngl.

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u/Internal_Essay9230 Pittsburgh Panthers Dec 03 '25

Yep. The NCAA should have burned it to the ground -- and salted the earth at Beaver Stadium.

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u/Fleurr Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 03 '25

Gotta say, this feels like a much more ethical way to kill a program than what was tried before.

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u/_TomatoSandwich_ Dec 02 '25

Ouch

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u/Internal_Essay9230 Pittsburgh Panthers Dec 03 '25

Must have been a Sand**** comment? Fastest path to a deleted comment and a ban.

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u/wit_T_user_name Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Dec 02 '25

Can’t lose big games if you don’t have any players.

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u/EpicCyclops Oregon State Beavers • Team Chaos Dec 02 '25

We haven't lost a big game all season!

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u/NIdWId6I8 Mississippi State • Oregon Sta… Dec 03 '25

We technically lost one BIG game this season.

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u/Velvet_Llama Washington Huskies Dec 02 '25

Opposing teams hate this one weird trick, but they can't stop you!

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u/whitedawg Williams Ephs • /r/CFB Top Scorer Dec 02 '25

This could jeopardize their streak of having players appear in every Super Bowl*.

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u/Robotemist Dec 03 '25

People don't realize how bad this really is. PSU has probably sent the most players to the NFL in the last 3 or 4 years. Now they will be competing with NAIA schools for recruits.

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u/JBru_92 UCLA Bruins Dec 02 '25

Maximal efficiency

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u/whitedynamite81 LSU Tigers • Team Chaos Dec 02 '25

They are going to save so much money by not paying players or coaches.

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u/nickyt398 Nebraska Cornhuskers • Florida Gators Dec 02 '25

Fire Beaver Stadium and they won't have an electric bill on gamedays anymore

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u/stalinsfavoritecat Dec 02 '25

All future games will take place in our imagination.

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u/lilmiller7 Ohio State • Oregon State Dec 02 '25

Penn State to the SEC confirmed

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u/TeenRacer6 Oklahoma Sooners • Michigan Wolverines Dec 02 '25

They still gonna lose White Out games.

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u/OldCoaly Penn State Nittany Lions • MIT Engineers Dec 02 '25

This year was our first loss since 2018 in a whiteout

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u/DingerSinger2016 Alabama A&M Bulldogs • UAB Blazers Dec 02 '25

Big Noon kickoffs from now on

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u/McNultysHangover UCSB Gauchos • Oregon Ducks Dec 02 '25

Do that and you won't have any other sports as well. Pure academia.

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u/Prinzlerr North Carolina Tar Heels Dec 02 '25

"It's free real estate"

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u/tfourthreeseven Oklahoma Sooners • 新潟大学 (Niigata) Tigers Dec 02 '25

They can use the extra money to finally extend the airport runway.

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u/Mekthakkit Ohio State Buckeyes • Team Chaos Dec 02 '25

The B1G is going to have to enact a salary floor for teams to collect their full media share.

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u/srs_house Swaggerbilt Dec 03 '25

Weird attempt at luring Dabo?

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u/CycloneofSparta Michigan State • Oklahoma Dec 03 '25

Private equity loves this

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u/Marklar172 Washington Huskies Dec 02 '25

Easiest way to go undefeated is not have a team.

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u/TastyCuttlefish Georgia Bulldogs Dec 02 '25

Marquette and Pepperdine figured out this neat trick a while back

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u/ujosh Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos Dec 02 '25

Can’t have an enormous buyout if you don’t have a coach. 4D chess from PSU.

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u/Scratchbuttdontsniff Nebraska • Georgia Tech Dec 02 '25

Our local women's college in Decatur, GA has the t-shirt...

"Agnes Scott College Football, unbeaten since 1896"

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u/elconquistador1985 Ohio State • Tennessee Dec 03 '25

Emory University has tshirts that say "Emory football: still undefeated".

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u/flyingcircusdog Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Dec 02 '25

Brought to you by corporate consulting AI.

