The Penn State Nittany Lions were supposed to finally get over the hump after hiring defensive coordinator Jim Knowles from the Ohio State Buckeyes. Instead, they're 3-2 and coming off a loss to a previously winless UCLA Bruins.
There might be hope for Penn State to make the College Football Playoff even with one more loss, but those hopes aren't exactly the predominant story in University Park. No, that'd be James Franklin's scorching hot seat, something Knowles' salary was supposed to pay to cool down.
For The Win USA Today's Tyler Nettuno believes Franklin's legacy coaching the Nittany Lions could be defined by the UCLA loss, which he predicts could be the beginning of the end for Penn State and its longtime headman.