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

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.

Penn State coach James Franklin had to face questions about the lack of passes and completions to wide receivers in the loss to Notre Dame. It was a hot button issue postgame, considering the Nittany Lions’ limitations offensively.