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19-16 Harvey

What I'm saying is it will be for the next coach. It's absolutely set up that way because Franklin had better success than many coaches, but couldn't get over the hump. Now the next hire will be super duper hyped up and paid 11-12 million. He will be "the guy" to take Penn State to the next level and back to the JoePa NC days. And if he only delivers 11-3 and a couple of playoff appearances in his first four years, at least 50% of the fan base will be ready to kick him to the curb too.

Fing service error #13

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We live in a time where 40-50% of Kansas fans want Bill Self gone. He's won 2 NC's, but has early flame outs in the NCAA Tournament. 75% of UConn fans wanted Danny Hurley fired after first two seasons when he didn't make the NCAA Tournament. On the Texas basketball side... the expectation is Sean Miller has to get Texas to a Final Four for his tenure to be success by many. Texas basketball has been to one Final Four since 1947. He could do very well and get to two Elite Eight's in the next 7-8 years, it won't be enough for a lot of fans even though Texas has very near zero history of being a Final Four program. But with the $$$ these guys make now a days, it amps up the expectations even more - even when they are unrealistic. I'm not crying for coaches making 5-10 mill to be clear, but it's just where college athletics is right now, and will only get worse in the future IMO. Coaching salaries and NIL have hit the accelerator faster than Georgia football players

16-15 TO Texas

I agree that it's difficult to win a NC, however not so sure about extremely difficult. Someone will win it every year. The formula to win it though, has changed. No longer is it the stack your team, get a really soft schedule, win the couple of "difficult" games on your schedule so that you're highly ranked and put into the championship game. Now, it's how can you get to the CFP and stay relatively healthy enough that you can essentially outlast all the other teams. You have to be a good team, but just as important, you have to have enough solid depth that there's not a drop off if someone goes down. We saw how much of a different Wisner and Malik Muhammad was for Texas. I think this is another big reason why Sark went out and got Caldwell. Gotta have insurance for every position.

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Great service bama 16-13

Irony of Penn State looking at Matt Rhule to replace Franklin---is he has lost every game at Nebraska when he plays a ranked team

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It’s not NC or bust. Penn St is a blue blood, and they’re the only team of relevance in a populous, football crazy state (much like Oh St). Yet they’ve been a perpetual third fiddle to Mich and Oh St. He finally got them in last year as a beneficiary of the 12 team format. This year was supposed to be it, and it was an absolute disaster. This program wasn’t going to improve. If this happens in Sark’s 12 year he’ll be gone too. Now he’s got 50 million reasons to take a break and reassess.

If he goes 5-7 or 6-6 after 2-10, it's probably on the table He's 36-30, 20-23 in ACC But it's a lot of $$$ too

12-9 Texas TO Bama

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All depends on the buyout. If they can find a way to work that out, he will be gone too. I know PSU has a billionaire alum, but not sure if FSU is in the same boat there.

Ace Texas 10-9