I think Penn State made a mistake in firing James Franklin. They hired a guy who is basically James Franklin already.Given the number of transfer outs...they kind of HAD to take the ISU guys even if they might not quite be good enough for what PSU needs. I predict a tough season next year for PSU but also think Campbell will quickly get it back on course. Is he the guy to get them over the top on those tough games (Oregon, tOSU, Michigan) - I dunno - but he seemed to win big games frequently at ISU.
In going back and looking at wins and losses from the 2020 season to last season, James Franklin was 8-14 against ranked teams while being ranked and lost 2 games against unranked teams while being ranked. Matt Campbell was 9-15 against ranked teams while being ranked and lost 7 games against unranked teams while being ranked.
Overall Franklin was 64-36 in conference and 30-18 the last 6 years in conference. Campbell was 50-40 in conference and 32-22 the last 6 years.
So not sure Penn St really gained anything by changing coaches.
