The Northwestern loss was James Franklin’s last Penn State game. It was also the unfortunate end to Penn State quarterback Drew Allar’s career. Franklin, fired Sunday by Penn State AD Pat Kraft, confirmed shortly after the Nittany Lions’ upset 22-21 loss to the Wildcats that Allar,

While Franklin had six double digit-win seasons at Penn State, including a College Football Playoff berth in 2024, he consistently lost to the Nittany Lions' toughest opponents.

Penn State fired Franklin on Sunday, one day after the Nittany Lions lost their third in a row and second straight as a 20-point favorite.

"Ultimately, as players, it's an overwhelming sense of guilt—like we got our coach fired, we didn't play well enough, we didn't do our job good enough," Penn State senior offensive lineman Nick Dawki...