Penn State Has Requirement For James Franklin
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Penn State opted to fire head coach James Franklin on Sunday, parting ways with their coach of the last 11 years. After beginning the season No. 2 in the AP Top 25 only to fall out of the rankings by midseason because of consecutive losses to Oregon, UCLA and Penn State, the Nittany Lions decided to move on.
By any sane measure, James Franklin was a successful college football coach. He helped rebuild Penn State from the ashes of NCAA sanctions following the Jerry Sandusky scandal, turned Saquon Barkley and Micah Parsons into household names,