The 2015 PSU Football Season: Who Could Have Predicted??? Photos and text by Steven Brenner, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration or 45 years (31 teaching and 14 retired) I have had a unique responsibility…that of volunteer PSU sports photographer. Beginning in high school, continuing in college and as a professor at PSU I have provided action photos for my relevant institutions. Here at PSU I enthusiastically supported all athletic programs, but especially the intercollegiate ones. I believed then and now that strong, competitive, ethically operated athletic programs would bring honor and community support to PSU. As the years moved on PSU had a number of good and a few great intercollegiate sports teams, but none as surprising as our 2015 football team. The 2013 and 2014 football seasons were filled with a number of disappointing losses, caused by lost fumbles and interceptions. In 2015 there was a coaching change resulting in PSU’s offensive coordinator, Bruce Barnum, being asked to serve as “interim head coach,” a move that I abhorred. Not because the coach Barnum had not performed well (his offense consistently scored a ton of points), but because the interim tag seemed to indicate a lack of institutional support. I admit that I was wrong. Bruce Barnum Rising from a 3 win-9 loss 2014 season to 9 wins-3 losses and a 5th place national ranking among Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level playoff teams, PSU achieved much national acclaim and positive publicity. 4 F
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