Eleven Warriors

Itll be the depth issue that hurts them the most. I think itll take a solid 10 years for them to at least compete for a Big 10 title, maybe more depending on the level OSU, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Michigan State are at. I think even in a few years, the sting of the situation still won't go away (if it ever should) and PSU could suffer even more so than expected. Also, right now the PSU fan base is all up in arms, but what happens if they average 3 wins a season for a few years? Have to figure a lot of that 'Us vs the World' mentality will dissolve and thatll add additional setbacks for the program. Im saying 10 years they are competitive in the Big 10, could somehow be less, could likely be more.

If all this new child porn stuff develops into a case where all or some of this was done on PSU campus...I tend to think Delany will look for a replacement for PSU.  I could be off base with this assumption but I've heard it several times on different outlets (talk radio Common Man and Torg, ESPN radio, ESPN CFB live, etc etc).  I wouldn't be surprised that this could turn into nothing or possibly something way worse than we thought.  Read the second to last paragraph in this artilce below.  If that changes and he didn't share them but did take pictures of them in or around PSU campus...this could take a negative turn.  Not a lawyer...but think this could get worse for PSU.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/08/cbs-sand...

Something that could definitely hurt their chances is the fact that the Big10 at least appears to be upping the level of competition/spending. Us, with Meyer and all of our new assistants, as well as michigan with Mattison and company are really going to pressure the rest of the conference to up their spending which should make the conference better from top to bottom. I'll be surprised if PSU gets more than 5 wins in any of the next 5-6 seasons.

@Nkohl13

I cannot agree.  It's the timing of the sanctions that make this not work.  Even though there is only a one year bowl ban for the 2015 class, which doesn't matter much if they redshirt, the scholarship limits are still in effect for the 2016 class.  They have to take 15 (give or take with accounting numbers) for 2014, 2015, 2016.

They can bank a few for '14 and recruit extra for '15, but only if they get them to enroll early and count them against the '14 class.  Either way, it's counted as 15 against each class, and I do not see this working out with the size of their program for these years.  They are going to need all of the legs they can get, b/c they cannot start to replinish until the '17 year when they're back up to 25 scholarships.

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Resources/Latest+News/20...

yes, they had been down, imo, a bit lately and seemed to have a decent class lined up this year. if obrian can hold it together and keep winning, they'll be "fine." after 6-8 years.

I think that is possible.  However, I don't see it happening.  By the time they get to PSU in '15, the team won't have enough players to give good depth, to the point that players might get injured, because their teammates should not be starting.

Depending on how many decide to transfer or leave the next class, I think they'll be okay this year, but then they're going to start to suffer more the year after, and they won't be able to start recovering until '17, '18, maybe '19 when they get more than one class of 25 to fill spots.  It's pretty uncertain if that many decent players will want to come by then.

They'll recover.  It will take them a while, but they'll be back in 6-8 years.  This isn't SMU, it's Penn State.  They're not a tiny private school in a flegling conference: they're a member of the most prestigious conference in academia (this side of the Ivy League) that's also the most lucrative conference in collegiate athletics, with a massive endowment and the largest active donor network in the country.  They have a 108,000 seat stadium and a loyal fanbase that has gone through middling times before.  It will take them time, since the scholarship restrictions will decimate them in two years, but they'll recover.  Attendence may dwindle if the product severely drops off (which may happen if and when O'Brien gets offered an NFL gig), but they'll rebuild--their network (in terms of both monetary assets and overall population) is far too vast to not allow it.