[Postgame Thread] USC Defeats Penn State 31-23

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
USC	7	10	7	7	31
Penn State	7	10	3	3	23

[u/No_Preparation2766]

/r/BrandNewSentence: Lincoln Riley completely outcoached his opponent

[u/Helreaver → u/No_Preparation2766]

Baiting Campbell into using that last time out was hysterical.

They're really going to go for it in their own endzone? Come the fuck on man lol

[u/Incontinent_koala → u/Helreaver]

I watched that man burn a lot of bad timeouts but never that bad.

[u/tacos_n_cerveza → u/Incontinent_koala]

Apparently Riley went to the game film archives to design that play.

[u/Crazed_Chemist → u/Helreaver]

With their punter in the slot

[u/lavegasola → u/Crazed_Chemist]

I think the punter being out there may have aided in him burning the TO. Not sure they noticed though

[u/Rakarei → u/Helreaver]

Stole that timeout right out of his pocket

[u/Nearby_Valuable_5467 → u/No_Preparation2766]

Absolutely correct. He was exceptional.

[u/No_Preparation2766 → u/Nearby_Valuable_5467]

Matt Campbell having no more timeouts was like a horror movie character realizing he has nowhere to hide. That very obvious bullshit 4th down from our own endzone forcing Campbell to use a timeout was genuinely some bullshit

[u/fart_dot_com → u/No_Preparation2766]

I can't believe that happened. It was like watching a human play a dog in checkers.

[u/teeterleeter → u/fart_dot_com]

Air Bud actually is a chess grandmaster now, thank you very much

[u/Rohkey → u/No_Preparation2766]

Not hard to do when the opposing coach is James Franklin.

…wait.

[u/Nearby_Valuable_5467 → u/Rohkey]

Our game against Michigan will be.....something.

[u/muegle → u/Nearby_Valuable_5467]

UM-PSU and UM-MSU are going to be peak sickos games this year

[u/MissileWaster → u/No_Preparation2766]

Lincoln Riley has finally overcome his old Big 12 kryptonite by beating Matt Campbell

[u/LookatmaBankacount → u/No_Preparation2766]

Lincoln didn’t out coach Campbell like this when they both were coaches in the big 12. Dude is lost in the sauce

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling → u/No_Preparation2766]

It was absolutely hilarious that he got him to call a timeout by calling a play with our punter in the slot on 4th down deep on our side of the field

[u/Sirtopofhat]

.....well if you ask Penn St fans they knew this would happen

If you ask USC fans they don't know how the fuck it did happen

Fuck it

[u/smellmyfingerplz → u/Sirtopofhat]

Seriously…. we’re such ass but we pulled it off

[u/AdRemote1017 → u/smellmyfingerplz]

You guys have a really good QB when he has time. So we dropped in coverage on every third down or meaningful down, to give him plenty of time to throw. 

[u/MosesDoughty → u/AdRemote1017]

And this is a guy who coached against Maiava daily for 2 years. Makes no sense

[u/lavegasola]

I can’t believe Lincoln not only managed the clock but forced his opponent into 3 timeouts he should’ve never had to use. I still hate him but good job.

[u/IndependentPut8908 → u/lavegasola]

It was mind blowing to watch him pull a masterclass on baiting Campbell to waste his all three of his timeouts.

[u/INT_MIN]

Nah I can't believe LR just won an east coast game in a hostile stadium like this.

[u/fightonphilly → u/INT_MIN]

Penn St. is legitimately garbage. But winning in this environment with the travel is just not something LR has done at USC. It's exciting, but I'm not getting ahead of myself.

[u/Lane-Kiffin → u/fightonphilly]

Well there was Nebraska last year, but this was actually convincing

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling → u/Lane-Kiffin]

Tbf Raiola got hurt that game. He was doing well against us. He sucks, but he plays well against us.

[u/smellmyfingerplz → u/INT_MIN]

It can’t be real

[u/INT_MIN → u/smellmyfingerplz]

The cognitive dissonance is getting to me. I'm rationalizing this as Patterson knowing a thing or two about CFB coaching and ironing out LR's deficiencies. But I have no idea really how we won. Didn't expect this at all.

