The national rankings are signaling that change is good. The upper half of this week’s Associated Press Top-25 is populated abundantly with teams which introduced new head coaches prior to the start of the 2022 season. And those coaches are producing wins aplenty at nine schools in the ...
If you accept Pat Kraft at his word — that James Franklin’s dismissal was “not a three-game thing” — it’s apparent all that Penn State gave the coach, who by his own admission would “pound the table” for anything and everything, came with a price. Which is: OK, but you had ...
Which came first in this chicken-or-egg scenario: James Franklin failed Drew Allar? Or Drew Allar failed James Franklin? The answer, undoubtedly, is both. And ultimately, the failed marriage between those two -— from player development, to performance, to trust, to overall scheme -— is ...
New information has emerged about James Franklin’s buyout from Penn State that reportedly will pay him $49 million. Front Office Sports, which specializes in covering the business end of sports and has more than 225,000 followers on X (@FOS) obtained a copy of his 2021 of Franklin’s ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — As a third-generation Penn Stater, you could say that Terry Smith bleeds blue and white. He’s been there since 2014 when James Franklin hired him at the start of his era, he graduated from the school in 1991, and it’s a good bet that he’s not looking to leave State ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Pat Kraft went to bed Saturday night trying to come to grips with Saturday’s 22-21 loss to Northwestern and knowing he faced the biggest decision of his career. He planned to take another day “to sleep on it Sunday,” but the more he thought, the more he concluded it ...
