First, No. 6 Oregon head coach Dan Lanning derailed Penn State football's entire 2025 season with a double overtime win over the Nittany Lions (3-4, 0-4 Big Ten). Then, he crushed all hopes and possibilities of him leaving the Ducks to take one of the job openings around the country — including Penn State's.
It's the second Big Ten head coach wiped off athletic director Pat Kraft's board of head coach candidates on Thursday. Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule signed a two-year contract extension with the Cornhuskers that will keep him in Nebraska through 2032. Rhule was the leading candidate for the job in Happy Valley before Thursday.