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Kirk Ferentz previews the Iowa Hawkeyes football vs Penn State matchup, which will be the Nittany Lions' first game since firing James Franklin.
Penn State football players and coaches are rallying behind redshirt freshman quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer, who’s expected to make his first college start Saturday. Grunkemeyer replaced three-year starter Drew Allar late in the fourth quarter of a 22-21 loss to Northwestern Saturday at Beaver Stadium.
Penn State continued an active early college football coaching carousel, and more movement is sure to come. Here's who to watch.
The college football regular season isn't yet half over and there are already eight coaching vacancies. We rank the most-appealing destinations.
The Lions247 team just revealed their top Penn State coaching candidates after James Franklin was fired on Oct. 12
The Penn State Nittany Lions have been connected to an Ohio State coaching legend in their new head coaching search.
Now that UCLA is absolutely on fire under its interim staff and just pulled off a 38-13 road win at Michigan State, the Bruins no longer have the worst defense in stop rate among the Power 4. Boston College has lost five in a row and checks in at No. 135 nationally in stop rate this week at 41.5%.
Penn State has already parted ways with longtime head coach James Franklin, while Clemson continues to struggle for consistency behind Dabo Swinney. On "The Matt Barrie Show," ESPN’s Paul Finebaum didn’t hold back, labeling both teams the biggest disappointments of the 2025 college football season.