Top Trending News: It's All About James Franklin's Fate These Last 24 Hours

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C Costigan

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12 October, 2025

Penn State finally pulled the switch and James Franklin is out as the Nittany Lions head coach.

Franlin was favored to be the next head coach in college football fired.

Over the course of 11-plus seasons in Happy Valley, that approach helped the Nittany Lions churn out pros and double-digit victory seasons with regularity.

Yet it also never translated into Penn State beating the programs it considers its peers with regularity, either. And while the stakes kept getting higher, the results took on a certain sameness.

Until the last three weeks, anyway, when one tough loss turned into another improbable loss turned into one unforgivable loss that ended up costing Franklin his job.

Penn State fired Franklin on Sunday, less than 24 hours after a 22-21 home upset at the hands of Northwestern all but ended whatever remote chance the preseason No. 2 team had of reaching the College Football Playoff.

Terry Smith will serve as the interim head coach for the rest of the season for the Nittany Lions (3-3, 0-3 Big Ten), who began the year with hopes of winning the national title only to have those hopes evaporate by early October with three consecutive losses, each one more stinging than the last.

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Atlanta Braves News

While searches for the Orioles next manager odds dominated the day Friday in the world of Major League Baseball, wagers were still coming in for the Atlanta Braves next manager.

David Ross' Own Words Should Have Braves Steering Clear in Manager Search - David Ross at 5/1 odds to become the Braves next manager might have lost some value. Ross played for the Braves in 2009 and 2010, have some of his most productive seasons with the organization. But, as FanSided/s Mark Powell points out, "Ross can't take a job until he gets over his Cubs exit".

In an interview with The Atlantic this past week, Ross seems not to have let go.

Powell writes:

As much as I sympathize with Ross, he was forced out of Chicago two years ago now. If he hopes to take another position – and in the same vain as Counsell leave several other former managers jobless – he'll have to learn from his past mistakes and prove he's ready to move on to the next challenge. His own words suggest he needs more time.

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Walt Weiss
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David Ross
5/1
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Ryan Flaherty
8/1
Yadier Molina
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Davey Martinez
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Brandon Hyde
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Tony Vitell
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Rickie Weeks
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