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James Franklin, head coach of Penn State, is navigating turbulent waters as he faces consecutive challenges in recruiting and player retention. First, the loss of wide receiver Harrison Wallace to Ole Miss dealt a significant blow to the program's offensive plans.

Penn State coach James Franklin consoled his daughter Addison Franklin, who broke down in tears after a loss to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl.

Penn State plays Notre Dame Thursday night in the Orange Bowl in one of the two College Football Playoff semifinals.

Penn State football HC James Franklin looks for a ray of light in Thursday's crushing Orange Bowl loss vs. Notre Dame

Bob Shoop, Brent Pry, Manny Diaz and Tom Allen have previously served as James Franklin's defensive coordinators at Penn State.

Franklin was at Mater Dei on Thursday morning, perennially one of the nation's top football programs and a recruiting hotbed.

Penn State is now 4-20 against Top 10 opponents under head coach James Franklin after the Nittany Lions fell 27-24 to Notre Dame in the College

James Franklin is a good college football coach on paper. Just look at his overall stats at Penn State as their head coach for the past 11 years: 101-41 overall. Bowl appearances in all but one of his years (and that year happened to be 2020). His teams have finished top-10 in the AP poll four times.

To Penn State fans, James Franklin should be a hero. Penn State made the Big Ten championship game and the College Football Playoff semifinals. Any Penn State supporter would have been salivating at that prospect before the season.

Penn State coach James Franklin appears to have made an unforced error in his press conference prior to Thursday's Orange Bowl that wound up serving as

Many Penn State football fans are fed up with HC James Franklin after Thursday's CFP Semifinals loss vs. Notre Dame