Penn State's firing of coach James Franklin was a move that reverberated throughout college football , and championship coaches Nick Saban and Ryan Day are the latest to react. The Nittany Lions, who owe Franklin a hefty buyout , ranked second in preseason polls after reaching last year's College Football Playoff semifinal. Penn State logged five top 10 finishes under Franklin.

"It's unfair as hell," Saban said on College GameDay. "For you to go to the Rose Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl, get in the final four, come out and being ranked No. 1 this year ... an expectation you created, by which you accomplished at Penn State. And for those people not to show enough appreciation for that and gratitude for all the hard work that you did, I'm saying, it's unfair."

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