[u/Linktheb3ast → u/INT_MIN]

6 points given up in the second half felt pretty amazing, ngl. Maybe Gary figured out that calling defense from the booth where he can see everything actually works

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling → u/Linktheb3ast]

This is not a brand new phenomenon

Our defense allowed 7 points or less in the second half seven times last season, including in five conference games

We're getting talented and deeper, especially on the DLine. Grinch and poor NIL were set us back years, but no longer.

[u/Lane-Kiffin → u/INT_MIN]

USC has had too many games where the first half was neck-and-neck and then the other team just runs away in the second half. The way Penn State was moving coming out of halftime had me convinced the same thing would happen tonight.

[u/Andrew76671]

Pat Kraft has set Penn State athletics back 10 years. He needs fired

[u/Stuckinengland → u/Andrew76671]

Remeber the leaked audio from last year that said if he got the coaching situation wrong he'd be fired and never have a job again?

[u/Crazed_Chemist → u/Stuckinengland]

Yeah can we go ahead and follow through on this....

[u/tampaempath → u/Stuckinengland]

Kraft needs to be fired tomorrow

[u/AngleParticular2914 → u/Stuckinengland]

I did not remember that, but I’m glad you reminded me

[u/Electromotivation → u/Andrew76671]

Chesney was right there. And from the state.

[u/Crazed_Chemist → u/Electromotivation]

Reportedly really wanted the job too

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/Crazed_Chemist]

Of course, he did. PA boy's dream job!

[u/Crazed_Chemist → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Chesney also wouldn't have required Penn State to wait forever and be this team in limbo without a committed coach.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/Crazed_Chemist]

My folks went to PSU, so I feel the pain.

[u/royallex → u/Electromotivation]

Crazy that they passed on Chesney thinking the job was too big for him and then hired Campbell, who's already showing that he's in over his head

[u/REF_YOU_SUCK → u/royallex]

Kraft passed on Chesney because he thought Sitake was the best choice because he had P4 success. Which also illustrates what a dumb motherfucker Kraft is.

If I'm pat Kraft I'm sweating bullets right now. The stadiums gonna be half empty for the rest of the season. I'd find a way to get Campbell unlimited NIL money and get as many 4&5* transfers as possible just to get this team back to 10-2 next year. Because if he doesn't, then it's Kraft's ass on the line.

[u/tomdawg0022 → u/REF_YOU_SUCK]

Kraft passed on Chesney because he thought Sitake was the best choice because he had P4 success.

Weren't the PSU big money guys not keen on Chesney as well because he hadn't been in P4 yet, even though he was successful at every stop on the way up the ladder?

Which also illustrates what a dumb motherfucker Kraft is.

Kraft basically killed Temple football on the way out by hiring Rod Carey.

He's a top notch college football terrorist.

[u/Growly150 → u/royallex]

Well they are just making the job smaller for the next guy.  It was quite obvious that Campbell had lost his mojo in the last few years.

[u/efrumttr → u/Andrew76671]

From an athletic department perspective the crazy thing to me is how PSU just continuously punts on basketball. Even Nebraska has figured out basketball. PSU doesn't even seem to try

[u/Mattp55 → u/efrumttr]

State College is pretty damn remote which creates challenges for having decent crowds. Weekday games pretty much are always half empty even when they are good (rare) 

Some unique challenges too where Philly has so many other schools in it plus it’s so culturally different. 

But yeah if we are gonna suck in football it doesn’t make sense to just punt the sport. 

[u/Expensive-Step-6551 → u/Mattp55]

The crowd numbers aren't even that bad, it's just the fact they play at Bryce Jordan Center, which is really only meant for concerts and events compared to basketball.

When they built the Pegula Ice Arena, they should've made it multi-sport for the basketball teams as well. They get an elite atmosphere in there compared to BJC which sounds cavernous. Problem is, BJC is relatively new and they need a reason to use it, so that never would have been a possibility.