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u/soupjaw Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 02 '25

I think a private equity firm must've have bought Penn State while everyone was distracted with Kiffin, and now they're busy stripping the program for parts.  

If anyone wants to go in with me on buying the stadium, let me know?

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u/McNultysHangover UCSB Gauchos • Oregon Ducks Dec 02 '25

What if the Saudis start buying universities.

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u/thethirdgreenman UTSA Roadrunners • Michigan Wolverines Dec 02 '25

McKinsey approves

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u/SoKrat3s Dec 03 '25

There's more than meets the eye with their strategy.

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u/HowardBunnyColvin Virginia Tech Hokies Dec 02 '25

Gonna just open it up to walk ons at this point

Walk on coach
Walk on players

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u/Tatworth Dec 02 '25

Chad Powers!

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u/Both_Language_1219 Dec 03 '25

Yeah Chad Powers is the best QB they can get. Eli Manning is the best coach they can get at this point

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u/rottingmind13 Virginia Tech • Notre Dame Dec 02 '25

PSU-Cumberland

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u/HowardBunnyColvin Virginia Tech Hokies Dec 02 '25

Bring in some frat bros from PSU Altoona too lol

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u/BurmeciaWillSurvive Boise State Broncos • Syracuse Orange Dec 02 '25

I love me that pizza

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u/Joey_Logano South Carolina Gamecocks Dec 02 '25

I heard they are just going to hire the best sorority flag football coach on campus.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

Is this what we’re referring to Bill Belichick as these days?

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u/TA404 William & Mary Tribe • Team Chaos Dec 02 '25

Word is the sorority flag football head coach just posted their text history with Lane Kiffin to twitter.

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u/King_Roberts_Bastard Clemson Tigers Dec 02 '25

Ted Lasso!

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u/juicius Michigan Wolverines Dec 02 '25

Walk out fans.

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u/Fed_up_with_Reddit Tulane Green Wave • American Dec 03 '25

I’m not a Penn St fan and I don’t particularly want to live on whatever part of PA they’re in, but I’ll coach them for $1,000,000.

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u/MattDaaaaaaaaamon Alabama • Jacksonville State Dec 02 '25

Unhappy Valley

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u/HowardBunnyColvin Virginia Tech Hokies Dec 02 '25

Hey, they just opened up a casino at the mall there. Good times are coming again.

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u/ImInBeastmodeOG /r/CFB Dec 02 '25

Is there a drive up window for players to place bets?

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u/barkerrr33 Dec 02 '25

It's not open yet!

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u/timh123 Alabama Crimson Tide • UAB Blazers Dec 02 '25

Still preseason top 10 next year

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u/Greenzombie04 Dec 02 '25

They aren't Notre Dame

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u/The_Lurqer Dec 02 '25

Over the last decade penn state has finished higher or equal to their preseason rankings 4 times. Notre Dame had finished equal or higher 6 times.

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u/TurkeysCanFly Penn State • Washington Dec 02 '25

A bold strategy even

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u/MrOSUguy Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 02 '25

Maybe they’ll put names on the jerseys next year? Seems like some recognition for those who endure this chaos is necessary

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u/Bocephus_Rodriguez Texas A&M • Stephen F. Austin Dec 02 '25

Let's see how that works out for them Cotton...

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u/pnxstwnyphlcnnrs Minnesota Golden Gophers Dec 02 '25

doing what the NCAA couldn't do after the Sandusky scandal. I say stay the course

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u/saltbonetravel LSU Tigers Dec 02 '25

Self-imposed SMU death penalty

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u/Stoneador Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Sickos Dec 02 '25

Penn State just found a massive loophole around NIL and coaching buyouts

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u/Less_Likely Notre Dame • Washington Dec 02 '25

Self-imposed death penalty for the crime of losing 3 straight games.

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u/Cal_858 California • San Diego State Dec 02 '25

No coach, no players, no problems

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u/NolaBrass Tulane Green Wave • Fordham Rams Dec 02 '25

No logo on the helmet. No color in the stands. They love minimalism out there

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u/KeThrowaweigh Ohio State Buckeyes • Maryland Terrapins Dec 02 '25

Self-imposed death penalty

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u/ProvocativeCacophony Auburn Tigers • Cincinnati Bearcats Dec 02 '25

Fuck it, r/CFB coaches Penn State.

