It’s been almost a week since the Penn State Nittany Lions finally said “enough is enough” and fired James Franklin , handing him one of the largest buyouts in college football history after losing three games in a row. The coaching hire for a historically big-time program like Penn State usually takes time. The Nittany Lions decided to continue their 2025 campaign with an interim head coach, dropping a hype video ahead of their matchup against Kirk Ferentz’s Iowa Hawkeyes.

On October 17, a Penn State insider page called ‘Basic Blue Nation’ on X shared the first James Franklin-less hype video, welcoming interim head coach Terry Smith : “Evening from Iowa, Penn State returning to the road here, visiting the Hawkeyes. No matter where we go, we carry Penn State pride with us — from the f

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