Penn State Nittany Lions head football coach James Franklin has a singular focus this week of getting his program ready to face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl,

Penn State Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin said Wednesday that former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban had a bone to pick with him over comments made about the legendary coach’s candidacy for a College Football Commissioner role that currently doesn’t exist,

Like most teams, that means making a sizable amount of transfer portal moves, and their latest addition is safety King Mack, with whom Penn State and Franklin are already very familiar. Coming out of high school in 2023, 247Sports had Mack ranked as a four-star prospect, the No. 6 safety and the No. 86 player in the nation.

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — The Big Ten plays nine conference games in football. So does the Big 12. The Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference are among those playing eight-game league schedules. The Mountain West played seven during the most recent regular season. Notre Dame doesn't have even have a league.

James Geoffrey Franklin is an American football coach and former player who became the 16th head football coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions on January 11, 2014. With 29 years of coaching ...

This season, the Nittany Lions lost single-possession games to three such teams — Ohio State, Oregon and Notre Dame. Franklin's 34-8 over the last four seasons and has six double-digit win seasons at Penn State since taking over, but being one of the Big Ten's most reliable quality teams is rarely mentioned.

James Geoffrey Franklin is an American football coach and former player who was appointed as the 16th head football coach of Penn State on January 11, 2014. In his tenure at Penn State starting in ...

The spring and summer of 2020 was a fraught time for college football coaches. Their sport was shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, cutting them off from recruiting future players and on-field ...

Penn State coach James Franklin, sitting next to Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman, called for consistency across college football.

King Mack began his college career playing for Penn State football; then he decided to take his talents to the SEC and the University of Alabama. After spending a season in Tuscaloosa, Mack decided to return to where it all began, announcing his return to the Nittany Lions.

Before his Nittany Lions take on the Fighting Irish for a spot in the national title game, Penn State head coach James Franklin was blunt about Notre Dame not playing in a conference. Notre Dame ...

The Big Ten plays nine conference games in football. So does the Big 12. The Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference are among those playing eight-game league schedules.