Former Penn State football coach James Franklin went on ESPN's College GameDay Saturday, to talk about his recent firing. Franklin was canned after starting the season with a disappointing 3-3 record. Penn State pulled the plug on the Franklin tenure, after consecutive losses to Oregon, UCLA and Northwestern.

That free fall stunned Penn State fans. The Nittany Lions entered the 2025 season with national championship aspirations. Franklin opened up to ESPN's hosts Saturday about how he feels following his firing.

“I thought we were going to win a national championship there (at Penn State). That goal hasn’t changed. We’re now going to win a national championship somewhere else,” Franklin said, per NBC Sports reporter Nicole Auerbach.

Franklin said his firing happened very quickly, an

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