Former Arkansas coach Sam Pittman's firing highlighted the complex nature of contract buyouts in college football. Several prominent coaches, including Penn State's James Franklin and Ole Miss's Lane ...

(WHTM) – James Franklin has been fired as Penn State’s head football coach. The news was first reported on Sunday afternoon by ESPN’s Pete Thamel, who says Franklin is owed more than $49 million.

Penn State football owns its highest preseason ranking in three decades, after all. Coach James Franklin's Nittany Lions are No. 3 in the first US LBM Coaches Poll of the 2025 season, released Monday.

In college football, as in politics, people get tired of the incumbent. Penn State fans have felt that way about James Franklin for a few years now, even though he won a ton of games. He was either ...