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Penn State Fires Longtime HC James Franklin After Disastrous 3-3 Start
Fox Sports ^ | 10-12-25 | n/a

Posted on 10/12/2025 11:46:02 AM PDT by FLNittany

The school fired the longtime head coach on Sunday, less than 24 hours after a 22-21 home loss to Northwestern all but ended whatever remote chance the preseason No. 2 team had of reaching the College Football Playoff.

Terry Smith will serve as the interim head coach for the rest of the season for the Nittany Lions (3-3, 0-3 Big Ten), who began the year with hopes of winning the national title only to have those hopes evaporate by early October amid a string of losses, each one more stinging than the last.

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KEYWORDS: football; pennstate; psu
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To: FLNittany

Hail to Pitt!


21 posted on 10/12/2025 1:14:35 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Hail to Pitt!)
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To: God luvs America

Moore isn’t exactly a lock at UofM. He gets blown out at home to OSU(after getting stomped on the west coast twice)...his seat gonna get real hot too.


22 posted on 10/12/2025 1:16:45 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (there are demons out there, and they look like people)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

The QB position has killed him....never righted the ship at signal caller after being so comfortable with JJ McCarthy...


23 posted on 10/12/2025 1:24:39 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: FLNittany

And yet Napier still has his job. I almost regret beating Texas now.


24 posted on 10/12/2025 1:25:55 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: FLNittany

To the taxpayers of Pennsylvania - pay up.


25 posted on 10/12/2025 1:34:43 PM PDT by Daveinyork ( )
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To: FLNittany

I hope Jerry Sandusky is given serious consideration for the job. :-P


26 posted on 10/12/2025 1:38:20 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Nobody sits a horse like Monte Walsh.")
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To: dfwgator

Naps will be in good (fired) company soon. Just a matter of if it’s in season or after the season.


27 posted on 10/12/2025 1:49:17 PM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Daveinyork

All of PSU athletics are self-funded. Every team. Not a dime of tax payer dollars pays their coaches.

“In the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the athletic department reported $220.7 million in operating revenue and $215.1 million in expenses, resulting in a $5.6 million net profit. Both revenue and expenses were record highs for the department.”


28 posted on 10/12/2025 1:51:26 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: FLNittany

Unlike those taxpayer money grubbers in the chemistry department


29 posted on 10/12/2025 2:05:53 PM PDT by ggboss (Vote them out)
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To: FLNittany

The whole “What have you one for us lately?” thing.


30 posted on 10/12/2025 2:30:50 PM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: FLNittany

Thought they’d wait until after OSU.


31 posted on 10/12/2025 3:00:19 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (there are demons out there, and they look like people)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

They were on pace to get shut out by Iowa and Ohio State, then absolutely throttled by Indiana in the next three games.


32 posted on 10/12/2025 3:11:28 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: God luvs America
Rhule is a Penn State grad. That's his dream job and he can talk his way into anything.
33 posted on 10/12/2025 4:32:49 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (John 14:6 Romans 10:9 Hebrews 9:27)
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To: Licensed-To-Carry

LOL- okay....hire a guy that’s done next to nothing with a Big 10 opponent after failing miserably in the NFL....makes sense...


34 posted on 10/12/2025 4:43:06 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: FLNittany

They think 3-3 is a disaster? The stupid Jets are 0-6, that’s a disaster. When is that guy getting fired?


35 posted on 10/12/2025 5:49:29 PM PDT by jocon307 (DEMOCRATS DELENDA EST)
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To: FLNittany

Losing 3 games in a row is the worst thing a Penn State coach has ever done.


36 posted on 10/12/2025 5:58:16 PM PDT by Pappy Smear
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To: God luvs America
I could care less who Penn State hires, I don't like them or anyone else in the Big 10. I was just noting that at one point in the past Rhule had mentioned PSU was his dream job.
37 posted on 10/12/2025 6:02:51 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (John 14:6 Romans 10:9 Hebrews 9:27)
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To: FLNittany

He should have covered up the abuse of children, he would have had a job for life./s


38 posted on 10/12/2025 6:03:03 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant (“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread”.)
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To: Trump_Triumphant

Who did that? You’re a media eating moron if you think Joe Paterno ever covered up anything.


39 posted on 10/12/2025 6:52:37 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: Pappy Smear

“Losing 3 games in a row is the worst thing a Penn State coach has ever done.”

Jerry Sandusky said hold my beer.


40 posted on 10/12/2025 6:53:14 PM PDT by DAC21
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