Penn State dismissed James Franklin, and he's off at Virginia Tech now, flipping PSU commits left and right.
Meanwhile, the Nittany Lions still don't have a new head coach. And with Wednesday being national early signing day, the PSU wait is resulting in a horrific outcome.
College football writer Max Chadwick shared a brutal stat on X on Wednesday:
"It’s National Signing Day. Penn State, still without a head coach, is 136th in recruiting. There are 136 FBS teams."
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The most engaged with reply simply asks, "Is that good? Asking for a friend."
That about sums it up.
Penn State is flailing. The Nittany Lions couldn't land Kalani Sitake. They didn't end up with Brian Hartline.
What is PSU going to do?
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A new coach will be behind the eight-ball, because there's only so many recruits to go around. If they're all committed elsewhere, there'll be no way to save the day.
And clearly, a team can't compete in the Big Ten with a recruiting class worse than every other FBS program in the country.
This is slowly turning into a nightmare for Penn State.
Franklin is likely getting the last laugh on this one from down in Blacksburg.
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