Poised for Perfection
James Franklin Has Brought Penn State Football Back to Prominence.
His Quarterback is Poised To Bring Them to Perfection.
During any given NCAA season, Penn State Football should be a top 10 program. That’s how it’s been for the better part of 137 years. They aren’t just the standard of Pennsylvania football; PSU has been a standard of football in America.
If you play for James Franklin, you know that you had better come prepared and execute on game day, not just for games against ranked opponents but against every opponent. But the genius of James Franklin isn’t just to be in a hurry like the fast pace of his 2024 offense. Underneath it all, Franklin has been poised to build his program. Back in 2012, when the scandal hit the Penn State Program and one of the greatest Head Coaches in NCAA history was dismissed, many thought that Penn State would never recover.
James Franklin never doubted its return to prominence.
PSU should sign him for 200 more years.
Twenty-year-old quarterback Drew Allar leads this year’s high-powered Nittany Lions offense. Most twenty-year-olds couldn’t lead one of the best offenses in the country, but then again, most twenty-year-olds aren’t Drew Allar. Yesterday, in the shadow of West Virginia bolts of lightning that delayed the game for nearly two hours — Allar was on fire, going 11 of 17 for 216 yards and three touchdowns in the 34–12 rout.
It didn’t take a West Virginia lightning storm for America to see that Drew Allar was on fire.
Drew Allar knows adversity, too. In 2012 — Allar’s cousin and High School linebacker Blake Bartchak was killed when the car that he was riding in with friends hit a set of railroad tracks. Four people inside the car were killed.
At Medina High School in Ohio, Allar graduated as a five-star recruit, having thrown for just under 4,500 yards and 48 touchdowns as a senior, adding 400 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground. When it came time to take his talents to the NCAA, local Ohio State had already committed to Quinn Ewers, who is now at the University of Texas.
If Penn State reaches its goals this year, this explosive PSU offense will appear in the College Football Playoffs. Led by a coach who has brought his program back to relevance and a young quarterback who has all of the ability and will only get better, week one is only the beginning.
In week eight, an Ohio State team, once idolized by Drew Allar — comes to Mount Nittany.
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