Seven games after being on the verge of playing for the national championship, Penn State has fired head coach James Franklin, capping one of the most stunningly quick collapses in college football history.
The move came one day after the Nittany Lions lost their third in a row and second straight as a 20-point favorite. A season that began with national championship aspirations unraveled with back-to-back losses to UCLA and Northwestern the last two Saturdays, ultimately ending Franklin’s ten
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