UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- James Franklin promised to make Penn State elite. Three years later, it's clear he has failed.
The Nittany Lions are miles away from that goal.
Penn State is an above-average football program. Good enough to beat a lot of teams, and good enough to hang close in losses to the likes of Ohio State and Michigan.
But Penn State has a lot of issues. And while, yeah, the Lions hung tough with No. 6 Michigan and were in position to win in the fourth quarter, they couldn't finish the deal.