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Friday top 5: Win-now mode big part of Franklin's strange but successful coaching move

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State has a golden opportunity over the next two years to contend for a national championship, but to do so, James Franklin needed to make sure every single part of the program is exactly where he wants it to be going forward.

That even meant making the strange move of firing an assistant coach coming off an 11-2 season. And while we may never know the exact reasons Franklin moved on from wide receivers coach Taylor Stubblefield, the fact of the matter is that Penn State appears to have found a better fit for the program in Marques Hagans.