[Postgame Thread] Northwestern Defeats Penn State 34-13

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Penn State	0	7	0	6	13
Northwestern	10	14	7	3	34

[u/LyndalePothole]

The thing is, there was a time when Rocco was being tossed around as an NFL hopeful. He has killed that with his own decisions.

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Are you trying to imply that if he stayed at Iowa State that he would be headed to the NFL? Because that’s a wild claim….

If that’s not what you’re saying, then what “decisions” are you referring to?

[u/LyndalePothole → u/max_potion]

I’m implying that he could have been looking at being a backup or practice squad player for sure. I know you only know him as ass. But he had NFL whispers as early as his sophomore season here, was following in the footsteps of Brock Purdy, had played with eventual NFL starters such as Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel. Was also about to head into a senior season surrounded by other senior stars. It’s completely plausible that he ends up as a late round pick if he stays and wins 10 games his senior year.

[u/max_potion → u/LyndalePothole]

He was not going to be surrounded by senior stars regardless of what decision he made. Your roster was depleted regardless of what he decided.

I think you’re conflating his decision with Campbell’s decision.

Either way, there’s no evidence that he would have won 10 games if he stayed. That wasn’t the trajectory the program was on in general.

This line of logic makes no sense.

[u/LyndalePothole → u/max_potion]

You seem uninformed on the state of the ISU program before Campbell left.

[u/max_potion → u/LyndalePothole]

You seem uninformed that he wouldn’t be playing in the ISU program before Campbell left, he would be playing in the program without Campbell and all his old teammates