It could only end like this for James Franklin ... ball back at the 15-yard line with 38 seconds left and the game tied at 24. Franklin decided to go for the win, instead of playing for overtime.

Penn State head coach James Franklin made a few in Thursday night’s Orange Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal — a game his Nittany Lions lost on a late-game field-goal by Notre Dame’s ...

Before his Nittany Lions take on the Fighting Irish for a spot in the national title game, Penn State head coach James Franklin was blunt about Notre Dame not playing in a conference. Notre Dame ...

This was the year and this was the team for Franklin and his Penn State program to prove the doubters wrong, to extinguish the derisive "Big Game James" nickname once and for all. Led by Abdul ...

While discussing the opportunity that awaits Penn Statein the College Football Playoff, coach James Franklin said ... seed despite playing in one fewer game. Franklin said he thinks a larger ...

The Mountain West played a seven-game league slate. Notre Dame doesn't have a league. Enough, Penn State coach James Franklin says. Franklin — who raised some eyebrows last month when he said ...

John Martin @JohnMartin929 James Franklin is never beating the big game allegations no matter what Penn State is 101-42 under Franklin with a 64-33 Big Ten record. The Nittany Lions will finish ...

and ahead of his team’s College Football Playoff semifinal game against Notre Dame, Penn State coach James Franklin said he believes that “everybody should be in a conference,” citing a desire for ...

Just a day before, Fighting Irish coach Marcus Freeman and his Nittany Lions counterpart James Franklin attended a ... right frame of mind entering the game. "I’m not gonna speak on their ...