The early signing period exposes uncomfortable truths about leadership, roster trust, and which programs still hold real pull in recruiting. From Wednesday to Friday, prospects locked in their futures, but no team entered more vulnerable than Penn State. And the man casting the brightest light on their collapse was the coach they dismissed weeks earlier. Nothing, however, stung more than Virginia Tech HC James Franklin’s next line.

“Well, I must admit, I haven’t slept much, and I’m a little envious,” James Franklin told 247Sports on December 3. “ Because I saw other coaches that got hired, and they landed, and none of their commits decommitted from those schools.”

It was a well-aimed reminder of what Penn State voluntarily gave up. He was referring to other newly hired coaches

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