# @usatodaysports on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPuB_RnFH3w
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35608079-usatodaysports-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-12T18:28:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) — https://gondola.cc/usatodaysports

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In one of the biggest stunners of the 2025 college football season, one of the sport’s most recognizable coaches is out of a job.

Penn State has fired coach James Franklin, the university announced on Sunday, Oct. 12, after a disappointing 3-3 start for a team that was widely expected to return to the College Football Playoff and contend for a national title.

The surprising move comes one day after the Nittany Lions lost at home 22-21 to Northwestern, their third-consecutive loss after a 3-0 start. 

The two most recent defeats in that run were particularly damning for a talented and experienced team that got as high as No. 2 this season in the US LBM Coaches Poll this season. After a double-overtime loss to Oregon on Sept. 27, Penn State lost to two of the worst teams in the Big Ten, UCLA and Northwestern, in back-to-back weeks.

More on Franklin's firing at the link in our bio. 

#JamesFranklin #PennState #NittanyLions #firing #collegefootball

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nittanylions, collegefootball, jamesfranklin, firing, pennstate

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