The 2025 Penn State football season went from a season full of promise to a disaster in three weeks. The Nittany Lions lost a heartbreaker to Oregon at home during their White Out and then were stunned in back-to-back games against UCLA and Northwestern. Those shocking results led the Nittany Lions to fire James Franklin and go in a different direction at head coach.

The decision to fire James Franklin mid-season and pay the over $49 million buyout sent shockwaves through the college football world. The fact that it happened so fast was the surprising part and has led to some players on the team being shocked and disappointed , and one like team captain Nick Dawkins at center saying that the team failed coach Franklin. “We all failed coach Franklin,” center Nick Dawkins told reporte

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