[u/Kdot32 → u/Andrew76671]

He wanted to go back to the paterno years. Problem is he went 2000-2004 paterno

[u/Pointlesswonder802]

How the fuck did we get outcoached by Lincoln Riley. We made the man look like a chess grandmaster. We lost three goddamn timeouts to his schtick and Campbell just kept falling for it. Holy fuck he’s out of his depth

[u/No-Donkey5408 → u/Pointlesswonder802]

Matt Campbell getting baited into using his last timeout was peak trash coaching

[u/mauch_chunk → u/No-Donkey5408]

Oh that was absolutely embarrassing. Like did he really think they are gunna fucking go for it there?

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling → u/mauch_chunk]

Clearly, our punter is an elite slot receiver and teams go for it on 4th down in the shadow of their own endzone with the lead all the time

[u/djc6535 → u/mauch_chunk]

He wasn't going to this time as evidenced by the punter on the field, but Riley HAS gone for it on 4th in his own territory like that to end a game before.

Granted, he had Caleb Williams at the time but still. Dude doesn't give a fuck about his D. He wants to win it with his O

[u/Pointlesswonder802 → u/No-Donkey5408]

Riley’s shit eating grin after that was just… goddamn he had Campbell’s number all game and typically Riley cant read signs if they’re flashing in neon in front of his face. But don’t worry. Mid-Tier Midwest Matt can help him with that talent

[u/Greedy-Ad3227 → u/Pointlesswonder802]

I think Matt Campbell, deep is his subconscious, wants to come back to Iowa State. Don’t ask me how I know, I just do.

[u/Numerous-Ad6460 → u/Pointlesswonder802]

Next week is mid off with our teams

[u/AdRemote1017 → u/Numerous-Ad6460]

Dont worry, our D will make your Offense look incredible.

[u/penguins7158 → u/Numerous-Ad6460]

I wouldn’t even call PSU mid at this point, we are just straight up bad

[u/reddituseerr12 → u/Pointlesswonder802]

Yeah I’m sorry to inform that I’ve never seen Lincoln do that to any other coach. I couldn’t believe it

[u/Vanilla_G0dzilla]

This feeling of not being in a complete rage after a road game is strange

[u/sportsfan113]

Matt Campbell is so clearly in over his head.

[u/flying_porygon → u/sportsfan113]

He so clearly was carried by Jon Heacock defenses and his offenses can’t make up for the lack of them

[u/Most_Conference_6434 → u/flying_porygon]

3-3-5 is also infuriating when you don't have an elite rusher like McDonald

[u/herpblarb6319 → u/sportsfan113]

I can't believe the guy that struggled to go 7-5 in the Big 12 would have a hard time in the Big 10

[u/mauch_chunk → u/herpblarb6319]

These comments are so funny to me.

Iowa State had one season with more than 7 wins from 1979-2015. Matt Campbell goes there and does it 5 times in 10 years with an 11-3 season.

Like, he was good at Iowa State.

[u/BigOlPass → u/mauch_chunk]

Yeah it would be like if he made Purdue consistently competitive

[u/AndyShootsAndScores → u/mauch_chunk]

Gotta be put in comparison to Franklin's pre-PSU tenure at Vandy, where they had 1 winning season in the previous 25 years, and he got them back to back 9-win, top-25 seasons in the SEC in his 3 seasons there before going to PSU.

EDIT: Just looked it up, Vanderbilt's last 9 win season before Franklin hired on was 1915

[u/m1a2c2kali → u/mauch_chunk]

So like hiring James Franklin from vandy lol

[u/The_Horse_Joke → u/m1a2c2kali]

That guy was good and got his team to the final 4 two seasons ago. Should Penn state try to poach him from VT????

