That passion -- derived from James Franklin, his staff, and their "dominate the state" mantra -- will culminate next Wednesday on National Signing Day, as ESPN's Pedro Gomez will be on campus providing all day coverage as the faxes come in.
Quite possibly the most radical difference between Penn State football's new coaching regime and its old one is its use of social media. For that reason, we have complied a complete Twitter directory of the 2014 Penn State Nittany Lion football team.
Former Penn State walk-on and starting quarterback Matt McGloin certainly had an interesting rookie season in the NFL. He went from not having his name called on draft day, to landing a job on the Oakland Raiders and eventually taking over for Terrelle Pryor as the team's starter. And millions of people got to watch him play.
His goal was to learn everyone's name by Monday. So it's test time for Penn State's newest strength and conditioning coach Dwight Galt.
Penn State's new defensive line coach Sean Spencer knows the kind of shoes he's filling. The shoes of a coach who spent 18 years at Penn State becoming one of the nation's most respected coaches and recruiters. Nothing about that act is easy to follow, but Spencer isn't trying to one-up Larry Johnson, he's trying to be the best Sean Spencer he can be.
James Franklin has only had the head coaching job at Penn State for less than two weeks and has already made his away not only around the campus, but the entire state. Here's a list of all the major happenings and announcements from those two weeks.