For readers of BSD over the years, you have probably picked up on the fact I’m a rather optimistic guy. I wouldn’t say I’m a blue-and-white glasses wearing sunshine pumper, but I generally lean toward the optimistic side of things. And over the years, I have continued to trust what James Franklin was building here at Penn State. In June of 2018, I wrote about how Franklin had Penn State on a similar trajectory as Dabo Swinney did during his early years at Clemson. Later in 2018, I backed Franklin after an emotional speech following a gut-wrenching 27-26 loss to Ohio State.