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How do you explain James Franklin's Penn State slide after UCLA upset? There are no good answers

There is no good answer for what happened to Penn State the last two weeks.

The potential end of the James Franklin era will be traced back to this moment – which happened in the Rose Bowl, of all places.

What? UCLA beat No. 7 Penn State 42-37 on Saturday in the most stunning upset of the 2025 college football season. Now, the Nittany Lions (3-2, 0-2 Big Ten) are flushed from the Big Ten championship race. Their College Football Playoff hopes are slim, and how Franklin manages it from here will define what happens in 2026.

Consider how inexplicable this truly was. UCLA (1-4, 1-1 Big Ten) fired DeShaun Foster and offensive coordinator Tino Sunseri, and interim coach T

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