Dan Lanning is coming for your program's soul. The fourth-year Oregon head coach has become college football's Grim Reaper as three of his victims, Mike Gundy at Oklahoma State, Trent Bray at Oregon State and James Franklin at Penn State, have already been fired this year.
The Nittany Lions let Franklin go Sunday morning after 12 seasons, one Big Ten Championship and two playoff wins in 2024.
In the summer the preseason magazines and polls tabbed PSU as one of the preseason favorites for the national championship with a senior-laden roster, four returning starters on the offensive line and the three-million-dollar backfield of Drew Allar, Kaytron Allen and Nicholas Singleton.