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[MPClinton22]

What an effing shit show and I love every second of it!! My PSU family members and friends are in complete meltdown and disbelief over this. Many of them saying “this can’t be real”, haha. They all thought Kraft was going to swoop in and get his pick of any coach in the country, literally any top coach in the country. This is glorious on so many levels!!

I feel like them poaching Knowles from OSU gave them all an overinflated sense of PSU cachet, and this comedown has been hilarious

 

[Dale]

PSU 247 guy said confidence is dropping

 

[MPClinton22]

PSU 247 guy said confidence is dropping

PSU Head Coach Brian Kelly still on the table. They can finally have the original Big Game James

 

[irishff1014]

No which is why McShay’s tweet is dumb. Lane Kiffin and James Franklin being Sexton guys grab the headlines but Freeman’s agent Clint Dowdle has chipped away at Sexton’s empire this off-season. Dowdle reps Lanning, Freeman, Sumrall, Golesh, Silverfield, Norvell, Elko, Drinkwitz, Dillingham and more

Damn he made some money.

 

[ColinKSU]

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If I was still a reporter, Batman couldn't get me to admit that I honestly thought Marcus Freeman would leave Notre Dame for Penn State.

 

[RipWheeler]

Alright PSU, hear me out…The opportunity of a lifetime to get 2 of the greatest football minds of all time!

 

[notredomer23]

Their fans have lost the plot. They’re throwing out JEFF HAFLEY as a candidate unironically

 

[thekid33]

It will end up being Terry Smith.

 

[FDNYIrish1]

Any chance PSU fires the Black BK and hires the white James Franklin?

 

[stlnd01]

I feel like them poaching Knowles from OSU gave them all an overinflated sense of PSU cachet, and this comedown has been hilarious

Is Knowles still there? Could they just promote him? What the hell, at this point. It’s better than continuing to hang your ass out to dry.

 

[Sea Turtle]

Is Daboll still being talked about for PSU?

 

[thekid33]

I think Daboll is in the mix. Gun to my head, it's Hartline, Daboll and Smith.

 

[rtrn2glory]

Daboll would be a good hire if all else fails IMO. Say what you want but I think that dudes a helluva play caller and could even get allar to stay

 

[irishnd31]

So someone's butthole will not have a 5 layer burrito in it?

 

[FU BK]

So someone's butthole will not have a 5 layer burrito in it?

Brick will....lol

 

[Huntr]

So someone's butthole will not have a 5 layer burrito in it?

I mean, it might, but it wouldn't necessarily be related to football.

 

[TNUtoNotreDame]

So someone's butthole will not have a 5 layer burrito in it?

Have you ever dated a Mormon?


It may still happen.

 

[sfk324]

Have you ever dated a Mormon?


It may still happen.

 

[irishnd31]

I mean, it might, but it wouldn't necessarily be related to football.

 

[ColinKSU]

Imagine firing your above average coach three months ago for not winning the big one, then literally losing your entire recruiting class, getting soaked by a Mormon and ending up stuck with the interim coach no one else had interest in hiring.

That simply wouldn’t happen to me.

 

[Irish#1]

I got this note this morning from the same sources:

They are going to spin this as Sitake asking for boosts to NIL, facility upgrades, etc., and that Santiago is unable to promise those things because those decisions are made by the board (again, the Prophet and Apostles have to agree to those). So he said it’s probably not going to happen.

Then he, the VP of Athletics (Vorkink), and the President of BYU (Reese) started meeting with Sitake to have those conversations instead of Santiago, because it was above Santiago’s pay grade to make promises on those requests.

They even had one of the Apostles meet with Sitake at his house to discuss the requests so that he could pitch them directly to the First Presidency.

Vorkink and Reese also arranged a meeting with Sitake and Patti Edwards (LaVell Edwards’ widow) to talk about how important BYU football is, etc.

Now, those events did happen. But my guys continue to say Santiago was ready to move on to Jay Hill. There are also some who say they will claim Jay Hill was going to get paid between $3–4 million to be PSU’s DC and wouldn’t have taken the HC job. They can’t say whether that’s true or not.

With all of this being said, it sounds like Sitake has agreed to stay at BYU, and they are working out the agreements for church funds to be spent on stadium upgrades with classrooms and other additions to allow those expenditures. They are also working on building a top-20 NIL fund through boosters. Everything should be finalized soon.

A couple of thoughts.

1. Nobody seems to respect Santiago if they're meeting without him.
2. Santiago has to be pissed and realize he's an AD without any control. I don't see him being there much longer.

 

[Irish#1]

PSU Head Coach Brian Kelly still on the table. They can finally have the original Big Game James

How hilarious would that be if they offered Kelly and he turned them down? lol

 

[ab2cmiller]

How hilarious would that be if they offered Kelly and he turned them down? lol

They wouldn't offer Kelly. However, if they did, he would have to accept or his 54 million would go bye bye. He would be "checked out" from day one.

 

[FU BK]

Imagine firing your above average coach three months ago for not winning the big one, then literally losing your entire recruiting class, getting soaked by a Mormon and ending up stuck with the interim coach no one else had interest in hiring.

That simply wouldn’t happen to me.

Couldnt happen to nicer assholes

 

[BoredIrish]

They wouldn't offer Kelly. However, if they did, he would have to accept or his 54 million would go bye bye. He would be "checked out" from day one.

Sexton would never let that happen.

 

[dublinirish]

Couldnt happen to nicer assholes

PSU not getting a coach to hold their class together is akin to a self imposed penalty from the NCAA. It will take them 3/4 years now of high level recruiting to recover from this

 

[greyhammer90]

Worst thing (or best thing) is that even if they had hired the BYU coach, it would have been so underwhelming.

Wasn't their 247 beat still adamant that Deboer was happening like 3 days ago?

 

[dublinirish]

Honestly hiring Al Golden might be a way out for them now. He's a PSU alum, Joe Pa guy, had success at ND as a DC and has HC experience. What other option do they have??

 

[Kingbish01]

Has PSU kicked the tires on Uncle Rico?? I heard back in '82 he could throw a pigskin a quarter mile.

 

[RipWheeler]

PSU not getting a coach to hold their class together is akin to a self imposed penalty from the NCAA. It will take them 3/4 years now of high level recruiting to recover from this