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Penn State closed its historic 2024 season with a bitter stumble in the Orange Bowl against Notre Dame. The defeat exposed ...

Either Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman or Penn State’s James Franklin will become the first Black coach to compete for a college football national championship.

Jim Harbaugh performed woefully bad in the postseason before winning the national championship. You don’t win the big game ...

When Penn State left the field after the 27-24 loss to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9, James Franklin knew he had work to do. Franklin, though, didn’t realize then that he’d be spending the ...

Penn State fans are undoubtedly tired of the narrative that coach James Franklin is incapable of pulling through on the sport's biggest stages. Here, unfortunately for Nittany Lions backers, is ...

Will it finally happen Thursday night here in the Orange Bowl, in the College Football Playoff semifinals − in its biggest game yet under head coach James Franklin? The key is quarterback Drew Allar, ...

Penn State is not playing in the national championship game against Ohio State on Jan. 20 in Atlanta. Notre Dame sent the Allar and his Nittany Lions’ teammates home in the semifinal round on Thursday ...

Penn State coach James Franklin said 'everybody should be in a conference' ahead of his team's College Football Playoff semifinal game vs Notre Dame ...

It is the first Orange Bowl that the Nittany Lions are appearing in under Franklin, who has now led Penn State to four New Year's Six bowl wins in his 11 seasons in Happy Valley. REQUIRED READING:An ...

The winning coach of Thursday’s national semifinal in the Orange Bowl – either Penn State’s James Franklin or Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman – will have a chance to become the first Black coach to win a ...