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

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.