Should James Franklin Get More Patience at Penn State?

Technically, James Franklin is preparing to enter his third season at Penn State.

But if it were up to the Nittany Lions head coach, he'd prefer to be treated as if his time in State College were just getting started.

"In a lot of ways, we look at this as Year One. It's the first year post-sanctions, with the ability to have all of our scholarships, and there's nothing hanging over our heads," Franklin said in March, per Mark Wogenrich of the Morning Call. "We're still a young team, but we don't have any of those things anymore."

For the most part, he's right. For the first time in his Penn State tenure, he is no longer faced with the effects of the unprecedented sanctions stemming from the…