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Xavier Breath

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Sun Oct 12, 2025, 02:55 PM Oct 2025

Penn State fires head coach James Franklin after 12 seasons

Penn State has fired head coach James Franklin after 12 seasons, the school announced on Sunday.

Franklin is owed more than $49 million, per his contract. It's the second-biggest buyout in college football history behind only Jimbo Fisher's $76 million buyout from Texas A&M.


Damn, nice work if you can get it.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46573030/penn-state-fires-head-coach-james-franklin-sources-say
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Penn State fires head coach James Franklin after 12 seasons (Original Post) Xavier Breath Oct 2025 OP
Sounds like he will have a soft landing. Sneederbunk Oct 2025 #1
Man I wish I could get rewarded like that for failure genxlib Oct 2025 #2
Penn State fans thought Franklin should have be cut loose while he was still in the air... Brother Buzz Oct 2025 #3
Well, hell! Iowa plays them next week. rsdsharp Oct 2025 #4
And Penn State lost their QB also rurallib Oct 2025 #6
Just heard it on the radio. nt yaesu Oct 2025 #5
Not so Happy Valley. Money will fix it. If not, then more money. twodogsbarking Oct 2025 #7

Brother Buzz

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3. Penn State fans thought Franklin should have be cut loose while he was still in the air...
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 03:08 PM
Oct 2025

Returning from that wicked loss to UCLA.

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