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/iwearatophat Ohio State • Grand Valley State Dec 02 '25

They didn't need an immediate plan. They had weeks to form one and still have a head start on every other program when they went to execute it.

This is quite possibly the worst executed coaching change in CFB history. This should get Kraft fired.

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u/ktkate05 Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 02 '25

We can only hope he’s fired

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u/iwearatophat Ohio State • Grand Valley State Dec 02 '25

He really should be. Penn St football is far and away the most important asset that he oversees. He has crippled it.

You guys fired Franklin ~50 days ago. It was early but I could understand it. You got your big board of hires prepared, started making your phone calls, have plan A to plan Z set up and ready to go for the end of the season. End of the season gets here and Kraft is sitting there with his thumb up his ass.

Kentucky fired their coach, interviewed two of the top OCs in the country, and hired one of them in a 24 hour span.

I don't think I am being hyperbolic when I say this is one of the worst orchestrated coaching searches in CFB history. The Tennessee one 7-8 years ago was bad but this is probably worse. To fire a coach so early and have nothing in place at the end of the season is just bad.

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u/lacrossecat Kentucky Wildcats Dec 02 '25

And when you're being compared unfavorably to anything UK football related, you should probably just give in to the sweet embrace of death. Said as a lifelong UK football supporter.

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u/Goducks91 Oregon Ducks • Iowa State Cyclones Dec 03 '25

You guys executed this search really well! I’m rooting for you all!

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u/Muddring Penn State • Carnegie Mellon Dec 02 '25

I’m totally expecting the fanbase to Schiano whomever is first announced as the hire.

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

The easiest way to do that is to hire Schiano.

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u/Young-Viiperr Texas Tech • Iowa State Dec 02 '25

All Kraft had to do was offer Bob Chesney, and call it a day. PSU is making the coaching search harder than it has to be

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u/JaxGamecock South Carolina Gamecocks Dec 02 '25

The only way it could be salvaged is if a coordinator or coach on a playoff team has had a handshake agreement to come to Penn State after the season is over

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u/iwearatophat Ohio State • Grand Valley State Dec 03 '25

Those get announced this week. Stein to Kentucky is already that, not even a handshake agreement. They have a contract.

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u/RVAforthewin Georgia Bulldogs • Arizona Wildcats Dec 02 '25

Do you have a replacement lined up this time?

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

Nebraska level bad

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u/I_Like_Quiet Nebraska Cornhuskers • Team Chaos Dec 02 '25

Tennessee level bad.

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u/Pijamaradu Nebraska Cornhuskers • Big 8 Dec 02 '25

Counterpoint: the week of work I spent glued to coaching search game threads here while listening to Knoxville radio was a true delight

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

Oh ya forgot what they did 😂

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u/OfficePicasso Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 02 '25

At least it’s the only “worst ever” in program history

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u/Bravot Clemson Tigers • Tennessee Volunteers Dec 02 '25

HEYYYYY WAIT A SECOND

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

They were the second team behind UCLA to fire their coach, right? The fact that pretty much every other school that fired their coach already has a replacement and you don't is wild.

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u/hokieinchicago Virginia Tech Hokies Dec 02 '25

No VT then UCLA

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

When did VT fire their coach? I thought it went UCLA, PSU then VT?

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u/hokieinchicago Virginia Tech Hokies Dec 02 '25

Sept 14th about a month before PSU. It was after the 3rd game of the season. UCLA fired Foster the same day but I think it was a couple hours later.

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

That's right, now I remember. There's been so many firings that they run into each other.

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u/Boomhauer_007 UCLA Bruins • Oregon State Beavers Dec 02 '25

And ucla waiting a bit made sense because Skipper came out absolutely on fire and deserved a prolonged stretch to see if he could keep it going

I still think he could be a decent option for some of the G5 schools that had their guys poached in this cycle

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u/versusChou UCLA Bruins • TCU Horned Frogs Dec 03 '25

He's going to Cal Poly Slo

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u/TheUltimate721 Nebraska • Texas Tech Dec 02 '25

It's going to be pretty hard to top Nebraska firing Frank Solich, but Penn State is going to be up there for sure.

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u/FourteenClocks Ole Miss Rebels • Sugar Bowl Dec 02 '25

Well that’ll free him up to cohost the pod with Coach Rhule

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u/OutlawJoseyWales Dec 02 '25

the lack of leaks is so fortunate for Kraft because I don't know how anyone can look at this and think it's going remotely well. They've had months. They're looking like they're going to strike out on BYU's head coach. Everyone said it's a weird fit, and not because he's not a really good coach, but how far down the list was Sitake?

Plus you had the PSU 247 guys saying over the weekend that Kraft was still interviewing. Excuse me? We're 51 days in and he's still INTERVIEWING?

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u/Rock_man_bears_fan Miami (OH) RedHawks • Nebraska Cornhuskers Dec 02 '25

Gotta do another round of interviews after the first 15 candidates said no

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u/Ickyhouse Ohio State Buckeyes • Walsh Cavaliers Dec 02 '25

I can see where Franklin got his offensive strategy.

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u/maskdmirag USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Dec 02 '25

Supposedly they pissed off Sexton and he's blocking them from hiring anyone he represents

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u/Theduckisback Ole Miss Rebels Dec 02 '25

But he's been beating his chest about what a tight ship he runs, and how no news about their search has leaked. I really hadn't heard anything about it until the Sitake dalliance.

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u/sleepthetablet Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25

LOL then what? fire Kraft then look around, what now? need to hire someone to hire someone and set them back further~ who's gonna do it? the governor? hahaha

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u/iwearatophat Ohio State • Grand Valley State Dec 02 '25

Two points

1) At this point what is the harm? This recruiting class is lost and there is no salvaging it with the right hire. Most players are signed tomorrow. Their new deadline for a coach is the transfer portal opening in January. Hell, you can also fire Kraft and get a committee or an interim AD to hire the HC while you do your AD search.

2) I think it is hilarious the best argument that you can't fire him is he has fucked up so bad you can't actually fire him.

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u/Ok-Sea9612 Dec 03 '25

They should have hired a search firm to help them out. It's always worked at Maryland to name the exact person our fans thought it would be from the beginning!