Central Illinois high school football is becoming a hot spot for top Division 1 college programs."It is cool because you ...

Franklin was one of 53 coaches in America who voted in the final poll. Did he see things the same way as others around the country? Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Here's a closer look at how Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman is the first Black coach to make the college football national championship game ...

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman and Penn State coach James Franklin would be facing ... pointed to Black head coaches Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith going head-to-head in the Super Bowl in 2007 ...

That Orange Bowl, which Notre Dame won 27-24 over Penn State, pitted Freeman against Nittany Lions coach James Franklin ... as when he saw Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith go head-to-head in Super ...

Ask any of the several coaches who unsuccessfully followed Lovie Smith how easy it is to ... Penn State coach James Franklin, 52, joked about Freeman’s youth and impressive hairline before ...

A youth movement takes hold among college football coaches, and Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman is the handsome face of this millennial moment.

As USC defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn appears to be atop James Franklin’s list of Tom Allen replacements, it was easy to start piecing two and two together.

James Franklin has even more pressure to win it all at Penn State in 2025 It is too early to tell, but I think there is a chance we will view Penn State quite differently than we did even entering ...

Notre͏ Dame ͏def͏eated James Franklin's P͏enn S͏ta͏te 27-2͏4 in a dra͏matic College F͏ootball P͏layoff se͏mifinal at͏ ͏the Orange Bowl on Thursday. The Fighting Irish's Mitch Jeter ...

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 ...

It could only end like this for James Franklin. No upset against SMU or Boise State, for this Penn State team. The Penn State coach has been plagued by losses in the biggest moments and that ...