Examining Penn State's Advantageous 2026 Football Schedule

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00:00I get angry at Penn State, right?

00:02Sometimes it can be a little bit envious

00:03because the reason why, Joe,

00:05is I want to talk to you about Penn State's 2026 schedule

00:08because every year we look at Penn State,

00:10it's the same MO.

00:11Like, you are James Franklin.

00:13You're an institution that sells out 110,000 tickets

00:16every single game.

00:17Unlimited budget.

00:18Buy whatever players you want

00:20and the fans will always support you.

00:22It's a massive home field advantage.

00:23And for a while the way,

00:24you're playing a Big Ten schedule.

00:26It's like, okay, every once in a while,

00:28Michigan's going to be good every three years.

00:29Now, they've been good the past couple years,

00:31don't get me wrong.

00:31Ohio State's always good.

00:33Somebody might rise up and bite you,

00:34but you know you're going to get at least 10 wins

00:36every single year just by being blindfolded,

00:39and that should be good enough.

00:40So this year when you open up, just like every year,

00:42you play horrible opponents to start the season.

00:45And a lot of times you don't even leave Beaver Stadium.

00:48Look at this 2026 schedule,

00:50which James Franklin got fired this year.

00:52Whoever's going to be the coach next year

00:53walks into this schedule, Joe.

00:55Home to Marshall, at Temple, home to Buffalo.

00:58Every year, every September,

01:01you open up with three free victories

01:03as the Penn State head coach.

01:05Then you head in the Big Ten play,

01:07the vaunted Maryland Terrapins,

01:09which is basically a home game for Penn State in Maryland.

01:12You're going to take on Michigan,

01:13who is a decent opponent.

01:15At Northwestern, bad opponent.

01:17Minnesota, bad opponent.

01:18Purdue, bad opponent.

01:20Rutgers, bad opponent.

01:21You play USC.

01:22It was a good program, but you got them at home.

01:24Wisconsin, bad opponent.

01:26At Washington, end of the season,

01:28we'll see what that turns out to be.

01:29But it doesn't seem like Penn State

01:31sets their schedule up every single year.

01:33No Oregon on the schedule.

01:35No Ohio State.

01:36Like, you mint yourself 10 wins,

01:38and James Franklin's like,

01:39I can't believe they're going to get rid of me here.

01:40Oh, did you see my two playoff wins last year, Joe?

01:43Which meant they beat, what, SMU,

01:45and then Boise State.

01:47The most fraudulent scheduling

01:49in the history of college football

01:50always takes place at Penn State.

01:53How is it possible?

01:55And I think, Donnie,

01:57if you put that list back up on the screen,

01:59because if I'm not mistaken,

02:01of all of those games,

02:03there is only one team in the top 25 right now.

02:07One team that they're playing,

02:09and that's USC,

02:10who, by the way,

02:11wasn't in the top 25

02:12until this just past week.

02:15So they don't play any teams

02:17currently in the top 25 on that schedule.

02:20And that may not change, Donnie,

02:22by this time next year as well.

02:24So maybe it is the job of the century, right?

02:27Go in, run the table,

02:28and then get blown out by Ohio State

02:30in the Big Ten, you know, championship.

02:33Congrats.

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