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Penn State hasn't yet turned to the NFL ranks as the school looks for a replacement for head coach James Franklin, according to The MMQB's Albert Breer.

ESPN college football analyst Heather Dinich said she wouldn't rule out anyone for the Penn State job, and that includes Kalen DeBoer.

“Fire Franklin” chants first started in the fourth quarter of the White Out as Penn State sputtered offensively against Oregon. The boos rang throughout Beaver Stadium once Penn State dropped yet another top-10 matchup and crescendoed through Saturday’s embarrassment.

Franklin and the Nittany Lions fell from preseason No. 2 in the US LBM Coaches Poll to disappointing very fast following their three-game losing streak. Penn State fell to Oregon in overtime on Sept.

James Franklin's buyout was a major part of the story when Penn State decided to fire him Sunday, but the Nittany Lions reportedly could avoid paying all of it.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Two nights before James Franklin's final game at Penn State, an unranked Clarkson University men's hockey team scored on the fourth-ranked Nittany Lions a minute after puck drop. Behind the net, students erupted into chants of "Fire Franklin" -- and resumed the chant after every goal in a 6-4 Clarkson win.

Here is why Paul Finebaum believes that Curt Cignetti should leave the Indiana football team and join Penn State.