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Bianchi: Penn State’s $50 million firing of James Franklin just made Billy Napier and Mike Norvell’s seats scorching hot!
5 hours ago - Oct 14, 2025, 3:25 PM
By any sane measure, James Franklin was a successful college football coach. He helped rebuild Penn State from the ashes of NCAA sanctions following the Jerry Sandusky scandal, turned Saquon Barkley and Micah Parsons into household names, and won 10 or more games six times in 11 years. He made Penn State respectable again. Stable. Relevant. But college football isn’t sane. It’s an arms race ...