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[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

Dear @PennStateFball, @PennStateFball, and delusional PSU fans telling other fans to “shut up” and “let Matt Campbell build,” and coming up with every excuse in the book for the inexcusable,

Here’s a list of the new, first full-year P4 head coaches and the amount of P4 wins + ranked wins they have. There are only two HCs on the list who have 0 P4 and ranked wins:

Penn State: Matt Campbell

P4 wins: 0
Ranked wins: 0 (out of 1 chance)

&

Michigan State: Pat Fitzgerald

P4 wins: 0
Ranked wins: 0 (out of 2)

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Here’s everyone else:

VA Tech: James Franklin

P4 wins: 3
Ranked wins: 0 (out of 0)
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Oklahoma St: Eric Morris

P4 wins: 3
Ranked wins: 1 (out of 2)
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Stanford: Tavita Pritchard

P4 wins: 1
Ranked wins: 0 (out of 2)
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Auburn: Alex Golesh

P4 wins: 3
Ranked wins: 1 (out of 2)
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Arkansas: Ryan Silverfield

P4 wins: 1
Ranked wins: 0 (out of 3)
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Florida: Jon Sumrall

P4 wins: 3
Ranked wins: 2 (out of 3)
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LSU: Lane Kiffin

P4 wins: 3
Ranked wins: 2 (out of 3)
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Kentucky: Will Stein

P4 wins: 4
Ranked wins: 2 (out of 3)
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Kansas State: Collin Klein

P4 wins: 1
Ranked wins: 0 (out of 1)
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Cal: Tosh Lupoi

P4 wins: 2
Ranked wins: 0 (out of 1)
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Iowa State: Jimmy Rogers

P4 wins: 1
Ranked wins: 0 (out of 3)
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UCLA: Bob Chesney

P4 wins: 5
Ranked wins: 1 (out of 1)
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Michigan: Kyle Whittingham

P4 wins: 2
Ranked wins: 1 (out of 2)
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Ole Miss: Pete Golding

P4 wins: 4
Ranked wins: 3 (out of 4)
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Utah: Morgan Scalley

P4 wins: 4
Ranked wins: 0 (out of 0)

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In conclusion, you are disrespecting and wasting Penn State fans’ time and money. The ones who know what the program is capable of with the resources at your disposal are sick and tired of it. A bulk won’t be at the rest of the home snoozers. You continue to be incompetent with the decisions you make, and refuse to move on from the “old school” way of doing things. It’s disgracing the program and holding it back. It must be rectified. Now.

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

Write to Bendapudi, write to newspapers, don't go to games if you believe in boycotts, be vocal about your frustrations, etc. etc. Hold the feet to the fire; turn the heat on. PSU's incompetence has held the program back for far too long now: enough is enough with the clown operation there at UP. They continue to disrespect and embarrass this fanbase by creating a product that doesn't equate to the standards they preach, the resources at their disposal, nor the money us fans pay every fall.

[Merlin “El Mago” Valdez @BuccoTruther]

@PSUStats Tf you want me to do about it?

[Nittany Lion King @KingNittany]

I love Penn State football. I love the tradition…

However it’s 2026. We can’t keep living in 1982 thinking we’ll be successful. There’s a way to honor the past and tradition without making it our whole identity. Things gotta change 🤔

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

Inexcusable. Unfathomable. Wake up, Nittany Nation.

[Kevin Horne @KevinHornePSU]

At 11:44 p.m.*, Penn State surpassed the 10 year mark since its last T10 regular season win.

It will happen again. Perhaps not soon, but it will happen. Right? RIGHT. Tell me I'll see another one.

*I planned to post at 11:44 but forgot. I did not "grow better forward" today.

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

It’s ok to say you don’t understand and that you would like PSU to remain as is.

[Kyle @puckandrally]

You're deluded if you think PSU has the resources to be at the top end of CFB without "playing moneyball." The evidence very much says otherwise. We don't have enough billionaires in our corner. Our fanbase can't handle big boy ticket prices. Corporate interest is middling.

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

@GoPSUsports then had all the time in the world to hire a good and serious coach for once, and instead of doing so and shutting the haters and revisionist historians up by finally taking the opportunity to maximize PSU’s resources (like Indiana of all places has for football btw and PSU has more checked boxes than them!), PSU gave us the middle finger yet again by nationally embarrassing us w/ Kraft inexplicably going rogue and chasing and then fumbling a coach who’s coached in Utah all but 1 yr the last ~25 yrs, and, because of the fumble, hiring the exact opposite person this program needed. It's an unfathomable situation that is objectively impressive because of how it was almost impossible to pull off. PSU somehow always pulls off the impossible though, and not the good kind. Penn State was warned not to screw it up. They did.

