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The College Football Playoff starts this week. Penn State has the easiest road to the Championship Game. They have a home playoff game against SMU on Saturday.
The Penn State fan base has been overflowing with excitement.
Instead, the heat of that excitement has been cooled by the announcement from quarterback Beau Pribula that he is entering the transfer portal.
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Pribula may have been the backup to starting quarterback Drew Allar but he wasn’t just a guy holding the clipboard on the sideline. He has played meaningful snaps in all but two games over the last two seasons. Pribula rushed for 10 touchdowns and threw nine touchdown passes during that time, often showing the potential to be a starter at the Power Four level.
The constant threat of Pribula coming into the game and picking up a key first down or punching in a touchdown was an integral part of Penn State’s offensive gameplan.
And now head coach James Franklin and offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki will have to put together their most important gameplan of the season without Pribula. Why? Pribula said it best in his announcement.
“The overlapping CFB playoff and transfer portal timeline has forced me into an impossible decision.”
Pribula grew up in Pennsylvania and, as he said, “it has always been a dream of mine to play football for Penn State.” Instead of helping his team during their most meaningful stretch of games since Joe Paterno was patrolling the sideline, Pribula – a very important piece of the Penn State offense – has been cornered by…
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Author : Rivals
Publish date : 2024-12-16 04:50:00
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