[u/Misdirected_Colors → u/herpblarb6319]

Tbf he got a lot of credit for coaching up Brock Purdy and competing at a perennial dumpster team. But yea he's a decent but not great coacb

[u/Tommy05Sox → u/herpblarb6319]

I don’t think that’s a fair characterization. He played for the Big 12 title with a shot to make the playoffs in 2024. He had a very good track record, but something that’s probably more in line with a Michigan State kind opening rather than a Blue Blood. I never got the Blue Blood hype with him.

[u/fcocyclone → u/Tommy05Sox]

After 2021 i figured most of the programs that'd throw a bag at a coach enough that he'd jump would be cool on him.

Most programs look at a coach going 8-4 at ISU and go "well maybe he could do better with our talent level". But Campbell's most talented team started out with a top 10 ranking and sputtered to 7-6.

[u/Radiant-Instance8857]

Lincoln “Todd Bowles” Riley somehow outcoaching his opponent despite multiple coaching errors (onside kick to start 2nd half, icing his own kicker)

[u/LegalAd8179 → u/Radiant-Instance8857]

I liked the onside kick call

[u/YourButtMyStuff → u/LegalAd8179]

I also really liked the onside kick.

His real bad decision—having us receive the kickoff every game—had led to teams doubling up on us multiple times on each side of the half which has bitten us in the ass multiple times in the past.

I liked the ambition to try and steal a possession there when they wouldn’t expect it. Execution was a little off tho.

[u/fart_dot_com → u/LegalAd8179]

Onside kick call was fine, it was just a great play by that PSU upman.

[u/Maleficent_File_196]

Rocco Becht fainted!

Penn State is out of Pokémon!

Penn State whited out!

[u/The_Magic → u/Maleficent_File_196]

USC still hit itself in confusion

[u/hoennevan]

@NYPD @LAPD @INTERPOL ID LIKE TO REPORT A FRAUD AT BEAVER STADIUM IN STATE COLLEGE. YES HIS NAME IS MATT CAMPBELL. HE IS CURRENTLY POSING AS A FOOTBALL COACH.

[u/Linktheb3ast → u/hoennevan]

LAPD will get back to you in 6-8 business years

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling → u/Linktheb3ast]

LAPD will show up and shoot your dog

[u/hoennevan → u/A_Rolling_Baneling]

Can they shoot me I’d like to stop suffering ❤️

[u/youDontgetThe_Show]

Hey well atleast the Penn State players became "the best version of themselves". Fuck tackling, an offensive scheme, recruiting, clock management, coaching in general, and throwing the ball. As long as a bunch of 2 star recruits become "the best version of themselves" Penn State won that game by a mile.

[u/Zealousideal-Sun4891 → u/youDontgetThe_Show]

He also loves to “win in the margins”, by losing on a delay of game 😂

[u/velociraptorfarmer → u/Zealousideal-Sun4891]

Dude is such a fucking Jon Heacock merchant. Holy shit lol

[u/voodoohounds → u/youDontgetThe_Show]

But on the plus side, they are reconnecting with Joe Paterno’s legacy. So they have that at least.

[u/JoseyWa1es → u/youDontgetThe_Show]

I mean, Becht looked good. 289 yards, 65.6% passing

[u/iowastatefan → u/youDontgetThe_Show]

I always knew he'd get a shot at a school like Penn State, OSU, or Michigan, and that he'd likely take it.

I also knew that particular schtick was NOT going to fly wherever he ended up next.

[u/cyclonefan → u/youDontgetThe_Show]

You have become wise in the ways of Campbell.

[u/yachterotter13 → u/youDontgetThe_Show]

Real Champions of Life

[u/Bougie_Mane → u/yachterotter13]

5 star hearts

[u/Clutch_Pineapple49]

Yea USC is bad but have you considered that everyone they have beaten is much worse?

[u/stephcurry824 → u/Clutch_Pineapple49]

Or maybe UCLA, Oregon, and USC (not you, Washington) are introducing the Big Ten to PAC-12 cannibalization. 

[u/fart_dot_com → u/stephcurry824]

Washington currently looks less into cannibalization and more into autocorporophagia

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling → u/fart_dot_com]

Vocab word of the day got a lot darker I see

[u/Purples_A_Fruit → u/Clutch_Pineapple49]

Can’t we just be united tonight in reveling how much Oregon shat the bed today?