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

@GoPSUsports / @PennStateFball needs a killer-instinct, more with more culture, not a boring, old-school, counter-productive “more with less” one where we're gonna be loyal to the wrong guys, and be a charity to the opposition because of the stubborn refusal to make simple adjustments, and getting superior talent for the sake of "doing things the right way" and "success with honor." While programs like Ohio State, and now Indiana, among others, continue to play killer-instinct football, Penn State wants to stay boring and play 1985 “moneyball.” In light of all of this, it is perfectly ok to be infuriated at this (inexcusable) juncture. As PSU fans, we've always shown up. It's time for them to show up, wake up, and return the favor for once.

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

@GoPSUsports / @PennStateFball needs a killer-instinct, more with more culture, not a boring, old-school, counter-productive “more with less” one where we're gonna be loyal to the wrong guys, and be a charity to the opposition because of the stubborn refusal to make simple adjustments, and getting superior talent for the sake of "doing things the right way" and "success with honor." While programs like Ohio State, and now Indiana, among others, continue to play killer-instinct football, Penn State wants to stay boring and play 1985 “moneyball.” In light of all of this, it is perfectly ok to be infuriated at this (inexcusable) juncture. As PSU fans, we've always shown up. It's time for them to show up, wake up, and return the favor for once.

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

Yep. People think my persistent glass half empty talk on here is some act, no. I know I speak for a decent proportion of fans (unfortunately not all) who are sick of @GoPSUsports' steadfast refusal to get serious in elevating the program where it should be. They’ve had years to do so and they consistently give fans the middle finger (🧵)

[psuworldwide @WeArePennSt8]

@PSUStats @GoPSUsports I used to hate your pessimism but now I can’t help but agree. PSU needs to completely uproot everything from within. Most importantly the old JoePa cult followers who will burn this institution to the ground before evolving their ways.

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

@GoPSUsports then had all the time in the world to hire a good and serious coach for once, and instead of doing so and shutting the haters and revisionist historians up by finally taking the opportunity to maximize PSU’s resources (like Indiana of all places has for football btw and PSU has more checked boxes than them!), PSU gave us the middle finger yet again by nationally embarrassing us w/ Kraft inexplicably going rogue and chasing and then fumbling a coach who’s coached in Utah all but 1 yr the last ~25 yrs, and, because of the fumble, hiring the exact opposite person this program needed. It's an unfathomable situation that is objectively impressive because of how it was almost impossible to pull off. PSU somehow always pulls off the impossible though, and not the good kind. Penn State was warned not to screw it up. They did.

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

Maryland is going to get serious and hire a real football coach before PSU aren’t they?

[On3 @On3]

NEW: Brian Kelly and UNLV's Dan Mullen are on the Maryland Head Coach Hot Board👀

(via @PeteNakos)

More: https://t.co/4NRYFdzo3q

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

I’m not an insider so don’t know complete details, but from what people have said he always made Maryland his Super Bowl because he thought he was the heir to the HC throne after Ralph Friedgen was dismissed. If I remember correctly a new AD didn’t see it this way and wanted to interview several candidates and BGJ didn’t like that and left for Vandy and had a grudge since. Or something like that. I don’t think he’d leave VA Tech for Maryland, he’s better off in the ACC.

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

“I don’t want Penn State to get Chesney because they’d have a serious coach for once”

[Official Ohio State DG @DylanEveryday]

@PSUStats chesney has no interest in psu after they burned him

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

A proclaimed insider making stuff up where he goes...imagine typing the line of lies up too lol. We get it, you don't want PSU to come out of OSU's shadow like IU. Don't worry though, the incompetent bunch at PSU won't let it happen, which is exclusive from the fact that the PA guy would answer the call--presumably from a new AD.

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

Yep. This is my prediction. @GoPSUsports will refuse to cut bait and go down an untenable path instead of facing reality and investing in him now, and Michigan is going to fire Whittingham in the next year or two and hire him while laughing at how stupid PSU is while PSU continues the non-existent build and lose him forever.

PSU will then fire CMC 4-5 years from now and then hire another “do more with less,” “blue-collar” guy instead of the next flashy hire and repeat the same cycle. That’s what PSU does. PSU needs a miracle here.

[nevsumrider @nevsumrider]

@PSUStats Watch Cheney go to Michigan. Calling it now.

