Penn State just lost its golden ticket. Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline, widely considered the crown jewel among the available coordinators, signed up with South Florida to be their new head coach. The move leaves the Nittany Lions’ coaching search in even deeper trouble. No frontrunner, no timeline. But one name keeps surfacing: former New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll.

The Giants let go of Daboll after a brutal 2-8 start to the 2025 NFL season. But now he sits atop betting boards alongside BYU’s Kalani Sitake (who rejected Penn State). Daboll’s resume? Five Super Bowl rings throughout his NFL career, Coach of the Year in 2020. OC for Alabama’s 2017 national title team. Feels like a perfect fit.

But it’s his four years with the Buffalo Bills that have

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