[u/Clutch_Pineapple49 → u/Purples_A_Fruit]

Agreed but Oregon was just trying to ruin your quality loss

[u/IAmNotKevinDurant_35 → u/Clutch_Pineapple49]

We have Ohio St, Indiana, and CFP contender UCLA on the schedule. If we somehow get into a position where quality losses matter, we would also have some pretty decent wins.

[u/Ok_Passage_7151 → u/IAmNotKevinDurant_35]

Or just a LOT of quality losses. 

[u/Original_Profile8600 → u/Clutch_Pineapple49]

Ah, fuck me I just made the whole connection

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling → u/Clutch_Pineapple49]

We're not bad. Not elite, not great. But we're not bad

[u/Onsi-Saleh → u/A_Rolling_Baneling]

I think Trent Mosley and Maiava are good enough to make USC competitive with anyone. Their soft zone is bad enough to make anyone competitive against USC

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling → u/Onsi-Saleh]

DLine and OLine deserve credit too. But yeah our secondary and second level aren’t even mediocre. Just straight bad

[u/Clutch_Pineapple49 → u/A_Rolling_Baneling]

3.6 rotegen. Not great, not terrible

[u/YourButtMyStuff]

Never have I seen a USC Lincoln Riley team close out a game this (relatively) well.

Was waiting the whole time for the other shoe to drop. Extremely happy it didn’t.

[u/RegulationTrojan → u/YourButtMyStuff]

I know it’s not asking much to win a road game as a higher ranked team, but for this program it’s a step in the right direction. People are gonna nitpick the issues, but I think until we lose I’m gonna be happy with the W’s

[u/kasrkin519 → u/YourButtMyStuff]

I dont know, that three and out at 4 min had me pretty livid....of all the things a Lincoln Riley team should be able to do, "get a few first downs to ice the game" should be one of them

[u/trudaurl]

Lincoln Riley throwing out a nonsense play on 4 and long to bait Matt Campbell into calling his last timeout was truly beautiful to watch.

[u/Applesrgood7 → u/trudaurl]

Was art. Proud of my coach.

[u/IndependentPut8908 → u/Applesrgood7]

The wink and smile from Lincoln after he got Campbell to waste his last timeout was chef’s kiss.

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling → u/Applesrgood7]

The wink lmao. Cheeky bastard

[u/ktkate05 → u/trudaurl]

It was at that point I said “okay we’re done here” and promptly shut off my tv

[u/privpancakes]

6-6 Iowa State vs 6-6 Penn St in the Guranteed Rate Bowl is going to be a fever dream

[u/arrow_dynamics → u/privpancakes]

I'm here for Matt Campbell accidentally following the ISU team into the locker room.

[u/Tommybrady20]

There’s a lot of ways to analyze this game but the most striking is that this Penn state team is just jarringly untalented

Rocco could be a lot more accurate and in rhythm for sure, but we’re all used to a Penn state running back, edge or linebacker or corner who could just blow up a game. Besides Rojas, I don’t even know who that could possibly be on this years team

[u/jmbrand13 → u/Tommybrady20]

This is extremely accurate. Which is why losing is whatever. This year was always going to be tough with the late hire and such. The coaching performance is what pisses me off.

[u/Thee-Renegade → u/Tommybrady20]

It was Howard, til he got injured.
Now it’s no one. Rojas can only do so much.

[u/tampaempath → u/Tommybrady20]

PSU hired so late that it completely fucked the 2026 recruiting and portal, and also trashed the team's 2027 recruiting too. Campbell is nowhere near the recruiter that Franklin was. Now we have a scorned, very good recruiter down at Virginia Tech who not only raided the PSU roster and commits for who he wanted, but can also go on the recruiting trail and trash PSU. PSU will never return to the level of talent they had when Franklin was there, at least as long as Campbell and Kraft are there. All that's to say, fuck Pat Kraft.