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

@lindayaX Help save Penn State football Linda

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

UPDATE: The 2026 season is the 6th season this century that Penn State has suffered from a 4+ game Big Ten losing streak:

2003--6 game losing streak
L vs. #24 Minnesota (14-20)
L vs. Wisconsin (23-30)
L @ #18 Purdue (14-28) L @ #16 Iowa (14-26)
L vs. #8 Ohio St (20-21)
L @ Northwestern (7-17)
Streak snapped vs. Indiana (52-7)

2004--6 game losing streak
L @ #20 Wisconsin (3-16)
L @ #18 Minnesota (7-16)
L vs. #9 Purdue (13-20)
L vs. #25 Iowa (4-6)
L @ Ohio St (10-21)
L vs. Northwestern (7-14)
Streak snapped @ Indiana (22-18)

2014--4 game losing streak
L vs. Northwestern (6-29)
L @ Michigan (13-18)
L* vs. #13 Ohio St (24-31, 2OT)
L vs. Maryland (19-20)
Streak snapped @ Indiana (13-7)

2020*--5 game losing streak
L* (#8) @ Indiana (35-36, OT) (PSU actually won)
L (#18) vs. #3 Ohio St (25-38)
L vs. Maryland (19-35)
L @ Nebraska (23-30)
L vs. Iowa (21-41)
Streak snapped @ Michigan (27-17)

2025--6 game losing streak
L (#3) vs. #6 Oregon (24-30, 2OT)
L (#7) @ UCLA (37-42)
L vs. Northwestern (21-22)
L @ Iowa (24-25)
L @ #1 Ohio St (14-38)
L vs. #2 Indiana (24-27)
Streak snapped @ Michigan St (28-10)

2026--currently on a 4 game losing streak
L (#13) vs. Wisconsin (20-24)
L @ Northwestern (13-34)
L vs. #19 USC (23-31)
L @ Michigan (18-21)
When will the streak snap (if at all)?

This is the 3rd time in the 2020s PSU has had a season with a 4 game Big Ten losing streak. PSU has had back-to-back seasons with a 4 game Big Ten losing streak since the 2003-2004 seasons, which were within the affectionately-called "Dark Ages" era. Disgraceful.

Again: This can't happen at Penn State. It's inexcusable. Fans deserve answers for why @GoPSUsports continues to hold the program back.

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

The 2026 season is the 9th season this century that Penn State has suffered from a 3+ game Big Ten losing streak:

2001--3 game losing streak
L vs. Wisconsin (6-18)
L @ Iowa (18-24)
L vs. #15 Michigan (0-20)
Streak snapped @ #22 Northwestern (38-35)

2003--6 game losing streak
L vs. #24 Minnesota (14-20)
L vs. Wisconsin (23-30)
L @ #18 Purdue (14-28)
L @ #16 Iowa (14-26)
L vs. #8 Ohio St (20-21)
L @ Northwestern (7-17)
Streak snapped vs. Indiana (52-7)

2004--6 game losing streak
L @ #20 Wisconsin (3-16)
L @ #18 Minnesota (7-16)
L vs. #9 Purdue (13-20)
L vs. #25 Iowa (4-6)
L @ Ohio St (10-21)
L vs. Northwestern (7-14)
Streak snapped @ Indiana (22-18)

2014--4 game losing streak
L vs. Northwestern (6-29)
L @ Michigan (13-18)
L* vs. #13 Ohio St (24-31, 2OT)
L vs. Maryland (19-20)
Streak snapped @ Indiana (13-7)

2015--3 game losing streak
L @ Northwestern (21-23)
L vs. #14 Michigan (16-28)
L @ #6 Michigan St (16-55)
Streak didn't snap this season

2020*--5 game losing streak
L* (#8) @ Indiana (35-36, OT) (PSU actually won)
L (#18) vs. #3 Ohio St (25-38)
L vs. Maryland (19-35)
L @ Nebraska (23-30)
L vs. Iowa (21-41)
Streak snapped @ Michigan (27-17)

2021--3 game losing streak
L (#4) @ #3 Iowa (20-23)
L (#7) vs. Illinois (18-20, 9 OT)
L (#20) @ #5 Ohio St (24-33)
Streak snapped @ Maryland (31-14)

2025--6 game losing streak
L (#3) vs. #6 Oregon (24-30, 2OT)
L (#7) @ UCLA (37-42)
L vs. Northwestern (21-22)
L @ Iowa (24-25)
L @ #1 Ohio St (14-38)
L vs. #2 Indiana (24-27)
Streak snapped @ Michigan St (28-10)

2026--currently on a 3 game losing streak
L (#13) vs. Wisconsin (20-24)
L @ Northwestern (13-34)
L vs. #19 USC (23-31)
When will the streak snap (if at all)?

This can't happen at Penn State. It's inexcusable.

[PSU Stats @PSUStats]

It’s not the truth, you’re making shit up in your head because you don’t want PSU to get a competent coach for once. I get it—even James Franklin was competitive against OSU. He would 110% leave for PSU if PSU was actually serious, but the problem is they haven’t been serious and don’t care about being a national contender.

[Will Horstman @WillHorstman_]

Penn State basketball has more wins in the past month than PSU football and men’s hockey combined