Spring practice is in the rear view mirror, the transfer portal window has closed, and this is the time of year when many programs tend to “go dormant” as far as the witnessing public is concerned.
Now is the time for the last few spring sports to wrap up their postseasons, for baseball to take over as the only real sport for like 3 straight months, and for fans to embark on a summer of fun. Vacations, cookouts, lawn mowings, you name it. Time to relax.
Not so for James Franklin and Penn State, who - after an impressive 2024 season, return almost everyone, and added quite a few key additions through the transfer portal - find themselves squarely in the way-too-early top 5 of basically every news agency in the land.