Penn State finally hires a head coach after about 50 days. Got him from Iowa State.

Iowa State took about 50 minutes to hire a replacement. First year Washington State coach leaves the Cougs.

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Penn State finally hires a head coach after about 50 days. Got him from Iowa State.

Iowa State took about 50 minutes to hire a replacement. First year Washington State coach leaves the Cougs.

After 50-plus days and close to being shut out on signing day, Matt Campbell is a pretty good hire.

Perhaps add a little spicy sauce to OSU vs WSU? Jonathan Smith is available.

Now THAT would be funny!

Matt Campbell is a pretty good hire. Yet somehow I don't believe Penn State and their fan base expected Campbell to be the homerun that replaces "Double at Best" James Franklin. Seems to me Penn State and its fans evaluated themselves as an Ohio State and Michigan caliber program. Not to mention better than "new money" Oregon. I thought firing Franklin was a horrible decision. Campbell is decent though, and if he learns to open his offense up, his Penn State teams could be scary. If not, it may be one knight replacing another on the Chessboard. Penn State thought they were going to easily acquire a deadly "queen" caliber coach. Like one of our favorite announcers fondly used to say "not so fast my friend".

I still think this is a reactionary hire by the AD. I mean he couldn't figure out to hire this guy even a week ago to salvage some of the class?

Matt's good like the row the boat man at Minnesota. They will be competitive in the B1G, nothing more.

Campbell seems like a coach that's good at getting more out of less. That sounds great until you run into a team that gets more out of more. Currently The BIG has three teams that fit that role (tOSU Mich, OBD). There's also another coach (Cig) that is excelling at getting more from less right now. Has Campbell brought in top twenty classes before? How about top ten?

Without them PSU is setting themselves up to be another Nebraska, Illinois fuskies or SUC that are all fighting to be that fifth best team while still remaining nationally irrelevant. Also putting yourself squarely in the middle of Lanning's cross hairs for no good reason wasn't a smart move.