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Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman talks James Franklin’s Penn State firing  FootballScoop Penn State fires James Franklin: Top candidates, transfers and recruits  ESPN EXCL: Fired Penn State Coach James Franklin’s Old Home Lists for $3.3 Million  Realtor.com Who are the Penn State football coaching candidates with James Franklin out? – The Athletic  The New York Times James Franklin’s $49 million buyout causes Penn State campus …

Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule addresses Penn State job opening  247Sports Penn State AD: Franklin’s big-game record played role in firing  ESPN Paul Finebaum believes $74 million head coach badly wants Penn State job  Sports Illustrated Who are the Penn State football coaching candidates with James Franklin out?  The New York Times Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft details decision to move on from …

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Pat Kraft wants to win national championships in Happy Valley. To try to do so, Penn State’s athletic director made the toughest decision of his career. Penn State fired coach James Franklin on Sunday after the Nittany Lions — who began the season ranked second — dropped three straight games, two in embarrassing fashion to …

UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn has been ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation by a doctor to determine if he’s fit to participate and move forward in the criminal cases against him after being arrested numerous times in 2025. On Oct. 8, Judge Peter Kubota suspended the criminal proceedings against Penn for the time being until he’s examined …

Penn State made the stunning decision to fire head coach James Franklin in his 12th year with the Nittany Lions on Sunday, a major shake-up at the top that comes after the team’s three straight losses this season. Franklin and Penn State, who were just one win away from playing in the title game in last year’s College Football Playoff, …

Some employees at Penn State believe the university has shown its true colors by paying James Franklin $49 million not to coach the football team. Penn State fired Franklin on Sunday following three straight losses — and 12 years in Happy Valley — putting them on the hook for more than $49 million owed to the coach. ”It’s a slap …

Nebraska beat Maryland in College Park, Maryland, on Saturday. In a back-and-forth affair, both the offense and defense played complementary football throughout the fourth quarter. First, with Nebraska down 31-24 and Maryland facing a 3rd and 2 from Nebraska’s 31-yard line, Dasan McCullough came flying into the backfield and picked up a four-yard tackle for loss. On their next drive, …

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Just three weeks ago, Penn State was hosting Oregon in one of the biggest games of the James Franklin era. Now, Franklin is unemployed and Penn State is scrambling to figure out what’s next for the program. That job entails keeping the 2026 recruiting class together and working on the 2027 class as well. That’s not going …

Seven games after being on the verge of playing for the national championship, Penn State has fired head coach James Franklin, capping one of the most stunningly quick collapses in college football history. The move came one day after the Nittany Lions lost their third in a row and second straight as a 20-point favorite. A season that began with …

James Franklin is fired after Penn State goes from hopeful to horrid  The Washington Post Penn State fires Franklin amid midseason free fall  ESPN Penn State will pay nearly $50 million to fire the coach who took them to the playoff last season  NBC News Penn State Announces Change in Football Leadership  gopsusports.com Who are the Penn State football coaching candidates with James Franklin …