Long after James ... time Penn State falls short of a title. This season, the Nittany Lions lost single-possession games to three such teams — Ohio State, Oregon and Notre Dame. Franklin's ...

On the other hand, the season once again included a loss to Ohio State, and despite reaching the semifinals, the Lions lost to Notre Dame, extending James Franklin's poor run against top-five ...

In Audrey Snyder's latest for The Athletic, she revealed that Penn State had its eyes on Knowles since maybe even before he left Oklahoma State for Columbus. Franklin had him as a potential candidate ...

Penn State head coach James Franklin faced ongoing ... says "everything" is on the line for Franklin. "This would be just an unforgivable loss for a guy that has had a lot of unforgivable losses ...

When Penn State left the field after the 27-24 loss to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9, James Franklin ... Just like Ryan Day and Ohio State did a year ago, Franklin and Penn State have ...

pretty good about where James Franklin’s team fits in the 2025 national championship picture. PSU got close last season, bouncing back from an early November home loss to Ohio State to become a ...

James Franklin ... either. Penn State didn’t complete a pass to a receiver in a loss to Ohio State in November. It’s a bugaboo for the program under Franklin’s leadership — not enough ...

Before becoming Ohio State's defensive coordinator in 2022, Jim Knowles was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Oklahoma State from 2018 to 2021 and at Duke from 2011 to 2017.

Ohio State coach Ryan ... broke through, and Franklin did not just make the CFP but came a couple plays short of getting a shot at the national championship. The 27-24 loss to Notre Dame in ...