Penn State will be in Iowa on Saturday morning, when former head coach James Franklin is scheduled to appear on ESPN College GameDay for his first interview since being fired. After that, they have to go play a football game against the Hawkeyes.

It’s been a whirlwind week for Penn State football, from firing James Franklin to losing starting quarterback Drew Allar for the season with a broken ankle. The focus has hardly been on the fact that there’s actually a football game for the Nittany Lions to play on Saturday at Iowa.

The James Franklin era at Penn State came to an end last weekend when the Nittany Lions fired their coach of 12 years. Franklin left an indelible mark on the program in nearly all the right ways, rebuilding it into a perennial Big Ten and national championship contender after a period of turmoil.

Penn State head coach James Franklin met with the media on Monday ahead of the second-ranked Nittany Lions' third and final nonconference game against Villanova. Franklin fielded some final questions on his team's performance against FIU, as well as how ...

Penn State players have expressed anger and guilt over Franklin’s firing, a decision Athletic Director Pat Kraft said he made because “there just wasn’t a choice.” The Nittany Lions, 0-3 in Big Ten play for the first time since 2020, will play a game without Franklin for the first time since 2014.

Like everyone else watching the Penn State-Villanova game, Nittany Lions coach James Franklin gasped when quarterback Drew Allar threw a touchdown pass through a keyhole to receiver Trebor Pena. It was the kind of play Franklin called "special." He's ...

Penn State (0-3, 3-3) will resume its season against Iowa (2-1, 4-2) Saturday night at 7 (TV-Peacock) at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. It will be the Lions’ first game without Franklin since Nov. 30, 2013, when they upset Wisconsin 31-24 on the road in Bill O’Brien’s final game as coach.

James Franklin got his first win in the post Penn State era after his exclusive interview during College GameDay on Saturday.

Associate head coach Terry Smith will serve as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season while the school works to hire Franklin's replacement. Penn State is the top job open in college football right now, especially after the program got to the College Football Playoff semifinals last season.

The Penn State Nittany Lions and the Iowa Hawkeyes meet on Saturday in a Big Ten matchup that will be televised nationally. The game will feature a Penn State team on a three-game losing streak, who just head coach James Franklin.