Mike Locksley brushes off bizarre media member rant about James Franklin
"It infuriated me to a point of no return."
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James Franklin admits he could’ve ‘spent more time with the local media’ at Penn State
Looking back at his time in Happy Valley, Franklin admits he never stopped long enough to bring the local media along for the ride.
Todd McShay: Super agent Jimmy Sexton ‘messing around’ with Penn State coaching search
"If you're a Penn State fan, that is a scary thing right now."
James Franklin’s Virginia Tech contract includes ACC viewership incentives
Franklin stands to accrue $50,000 if Virginia Tech finishes fifth in TV ratings and $800,000 if they finish first overall.
Craig Carton thinks Urban Meyer’s meeting with Pennsylvania senator is about Penn State job
"Unless he's handicapping Bucknell's game this week, my gut is he's talking to Penn State."
Todd McShay has been absolutely shredding James Franklin this week
"Image, selfishness, agenda - eventually that kind of leadership rears its ugly head."
Nick & Terry Saban close door on Penn State consideration: ‘We’re having too much fun’
"We wouldn’t want to take that opportunity away from all of our baby coaches, like Kirby and Lane."
James Franklin appears on ‘College GameDay,’ Nick Saban calls Penn State firing ‘unfair as hell’
"For [Penn State] not to show enough appreciation for that, and gratitude for all the hard work you did, I'm saying, it's unfair."
James Franklin to appear live on ‘College GameDay’ this Saturday
It will be Franklin's first public appearance since his firing last week.
Kirk Herbstreit: James Franklin would be a ‘natural’ for TV after Penn State firing
"He's going to have a million opportunities."
James Franklin could stick it to Penn State by taking a media job
A media gig would pay much less than another coaching job, meaning Penn State would be paying a lot more of his buyout.
Penn State denies report Adidas fueled James Franklin firing
"The report is patently false."
Sports media world reacts to Penn State firing James Franklin
Penn State has fired head coach James Franklin after three straight losses.
Paul Finebaum dismisses James Franklin as ‘big-time coach’: ‘He does the same thing every time’
"...it's become so repetitive"
James Franklin shades Big Noon Saturday for Penn State white out
James Franklin does not agree with Fox Sports that the famous Penn State white out is the same at noon as it is at night.
Big Ten football coaches come together in ad for Fox amid YouTube TV dispute
"Support your team...Wherever you live."
Marcus Freeman was ‘angry’ with James Franklin’s press conference comments
"He was angry. He was angry with the press conference thing… All the anger went toward us and that anger went onto the field."
Urban Meyer has ‘no interest at all’ in being college football commissioner
"Why would (the top) teams ever raise the others?"
James Franklin proposes Nick Saban as commissioner of college football
The 73-year old has carved out a prominent media career in his post-coaching days.
James Franklin blasts ‘JV’ press conference setup after Oregon band interruption following Big Ten Championship Game
"How is this a smart setup?"
Penn State’s James Franklin, Maryland’s Mike Locksley explain tense postgame handshake, conversation
"But a couple things I will say..."
Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo incredulous over Penn State’s CFP ranking
"Let's have Penn State play Georgia and ask Vegas what the line would be. Georgia would be a 10-point favorite in that game, for crying out loud."
Gus Johnson was in rare form calling Ohio State’s 20-13 win over Penn State
"Focused. Determined. Disciplined. THE world-famous Buckeyes win it 20-13..."
James Franklin apologizes for press conference behavior: ‘I didn’t do a good job there’
"Difficult, difficult, situation and I gotta own that I did not do a good job of that."
James Franklin’s refusal to talk about ex-players’ rape charges a horrible look for Penn State
James Franklin has chippy conversation with reporter in press conference
"I answered your question." "I don't think you did."
Joel Klatt on James Franklin comment on Fox broadcast: ‘ Wish I could have had that one back.’
"My intent was not to take a shot at James Franklin. I'm here to tell you I wish I would have handled that differently."
Reporter Cory Giger addresses James Franklin’s takedown of his question, threats he received
"I asked a bad question to James Franklin. No doubt. I own it."
Eli Manning on “Chad Powers” Penn State tryout: “My No. 1 concern of that was don’t pull a hamstring.”
"It wasn’t really until that day that I was told I’d have to run a 40, do a 5-10-5, do a broad jump, triple broad jump. My No. 1 concern of that was don’t pull a hamstring."
Eli Manning went undercover at Penn State as walk-on ‘Chad Powers’ for an ‘Eli’s Places’ segment
This was certainly a fun bit from Manning.
James Franklin shows media the purple butt he was left with after Penn State goes paintballing
The Penn State head coach came away with plenty of bruises after a team paintball day.
Keegan-Michael Key channels PSU’s James Franklin as he hilariously responds to Mike Francesa’s comments
The mascot and the band need to play too.
Mike Francesa explodes on Penn State coach James Franklin for icing a kicker up 56-0
Penn State head coach James Franklin isn’t worried about making any friends or winning any popularity contests. A...
Penn State’s James Franklin blocks ESPN reporter on Twitter
Penn State head coach James Franklin blocked an ESPN reporter on Twitter today, seemingly because that reporter pointed...