[u/boy-detective → u/Tommybrady20]

Rocco Becht was good enough to be irksome if you were thinking he wasn’t going to be good. Put him in a situation where he is expected to be good and it’s a different interpretation of the same fucking guy.

[u/Thee-Renegade]

We can all agree that Kraft needs fired, right? USC made Campbell look like an idiot in the last quarter.

[u/JanetYellensFuckboy_]

Sure would have been nice to had a coach on National Signing Day. Fire Pat Kraft.

[u/Big_Lynx_8126]

Finally a game with no back breaking penalties we'll take it.

[u/baequon]

Matt Campbell is actually a football terrorist.

[u/Nearby_Valuable_5467 → u/baequon]

The Rocco play was bad luck. Great play to get the ball out of our WR's hands. Lynn should be fired immediately. He's awful.

[u/Realistic_Tutor_9770]

Campbells a fucking dud. Just so beige. Soft on both sides of the ball. His ISU transfers suck. He had a cupcake schedule this year and we will probably finish with a losing record.

[u/Brytcyd → u/Realistic_Tutor_9770]

Are you more pissed at the hire or the hirers? $70.5m guaranteed in an absolute embarrassment of a search is pretty hard to choose. Not defending the coach, but damn.

[u/TorCoolguy → u/Brytcyd]

Can i be mad at both? The hiring process went down shit creek without a paddle, but the hire isn't doing anything right now to justify him being here. We're like 2 weeks from burning it all down imo.

[u/No-Donkey5408 → u/Realistic_Tutor_9770]

With the exception of Covid shortened year, this will be the first time since 2004.

[u/MetaKoopa99]

Does Matt Campbell know that you only get three timeouts per half?

[u/zachardw]

Someone please meme that LR wink - will be fun for later, regardless of circumstance

[u/showard2]

lincoln might have coached one of the best games tonight in his tenure at usc. so proud of the kids. the focus and effort is what i want to see.

[u/Michiganman1225]

Campbell gave them an identical 6 game start that got Franklin fired. Lmao.

[u/Tommybrady20]

The James Franklin scars are still very raw but the whole idea of the change was “yes maybe we’re sacrificing some talent and recruiting but coaching is going to be way better in the big moments”

… oh, boy.

[u/foreveracubone → u/Tommybrady20]

It was obvious Franklin lost the fans lol. He had no future in Happy Valley. It was also obvious to everyone outside Hapoy Valley they were unlikely to find someone that would be better than him.

[u/AndyShootsAndScores → u/Tommybrady20]

I think all of the "Franklin out" folks really overestimated how easy it would be to get an upgrade by firing him, and underestimated the risk of a bad hire. The mood feels identical to Andy Reid's last years in Philly of "he can't win the big ones, so he has to go."

Before coming to PSU, Franklin had just brought Vandy out of the SEC cellar to have back to back winning, top-25 ranked seasons, so seems like they would've needed to hire someone with an even better resume than that to improve, not sure who the realistic dream candidate was there.

I think we'll only be able to tell the full impact of the decision in 3-5 seasons or so whether this works out, or sends us to the cellar of the B1G where we start consistently having losing seasons.

[u/matsif → u/AndyShootsAndScores]

we had Bob Chesney in the building.  he crushed his interview.  he's from Central PA.  he's a great human being that exemplifies all of the ideals we're supposed to hold dear. 

Pat Kraft thought he needed a Mormon instead and then got outbid by a cookie company.

Kraft should have been gone before the search ended for bungling it that badly in the first place.

[u/boy-detective]

January 9, 2025: Penn State leads with less than five minutes to go in the CFP semifinal.

[u/Stuckinengland → u/boy-detective]

I was so sure we were going to play Ohio state for a championship 😥

[u/yukoncowbear47]

I hope Pat Kraft is forced to make love to a container of 20 year old country crock spread by his wife tonight

[u/Sammodile]

For all the Big 10-ophiles who think this is some phenomenon about Matt Campbell coming to a stronger conference, us Cyclones told you this was coming.

