Penn State will pay nearly $50 million to fire the coach who took them to the playoff last season ...

Oct 11, 2025; East Lansing, Michigan, USA; UCLA Bruins interim head coach Tim Skipper looks up at the video board in the fourth quarter at Spartan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brendan Mullin-Imagn ...

Penn State fired James Franklin on Sunday, following a 22-21 loss to Northwestern in Week 7. The Nittany Lions were ...

Penn State is looking for a new head coach after firing James Franklin. Find out why one Big Ten coach is being floated as a top candidate at Penn State.

Franklin’s buyout is only the third in college football history to surpass the $20 million threshold for a fired coach, joining that of Fisher and Gus Malzahn, who was owed $21.4 million when he was ...

A little humility might have helped him weather this storm ... if that's what he wanted. He's got a $48 million parachute.

Penn State (3-3) at Iowa (4-2), Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. EDT. Penn State ranks 84th in defensive third down percentage, allowing opponents to convert 40.2% of the time. Iowa ranks 25th on offense, converting ...

ESPN prognosticators Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach overhauled their 2025 College Football Playoff projections after a wild Week 7 slate.

Here's what to know about Penn State interim football coach Terry Smith, who takes over the Nittany Lions after James Franklin was fired: ...

Penn State announced Sunday that football head coach James Franklin will not finish out the season with the team and that a ...

Penn State University's head coach James Franklin has been fired. Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Patrick Kraft ...

Franklin’s dismissal comes at the end of a stunning three weeks for the Nittany Lions, who lost three straight games after rising to No. 2 in the national rankings. Penn State lost 22-21 at home to ...