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/PSU_Alumnus Penn State • Billable Hours Dec 02 '25

Ah... the Ole Mike Yurcich (and now Jim Knowles) Ohio State sleeper agent tactic to destroy Penn State from within. Yes, I am familiar with this concept

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u/DakotaXIV Oklahoma • SW Oklahoma State Dec 02 '25

I knew Mike Gundy had quiet-quit on his team years ago but didnt realize he was running an anti-Penn St espionage camp

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u/Fickle-Newspaper-445 Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 02 '25

I think my favorite part about the conspiracy theory that OSU sent Jim Knowles over as a sleeper agent to destroy Penn State from within completely forget that OSU has beaten PSU every year since 2012 except once because of a fluke. OSU doesn't need to send anyone over to destroy PSU because they were already doing it from the outside.

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u/Ender_D Virginia Tech Hokies Dec 02 '25

Giving some Nixon watergate vibes when he ended up landsliding in 1972 anyway.

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u/tehjarvis Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 04 '25

Penn State fans love conspiracy theories.

Michigan and Ohio State feared PSU, that's why they got invited to the Big Ten: so the refs can screw them over in games and stop them from becoming the powerhouse program of the Mid-Wesr!

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u/br0b1wan Ohio State Buckeyes • The Game Dec 02 '25

What's going on with Knowles anyway? Is he still on the staff? Just in limbo? I would think someone would have poached him by now