The Nittany Lions’ coach, James Franklin, walked onto the Beaver Stadium turf last Saturday with seemingly endless options for good fortune coming his way. Penn State coach James Franklin reacts to a call during his team’s loss to Illinois. James Franklin, then the coach at Vanderbilt, waits for his team after a loss to South Carolina on Sept. 24, 2011. “We find it appalling that, if reports are true, you are considering naming Vanderbilt coach James Franklin as our new head football coach here at Penn State,” Rodino-Colocino wrote. Penn State coach James Franklin leads his team onto the field ahead of their game against Illinois in State College, Pa., on Saturday.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 29, 2021 01:24 UTC