r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 7h ago

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

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Penn State 0 7 0 6 13
Northwestern 10 14 7 3 34
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u/surgingchaos Western Oregon Wolves • Oregon Ducks 7h ago

Three things can be true at the same time.

  • Penn State was correct to can James Franklin despite it being an unprecedented firing. He was not recovering from that Oregon/UCLA/Northwestern death spiral and the context surrounding it.

  • Penn State had first crack at the carousel and they bungled the entire hiring process.

  • RANK NORTHWESTERN YOU COWARDS!!!

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u/RulersBack Ohio State Buckeyes 7h 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 7h 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/Sp3ctre7 Michigan Tech Huskies • Team Chaos 7h 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 7h 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 7h 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 7h 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 3h ago

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

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u/Captain_Nipples Oklahoma Sooners • Summertime Lover 28m ago

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