With James Franklin officially out in Happy Valley, the search for Penn State's next head coach begins now. The Nittany Lions are obviously a great and historic program, even if they may not be in that upper,

Terry Smith has had plenty on his plate since taking over for the fired James Franklin as interim head coach. In fact, he quipped Wednesday night after practice that this week has seen the least actual football he’s worked on in his career,

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Curt Cignetti or Matt Rhule? Both coaches should be among the four names Penn State calls after firing James Franklin, Joel Klatt said.

Penn State is embarking one of the most fascinating coaching searches of the past few years after paying coach James Franklin more than $50 million in buyout money for the right to fire him. However, there's some belief around college football that the Nittany Lions already have their target: Matt Rhule.

College football coach buyouts are notoriously absurd, and James Franklin’s was no different. What should PSU do about his replacement?

Terry Smith, a former Penn State wideout and a team captain on the 1991 Lions team, was named interim PSU head coach on Sunday. Smith replaces the fired James Franklin as the program’s leader. Smith, who coached Penn State’s corners at the start of the season, arrived in State College in 2014 to join Franklin’s staff.

Now that UCLA is absolutely on fire under its interim staff and just pulled off a 38-13 road win at Michigan State, the Bruins no longer have the worst defense in stop rate among the Power 4. Boston College has lost five in a row and checks in at No. 135 nationally in stop rate this week at 41.5%.

Kirk Ferentz previews the Iowa Hawkeyes football vs Penn State matchup, which will be the Nittany Lions' first game since firing James Franklin.