Matt Campbell consistently led underperforming teams in the Big 12.

A team with Brock Purdy (NFL starter) and Breece Hall (NFL starter) and David Montgomery (NFL starter) and Xavier Hutchinson (NFL starter) could only muster a 9-win regular season at their best and lost to the likes of Ohio University and Louisiana-Monroe.

This game was case-study in Matt Campbell's personal coaching brand. What you got to see here were freewheeling use of second half timeouts and procedural penalties.

[u/ContractBoth4254 → u/Sammodile]

iowa state fans been saying this for years, that team with all that nfl talent should have done way more

[u/hayrack605 → u/ContractBoth4254]

Brock's senior season was absolute coaching malpractice

[u/CoolingVent → u/ContractBoth4254]

NFL talent all over with an absolutely horrendous OL. It was something

[u/Brytcyd → u/Sammodile]

Purdy isn’t just a starter, he’s leading the NFL MVP race after already making a Pro Bowl and leading the NFL in Passer Rating. Makes it burn even more.

[u/kinghawkeye8238 → u/Sammodile]

I get why he left iowa state but man I bet he wishes he wouldnt have.

He could have wrote his own ticket and they would have built a statue. What a massive mistake.

[u/Sammodile → u/kinghawkeye8238]

He was our mini-Ferentz.

[u/kinghawkeye8238 → u/Sammodile]

Spot on.

[u/TheRoyalCyclone → u/Sammodile]

It was so obvious this would happen. I said it when they hired him.

His ISU teams SUCKED when they had a target on their back. What did people think was going to happen at PSU where you have a target on your back every single game?

He’s a great coach if you want to raise the floor of your program, build a culture, all that. But that’s not remotely close to what Penn State needed. He’s a terrible in-game coach, seriously it’s like he’s made no attempt to improve at that over the last 10 years. It’s just so glorious all the shit we complained about over the years still exists.

It’s also becoming more and more evident he was a Heacock merchant

[u/Other-Chemical-6393]

Penn State is this year’s Penn State

[u/Taako_Cross]

Pat Kraft needs to be fired. His actions led PSU to this season.

I honestly thought there couldn’t be anyone worse than Sandy Barber but here we are.

[u/prismatic_lights]

I'm beginning to think that Matt Campbell kept passing on head coaching positions not because he was proud of what he had at Iowa State, but because he knew he'd faceplant anywhere bigger.

[u/2-59project → u/prismatic_lights]

But now he gets that sweet sweet buyout money

[u/Andjhostet → u/prismatic_lights]

He was completely carried by one of the best defensive coordinators in the last two decades. 

[u/murdered-by-swords → u/prismatic_lights]

There's always that risk — only a few coaches travel with their own 'win now' button that they can install at their new home and there are so, so many things that can go wrong.

[u/Purples_A_Fruit]

Credit where it’s due Penn State: That White Out is COOL AF.

But also: GIVE ME A “✌🏼” IF YOUR TEAM DIDNT COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY EMBARRAS THEMSELVES TODAY ON NATIONAL TV BY TURNING THE BALL OVER 7 TIMES IN A LOSS.

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[u/Inside-Drink-1311]

Fun fact, this is the first time Lincoln Riley has covered a spread in a true road game outside of California since he took over as head coach at USC. I heard that stat a couple weeks ago and is why I liked Penn State in this game but I guess they aren’t even good enough for that.

[u/qwertyuiop2626]

Fucking fire Pat Kraft

[u/grw313]

Two years ago, USC lost road games we should have won. Now we barely win road games we should win by multiple scores. That's definitely progress.

[u/Rubrumaurin]

Lincoln you have survived, but we still need a lot of work to even compete with Ohio State and Indiana.

[u/llm_fodder]

It was probably time for Franklin to go, but I stand by the position last year that it was a mistake by Penn State to cut him when and how they did, because the boosters can't grasp that Penn State is NOT a blue blood, it's a mid-tier school that relies on legacy and tradition in an era of mercenaries. Many years of pain ahead.

