Take away the money factor, I think the idea that Franklin is on anything resembling a hot seat right now is just not accurate. Coming into this season, over the last four years he's gone 42-11, 28-8 vs B1G, has had three top ten finishes in the AP and gone 2-2 in Bowls with wins in the Cotton just last season and the Fiesta.https://www.si.com/college/2020/02/26/james-franklin-contract-extension-penn-state#:~:text=The 48-year-old Franklin,annual loan toward life insurance.
Yeah, for those that forgot, Franklin just got a new 6 year deal earlier this year.
He's even done pretty well against ranked opponents and had some success against rivals tOSU and scUM. Plus, he's recruited pretty well. That's not elite©, but it's still pretty damn good and makes writing this season off as an aberration reasonable. Contrast that record with the Harbrau, who has been underachieving for several years and they're two very different situations.
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