Notre Dame safety Xavier Watts revealed that head coach Marcus Freeman was upset about comments that Penn State head coach James Franklin made prior to

Paul Finebaum didn’t let James Franklin off the hook for Penn State’s College Football Playoff semifinal loss to Notre Dame. The Nittany Lions and Fighting Irish were tied at 24-24 and could’ve played for overtime.

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.