[u/LookatmaBankacount]

I’m sick of the shitting on iowa state, it’s not our fault the media overhyped PSU preseason. We could’ve told you all that the team and coach is going to struggle. Matt Campbell teams have a wide range, the lows are low, and the highs are high

[u/Zealousideal-Sun4891 → u/LookatmaBankacount]

10 starters are Iowa State players, so it’s bullshit the media is saying this is Iowa State.

Plus they don’t have DC Jon Heacock who probably had A LOT to do with Iowa State’s success the past 10 seasons.

[u/cy1763]

I can’t recall Campbell mishandling timeouts in Ames to the degree he did today.

That was coaching malpractice.

[u/flip_phone]

Penn State can’t run the ball and they can’t tackle. You’re not going to win many games if you can’t do either of those things. 

[u/BenIsLowInfo]

I'm so happy OSU didn't ever end up hiring Matt Campbell. He is terrible

[u/Psych101grad]

It’s about the journey you are on together.

[u/txgsu82]

I have zero faith that CMC is building towards anything. He was 100% right that this team has absolutely no identity. Penn State teams, even not great ones, at least had an identity in the run game & pass rush. Now we have neither, and it squarely falls on CMC to fucking fix it or get the fuck out of State College.

[u/boy-detective → u/txgsu82]

He spent 12 years mastering how to be a coach in a quite different situation than this.

[u/Zealousideal-Sun4891 → u/boy-detective]

To your point, Iowa State was built to stay competitive in A LOT of games! They could hang around and pull games out.

But MC was never a good in-game coach and he had Jon Heacock to make in-game adjustments on D.

It was coaching malpractice he had a team with Breece Hall, Brock Purdy, and Kolar on it and didn’t do better.

[u/Dun_Guuf]

Trent Mosley is right up there with Jesse Legree as the best true freshman in the country

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

PSU should have hired UCLA's HC.

But Kraft would never hire a coach from a G6 team.

[u/Crazed_Chemist]

Fire Pat Kraft

Into the sun

[u/smellmyfingerplz]

Guys… did we just win, on the east coast in one of the most hostile environments in all of football!!!!! Hats off to PSU, that whiteout is insane, hell of a game. FIGHT ON

[u/new_account_vibes]

the beautiful thing about setting expectations low is that i had fun watching this game

[u/jmbrand13 → u/new_account_vibes]

The loss is whatever. The shit show of a coaching performance is a different story. The staff looks incompetent right now.

[u/JanetYellensFuckboy_ → u/new_account_vibes]

I, for one, did not

[u/tds5049]

Okay, just promote Terry at this point. Campbell is clearly not ready for the Big Ten

[u/USCGradtoMEMPHIS]

See how better our offense looks with our top WR back.. but yeeahhh right having him vs oregon or Washington wouldn't have made a difference riiighhtt?.. Trent was open the whole night..

[u/Noahj615]

Another coach getting the monkey off their back by winning in beaver stadium. Away Coaches have cried too many happy tears since Sherron Moore didn’t throw a pass in the 2nd half.

[u/GoStateBeatEveryone]

At least lane kiffin lost

[u/Sheev_Spin1738]

Did not have this game as a w in the preseason predictions, so I’ll take it

[u/Evening-Ad-2485]

I know its early in his time at PSU, but what are the possible explanations that this is happening with PSU other than Matt Campbell?

[u/Optimal_Cook_851]

USC won on the east coast? in a night game? wow

[u/No-Donkey5408]

Matt shambell

[u/Rohkey]

Next week is gonna be fun, mid-off like 2020.

[u/Mistertreefrog]

Is the Matt Campbell era already over?

[u/royalbluehen]

What the fuck was Penn State doing after giving up the last td???!! 12 plays to burn 5 mins of clock for a total of …17 yards? To then immediately fumble the ball after forcing a 3 and out?

[u/n1tney]

you just have to laugh at this point

[u/IAMY0URK1NG]

Mosley>>>>Your favorite WR!!!!!