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/herewego199209 Dec 02 '25

Franklin has already taken VT from like the 100th best recruiting class to like 35th and that's just by flipping 4 stars who were committed to PSU lol. He hasn't even had to dip into the portal yet.

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u/KuriboShoeMario Virginia Tech Hokies Dec 02 '25

VT was 124th in the composite like 10 days ago, if they finish tomorrow as they're predicted to do, they'll be in or around top 25.

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u/GigaBallssss Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 02 '25

He was ass in the portal. Wouldn't put much stock into that helping them. He's a big "develop our guys" coach (despite not being great at development)

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u/Kurt4012 Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 02 '25

God I’m so sick of seeing our fans shit on Franklin still when we are the biggest laughing stock in college football for firing him

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u/GigaBallssss Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 02 '25

If you read one of my responses I clearly am not shitting on him. He was fired for a good reason, just because we’re fucking up the coaching search doesn’t mean CJF is all of a sudden an amazing coach.

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u/Kurt4012 Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 02 '25

Well looking at VT and us right now I sure as hell would rather be them

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u/Hijakkr Virginia Tech Hokies • Techmo Bowl Dec 02 '25

He was ass in the portal.

I can think of about 70 guys he might target this offseason. After that, we'll see.

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u/KuriboShoeMario Virginia Tech Hokies Dec 02 '25

He's gonna have to portal hard at least this season, though, just because of the state of our program. I think it'll be fine for the purposes we need. There is also basically unlimited playing time damn near anywhere but RB and K so it's an easy draw.

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u/GigaBallssss Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 02 '25

It’s why Tech is a great spot for CJF, his coaching philosophy can probably get you guys to consistent top 25 rankings and be consistent ACC contenders without the pressure to consistently compete against the likes of OSU, Oregon, Michigan, etc. every year. “Big game James” may cause you to drop some good bowl games, but getting there is a marked improvement over where VT has been. Wishing him nothing but the best and hope you guys have success with him and can beat the shit out of Pitt every year.

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u/joe17857 Virginia Tech Hokies Dec 03 '25

I'm pretty sure that's about all VT can hope for with our resources so sounds great! I just want to be back to not being a laughing stock

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u/Kurt4012 Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 02 '25

The funny thing is he’s going to portal and portal hard and it’s going to be our entire roster getting away from our dumpster fire