The Lions' Pride

2050

Homer talk: 2020
Realistically: 2030

Its going to take a lot for 2020...2025 might make sense...We will need a cycle of top recruits...we are not USCw we can't just bringing in 5* kids like they do...

While I agree PSU is not USC you do have some things going for you. First, the high school football in Pennsylvania is good and there are a lot kids that grow up dreaming of playing for PSU. Secondly, the type of kids that PSU typically attracts are tough, hardnosed kids from good, grounded families. While you will not bring in 4 or 5* kids immediately in 2016, I believe you will bring in some "diamond in the rough" type of kids over the next few years that would never have been offered by a PSU. With great coaching and strong work ethic they will play well for PSU and lay the ground work for a quicker recovery than expected. 2020 is definitely doable and maybe even a year or 2 sooner. By the way, I also live around C-bus....Westerville area.

Wake up. Colorado was NEVER PSU. Bill O'Brien will stay, the next four years will be much like the dark years, only the frustration will be over lack of depth in talent, not game planning. The starting 22 will be no worse than now, and the strategy will be far better. PSU is back to where it right now within 6 years. If it's not it's the fault of the fan base, not the NCAA. The continued strong support of the fan base will be a huge determiner of PSU's future.

At least we are able to hold confidence in OBs recruiting. Obviously he won't be getting many 4/5 star kids. But what I'm saying is that he seems to find the unknowns out of the ground, watches their film gives an offer and all of a sudden other teams hear about these kids watch film, offer and all of a sudden the kid is a big time recruit when all is said and done. This staff does seem to have elite evaluating skills. See Al-Rasheed Benton, Dorian Johnson, Neiko Robinson, Andrew Nelson, and Wendy Laurent.

Best case 2020.

i hate to say it but probably 2025 if ever. the NCAA just kicked your ass into the dirt. the sanctions were extreme to say the least. depth will be a serious problem for years with the scholarship reductions and recruiting is gonna be awful for the next couple years.

you guys have a long road ahead and i wish you luck

Very likely never, at least to the level we'd hope.

The roster will be gutted, which equals few wins. This will make it tough to recruit ANYONE here. No one wants to play for a loser. It would take 4-5 years after these sanctions are done, with excellent recruitng classes, to get it anywhere near where it needs to be to be competetive. Plus, we have been somewhat average for 10 or so years.....couple that with what we will be over the next decade, and now you are talking about a generation of kids that have never seen PSU as a great football school. Throw in the coaching tunover that we are sure to have over the next 5-10 years (LJ, Vandy, Obrien will all move on), with the overall feeling of PSU and the scandal, and you have a football powerhouse that has been reduced to ruble.

Our uniforms will be next to go, along with the traditions we are all accustomed to. Erickson said it in November and got his wish today......everything is washed away.