The big news over the weekend was that Penn State managed to pry defensive coordinator Jim Knowles away from Ohio State.
This is epic. Seismic, in fact, on many levels.
First, it shows that Penn State is finally fully committed to actually going after a national championship.
Brent Pry, Manny Diaz, and Tom Allen were all very good defensive coordinators. Combine very good defensive coordinators with the roster talent Penn State has, and you have defensive high water marks of 17th nationally in yards per game (YPG) and 7th in points per game (PPG) under Pry in 2017, 2nd in YPG and 3rd in PPG under Diaz in 2023, and 7th in YPG and 8th in PPG under Allen in 2024.