Franklin is the oldest among the eight remaining playoff coaches. 'The older you get, you try to keep the main thing the main thing,' he said.

Every chance Franklin and Penn State have had to change the narrative, they almost always come up short. Since 2014, Franklin’s Penn State teams are 3-19 against teams ranked in the AP top 10. It’s a dizzying statistic that Penn State fans and alums know too much about.

The Boise State running back breaks tackles and generates yards after contact like no other player in college football.

Penn State head coach James Franklin spoke to the media Monday afternoon just over a week before his team will take on Boise State in the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff. Here’s what Franklin said about the Broncos, and more ahead of the Fiesta Bowl matchup.

Penn State's College Football Playoff win over SMU on Saturday was just James Franklin's sixth victory in 28 games against top-12 opponents with the Nittany Lions.

Jeanty will face a Penn State defense that limited SMU to 58 rushing yards in a 38-10 shellacking last weekend in the first round of the CFP. The Nittany Lions rank seventh in the country against the run, allowing 100.4 yards per game. Jeanty often picks up that many yards in a half.

By most measures of football success, James Franklin’s tenure at Penn State has been satisfying. A 100-41 record over 11 seasons, one Big Ten championship, a slew of players in the NFL.

For the second time this season, Penn State is making a cross-country trip to play a football game. The stakes couldn’t be higher for its College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup with No. 3 seed Boise State on New Year’s Eve (7:30 p.