In the current era of college football, where the transfer portal has run rampant, it’s common to see players respond to a head coach’s firing by sitting out the season, preserving a redshirt and transferring at year’s end.

Now that Penn State has parted ways with James Franklin , is that something Nittany Lions should be aware of?

The answer is a bit complicated.

Penn State is already six games into its season. Anyone who has played at least five has burned their redshirt, making the pool potential portal entrants significantly smaller.

The NCAA also changed a rule this season that works in PSU’s favor. Student-athletes who play for a university with a head coach fired in-season must wait for the opening of the new one-time transfer window on Jan. 2. If the school fired its coach

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