Penn State fired James Franklin . No one would’ve believed that heading into the season. But one day after a stunning 22-21 home loss to Northeastern, the university cut ties with its 11-year HC, ending a tenure that saw national title hopes morph into midseason despair. The Nittany Lions, once 3-0 and ranked No. 2 in the country, had just dropped back-to-back faceplants to UCLA and Northwestern. That collapse was all it took for Penn State to swallow a staggering $50 million buyout and start over.

But as the dust settled, the conversation turned to the future. In an X post by CBS Sports College Football on October 13, Bud Elliott delivered a brutally honest breakdown that now hangs over James Franklin. “ If you’re getting 50 million with no offset,” he said, “ you can aff

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