Wonder why it took them this long. He should have been one of the first options. 

Good luck to him with the 2026 recruiting class.

He will be fine.  He can rebuild so much more quickly with the portal now.

Feel bad for the isu recruiting class 

We’ll see how he does at a place where he’s expected to win and win quickly versus ISU. 

All these coaching changes hopefully will push a lot of quality players (OL!) to the portal

28 minutes ago, Alex Butler said:

We’ll see how he does at a place where he’s expected to win and win quickly versus ISU. 

Yeah definitely a big change compared to where he's been for a long time. That said, if it actually happens, I think he's a better coach than a lot of the other names bandied about for the position. Not sure that means he'll do any better than Franklin or finish any better than 4th in the Big 10 every year. 

It's amazing Penn State failed into the best hire they could have found in this cycle.

2 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

It's amazing Penn State failed into the best hire they could have found in this cycle.

It will be interesting to see if Campbell does better at PSU than Franklin at VT.

 

16 minutes ago, marathon said:

It will be interesting to see if Campbell does better at PSU than Franklin at VT.

 

Now that's going to be interesting. Hadn't thought of it like that just yet.

22 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

It's amazing Penn State failed into the best hire they could have found in this cycle.

I’m guessing Jimmy Sexton doesn’t rep him haha. Failing forward is better than what Florida, Arkansas, and Auburn have done IMO. 

Just now, CJ Vogel said:

Now that's going to be interesting. Hadn't thought of it like that just yet.

Different conference so Franklin has an easier path. Would love to see him win a natty before the PSU make the playoff again haha. 

 Pressure will be off Campbell for a few years with this recent coaching hire/recruiting debacle.

@CJ Vogel  What if the plan all along for PSU was to scrap recruiting this year and just go hogwild in the portal.  They are big enough to be able to buy their way out of this hole.  Saving the recruiting NIL money for portal.

1 hour ago, Alex Butler said:

We’ll see how he does at a place where he’s expected to win and win quickly versus ISU. 

He will do a great job.

Will be interesting to see how he handles the criticism and expectations.  He came across as extremely thin skinned at Iowa  St.  Remember when he went after the fans who yelled something at him when he was upset by an inferior non-conference opponent a few years ago.  Not sure if the 5 star culture speaches will work the same at a place like PSU.

36 minutes ago, Sundancekid said:

 Pressure will be off Campbell for a few years with this recent coaching hire/recruiting debacle.

You'd think so but that would require the people involved and Penn State fans to be logical or reasonable, and we know that's not happening.

1 hour ago, Sundancekid said:

 Pressure will be off Campbell for a few years with this recent coaching hire/recruiting debacle.

Agreed. I bet he gets at least 5. PSU doesn't roll through coaches like many others. The portal can help but PSU has to show more commitment to $.

It seems like a good hire, but as someone already said the guy is thin skinned and I'm not sure his coaching style will fit at Penn State. There are much bigger expectations for him there than at lowly Iowa State.

Personally hope he flops, but Penn State has to hire someone. 

4 hours ago, Rocky P said:

@CJ Vogel  What if the plan all along for PSU was to scrap recruiting this year and just go hogwild in the portal.  They are big enough to be able to buy their way out of this hole.  Saving the recruiting NIL money for portal.

He’s got about a month to do some real tampering…errr….yeoman’s work in the portal. 

One of the better hires among the Power 4 openings, but surprised we didn't see K. Dillingham, Clark Lea get a bigger job.  Both have built strong programs.  

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Campbell would have been a good hire about 5 years ago. I don't think he's a good fit for Penn St. and that fanbase's expectations. He better handle the media and hecklers a lot better in Happy Valley.

He'll also be dealing with a different level of athletes over there. 

I'll have my popcorn ready.

Well apparently isu was not caught off guard 

 

8 hours ago, Sundancekid said:

 Pressure will be off Campbell for a few years with this recent coaching hire/recruiting debacle.

That’s funny

3 hours ago, Kevin C said:

One of the better hires among the Power 4 openings, but surprised we didn't see K. Dillingham, Clark Lea get a bigger job.  Both have built strong programs.  

I dom't think either one wants to move on. Lea played for Vanderbilt, not as sure about Dillingham, but I thought I read that he went to ASU. They both seem to genuinely want to raise their alma maters. Or I'm just naive lol