Penn State’s final record this year: 13 wins, three losses, and a run to the College Football Playoff semifinal. There are more than 125 Division 1 college football programs that would call this a great season,

In line with the 12-team playoff's historic nature, the CFP semifinals feature a matchup that will guarantee more history in the national championship game.

James Franklin thinks back to Super Bowl 41. It was Tony Dungy’s Indianapolis Colts against Lovie Smith’s Chicago Bears, a game the Colts won 29-17 on Feb. 4, 2007. “The first Super Bowl featuring a Black head coach at all, let alone two,” Franklin ...

Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman or Penn State’s James Franklin will become the first Black coach to lead a team into the national title game at college football’s highest level.

It's a guarantee, something unfamiliar to Black men across the country seeking opportunities to achieve what Marcus Freeman did at 35 and James Franklin at 42: become a head coach at an FBS program.

Carolyn Peck and her Purdue women did it in 1999 and Dawn Staley of South Carolina joined her ... in the Orange Bowl — either Penn State's James Franklin or Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman ...

Carolyn Peck and her Purdue women did it in 1999 and Dawn Staley of South Carolina joined her in 2017 with the ... national semifinal in the Orange Bowl — either Penn State’s James Franklin or Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman — will have a chance ...

The expansion of the College Football Playoff has led to an evolution in how The Associated Press puts together its all-bowl team.

As James Franklin prepares for the Orange Bowl, the Nittany Lions head coach reflected on how two Black head coaches can impact the future.

James Franklin spoke with the media on Saturday afternoon, where he was asked about Carter's status four days after the Fiesta Bowl. "He's doing great. His attitude was great. His mentality has ...

The USC Trojans capped off their 2024 regular season with a 7-6 record. The post Dan Lanning & James Franklin’s Unthinkable USC Antics Force Lincoln Riley’s Confidant To Step Up appeared first on EssentiallySports.

The Penn State Nittany Lions and head coach James Franklin undoubtedly had an amazing 2024 season. They finished 13-1 and went 8-1 in Big Ten games. They entered the College Football Playoff as ...