Cory Giger

My son went 3-for-3 with a 3-run double and got his very first game ball after our win today. Now we’re going to see “Field of Dreams” on the big screen in Pittsburgh. Phenomenal Father’s Day with my boy.

OK, Penn State fans. How are you feeling right now? A. Great. That was strong showing and team has something to build on. B. It was just Purdue, and they suck. C. Matt Campbell won me back over a bit. D. Jury still out. Don’t want to get too excited. E. Still have lots of issues.

Oh well.

This feels sorta like that Minnesota game when James Franklin finally said “F” it and started going for it all the time. That’s what Matt Campbell is doing today. That’s playing to win, instead of playing not to lose. Yeah, yeah, it’s just Purdue. But this is a good sign.

I’m out on the Iowa State East Cyclones. Don’t care if Penn State wins out against mediocre teams. The last coach got fired because he could only beat bad teams. So, I’m gonna hold this coach to the same standard. Agree? Disagree? Check out all of my thoughts in the column below.

James Franklin!!!!!! Man, that’s a great decision on fourth down.

You win Twitter today! This is … annoyingly genius.

Holy hell. The dad of a Penn State running back throwing QB Rocco Becht under the bus. Mr. Martin is 100% correct in his football analysis, but 1 million % wrong for taking this beef public. Quinton Martin doesn’t need his dad creating this kind of internal drama.

Ditto.

This is the most frustrating Penn State team. We can all agree the Iowa State guys aren’t great. But this team is kinda, sorta not terrible. It’s decent at times. But that’s what maddening. Could be a whole lot better than this mess.

Rocco Becht is awful.

Major major props to my man @NathanForlina04, who called it yesterday when he predicted Michigan would turn to backup QB in second half. Nailed it!!!!

Well, that was a first half of football. I guess.

This is excellent point about insanity of 24-team playoff. Big games no longer matter as much. Because you can lose that big game and still be very comfortable within 24. But crappy teams like PSU and Michigan, the game will be gigantic to stay in the discussion. Just stupid.

Should Penn State have hired Matt Campbell or someone else? I’ve got a lot of thoughts on this here. Check it out and see if you agree or disagree.

This is tremendous info. If you follow PSU at all, read this story. It sums up very well the financial issues facing football program. As listeners to my daily radio show and postgame show know, I’ve been talking about all of this stuff for months. It’s troubling on many levels.

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Penn State should have hired Terry Smith. I didn’t fully believe it last year, for lots of reasons that I’ve discussed on my radio show. But seriously. Does anybody think Terry would be 0-3 in the Big Ten? He probably could have kept a lot of the transfers and recruiting class.

These Iowa State guys just aren’t good enough. That’s really all there is to it. It’s not the X’s and O’s, it’s the Jimmys and Joes. Well, it is some X’s and O’s, such as stupidly rushing 3 all night. Still, these Penn State Cyclone Jimmys and Joes just can’t cut it.