r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 14d ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Northwestern Defeats Penn State 34-13

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Penn State 0 7 0 6 13
Northwestern 10 14 7 3 34
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u/RulersBack Ohio State Buckeyes 14d ago

Perfect storm of a fuckup. They dragged their feet big game hunting while a ton of good jobs came open and it was too late

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u/surgingchaos Western Oregon Wolves • Oregon Ducks 14d ago

Yup and their AD also disregarded G6 candidates. A huge mistake given that both UCLA and Florida got clear upgrades there.

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u/ziegwaffle Penn State • Land Grant Trophy 14d ago

Chesney was my #1 pick. In addition to the success he was having, he was a PA guy. Would've been a good fit.

And after hearing his offer to Lanning to check in on Dante Moore at the hospital, i just like the guy even more now.

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u/Sp3ctre7 Michigan Tech Huskies • Team Chaos 14d ago

Obviously there is a TON of settling to be done, you can't make a judgement on a coach being a true upgrade in the first year unless they win 3-4 more games than the previous year OR get a bowl/playoff win, but Florida looks to have done very well with their hire.

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u/surgingchaos Western Oregon Wolves • Oregon Ducks 14d ago

I agree, it's more of the fact that Penn State eliminated options that could have potentially helped them. Especially since they dragged their feet so much on the hiring process.

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u/deptofnahmsayns Maryland Terrapins 14d ago

They tried to win the coaching cycle and because they were first to market a lot of the potential hires got big assurances from their current schools before the season ended.

I get why they had to fire Franklin when they did but maybe they could have landed a higher profile before another AD had time to lock things down.

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u/Boomhauer_007 UCLA Bruins • Oregon State Beavers 14d ago

UCLA has already surpassed their win total from last year lol, obviously we are not as big of a program as Florida but relatively speaking the switch was just as much of a home run

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u/johneaston1 Florida Gators 14d ago

If we win this weekend we'll have matched our win total from last year too

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u/Docnoq Florida Gators • Transfer Portal 14d ago

We already have matched our win total from last year, we went 4-8 last year. This week is our chance to surpass it

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u/Herewego27 Florida Gators 14d ago

We went 4-8 last year, and we're already at 4-0 to match our wins from laat year. A win today puts us a 5-0.

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u/Captain_Nipples Oklahoma Sooners • Summertime Lover 14d ago

As of right now, Florida looks like the best team in the country (to me anyways)

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u/Jackson3125 Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout 14d ago

Smart not to watch the Georgia game last week. It wouldn’t have been good for your mental health.

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u/Captain_Nipples Oklahoma Sooners • Summertime Lover 14d ago

OU handed them most of their points. Even Kirby admitted that

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u/JoeWim Indiana Hoosiers 14d ago

People were calling Sumrall a bad hire when Florida picked him up. I’m not sure Penn State made a bad decision there based on what was known at the time.

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u/Dangerous_Golf_7417 Texas A&M Aggies 14d ago

Hey, they may have managed to fuck over A&M by having us extend Elko

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u/Blaine1111 Georgia Bulldogs 14d ago

Honestly maybe theres a reason we had like 5 seasons of Matt Campbell appearing in coaching search lists but never getting hired