2025 College Football Thread

[LinvilleGorge]

52 minutes ago, HeelsPanthersCanes said:

No, he got beat at home by Michigan this year.  The other five wins are against Big Ten and Non-Power bottom feeders. 

He's 0-7 vs ranked teams, and each year Nebraska has started strong and then faded in conference play.  Nebraska is 1-7 in two Novembers under Rhule.  This year their November slate is USC, @UCLA, @Penn State and Iowa.  Very possible they lose all of those games. 

His tenure at Nebraska is looking very Baylor-esque. 

And somehow he's still a front runner for the Penn State job.  Which would be ironic since they just ran a very Matt Rhule like (as far as can't beat any good teams) James Franklin out of town. 

He was the perfect hire for Nebraska at the time and I said it before he even started being connected to the job. He's proven he can drag a college team out of the gutter and get them back to at least respectability and being competitive. What he hadn't proven is that he can take that next step and actually start winning some big games. A blue blood program honestly shouldn't want anything to do with him until he does.

If I'm Penn State I'm trying my ass off to lure in Cignetti. I know he's in his early 60s and probably gives you 8-10 years at most but the guy just wins.

[HeelsPanthersCanes]

30 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

He was the perfect hire for Nebraska at the time and I said it before he even started being connected to the job. He's proven he can drag a college team out of the gutter and get them back to at least respectability and being competitive. What he hadn't proven is that he can take that next step and actually start winning some big games. A blue blood program honestly shouldn't want anything to do with him until he does.

If I'm Penn State I'm trying my ass off to lure in Cignetti. I know he's in his early 60s and probably gives you 8-10 years at most but the guy just wins.

Yea, I was saying to a friend this weekend after beating Oregon that if I was IU's leadership Cignetti wouldn't get off the team plane when it lands in Bloomington until he was LOCKED into a lifelong contract.  There are very few schools that could afford Cignetti's buy out this early in his contract - Penn State is one of them. 

[HardcoreHokie]

1 hour ago, HardcoreHokie said:

Jay-Z reminds us to be patient, it’s a 7-year plan.

“Matt Rhule told his friend and Philadelphia radio sports talk host Anthony Gargano, “I can’t wait for year three, but year four, year five, year six. I loved Temple and Baylor and made many good friends in Charlotte, but you can do things here that you can’t do anywhere else. I want to have year 10 and year 11.”

Off to Penn State after year 3 at Nebraska.

#J-Hova

[carpanfan96]

2 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

He was the perfect hire for Nebraska at the time and I said it before he even started being connected to the job. He's proven he can drag a college team out of the gutter and get them back to at least respectability and being competitive. What he hadn't proven is that he can take that next step and actually start winning some big games. A blue blood program honestly shouldn't want anything to do with him until he does.

If I'm Penn State I'm trying my ass off to lure in Cignetti. I know he's in his early 60s and probably gives you 8-10 years at most but the guy just wins.

Penn State is Rhules job if he wants it and I expect he will. 

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

Penn State is Rhules job if he wants it and I expect he will. 

Wild if true. I honestly think that's a big mistake on Penn State's part. Do they really think Matt Rhule is their answer to beating Ohio State and Michigan? I just don't see it. Not based on his track record. Seems like spending a ton of money to buyout James Franklin to hire... James Franklin.

[carpanfan96]

6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Wild if true. I honestly think that's a big mistake on Penn State's part. Do they really think Matt Rhule is their answer to beating Ohio State and Michigan? I just don't see it. Not based on his track record. Seems like spending a ton of money to buyout James Franklin to hire... James Franklin.

It's his alma mater, he's really good friends with the AD and a few others in the building where it matters and he's done a pretty decent job at Nebraska compared to where they were prior to his hire. 

 

I'd be willing to wager what's in my bank account that he's already been called by the AD and offered the job. lol