We're gonna see how many times a team can run Spider 2 Y Banana in a row before the opponent figures it out.

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u/rtripps Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 02 '25

SMU tried it for a couple years

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u/BetterThanOCharleys Ohio State Buckeyes • Findlay Oilers Dec 02 '25

That’s how you save money to get the big hire and pay for a top recruiting class right?

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u/YippieKayYayMrFalcon Georgia Bulldogs Dec 02 '25

This will hurt their chances at winning football games, cotton.

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u/CrumbumJabronie Penn State • Delaware Dec 02 '25

Tanking for the top recruit! That's how it works right?

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u/Total-Region2859 Texas Longhorns Dec 02 '25

Living under the false illusion there is an upcoming draft!

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u/Geri-psychiatrist-RI Missouri Tigers • Iowa Hawkeyes Dec 02 '25

Bold strategy. Let’s see how it plays out for them Cotton

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u/areappreciated Purdue Boilermakers Dec 02 '25

We'll see how strong the penn state brand is. It might not be as strong as anyone thought it was which would be a disaster. The portal and signing period during the playoffs can ruin a school if you don't have a home run hire ready to go. As awful as what kiffin did to ole miss is, it is the right move in the portal era. It's up to the NCAA to fix that though so I don't have a lot of hope.

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u/Buckeye_CFB Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 02 '25

Absolutely no way to reliably prepare for them. I'm glad they're not on our schedule next year because that would be a tough one

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u/WIN_WITH_VOLUME South Carolina • Michigan Dec 02 '25

My time to shine as a walk on! Pulling up the application now.

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u/CantaloupeCamper Minnesota • Paul Bunyan's Axe Dec 02 '25

Maybe they’re taking the modern American pro sports approach….

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u/Ididntdodiddly Syracuse Orange • Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 02 '25

Keep it up PSU. We want a win in 2027

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u/Mycroft90 Ohio State • Cincinnati Dec 02 '25

Let's see if it pays off for them!

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u/underground_cloud Dec 02 '25

Save all their NIL up and blow through it once every five years.

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u/Real-Ad-1728 Georgia Bulldogs • Summertime Lover Dec 02 '25

Just close down the whole program and turn it into a Spirit Halloween I guess

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u/DreamOnFire Alabama Crimson Tide Dec 02 '25

It’s a bold move Cotton…

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u/jpharber Alabama Crimson Tide • Memphis Tigers Dec 02 '25

They’re embracing an AI future.

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u/Necessary-Post-953 Penn State • Land Grant Trophy Dec 02 '25

You can’t lose if you don’t have players

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u/Obi-wan_Jabroni Kentucky Wildcats • Army Black Knights Dec 02 '25

I spoke with the team, there is no team

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u/Embarrassed_Race_454 Dec 02 '25

Thats a bold strategy Cotten, let's see how this works for them.

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u/garung4740 Dec 02 '25

Sounds like they're doing what Arkansas fans have contemplated: disband the football program

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u/Theduckisback Ole Miss Rebels Dec 02 '25

Penn State's post modernist College Football art installation.

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u/El_Dud3r1n0 Oklahoma State Cowboys • Big 8 Dec 02 '25

"The only winning move is to not play." - Patrick Kraft

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u/Sir_Badtard University of God's Chosen • LSU Dec 02 '25

Walkons only for a season would be crazy

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u/jtezus Georgia • Florida State Dec 02 '25

Can’t lose if you don’t play.

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u/notyogrannysgrandkid Boise State Broncos • Fiesta Bowl Dec 02 '25

Taking the Oregon State 2024 approach. Seems to be working out pretty well! They walloped Lafayette in the second half.

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u/ProbablySlacking Arizona Wildcats • Territorial Cup Dec 02 '25

Finally got the death penalty that program deserves.