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James Franklin buyout: Where Penn State's massive payment to fired coach ranks in history of college football
Arguably the biggest firing at the halfway point of the 2025 college football season is James Franklin at Penn State. The Nittany Lions have started the season 3-3, with all three losses coming in the Big Ten.
Penn State is paying James Franklin a whole heck of a lot of money in the buyout of his contract after firing him Sunday. But it’s not particularly close to being the most expensive firing in college football history.
Because the Big 12 is essentially college football's Mad Libs, Week 7 was once again wild in the conference. Down to its fourth-string kicker, Iowa State rolled out a 310-pound freshman to boot kickoffs, which must have given Kadyn Proctor some ideas.
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11 most expensive coach buyouts in college football history, from James Franklin to Jimbo Fisher
Every so often, NCAA programs have forked over tens of millions of dollars just to fire a football head coach.
A longtime college football assistant coach and former head coach has died on Monday, at 50 years of age. Shawn Clark, an assistant coach at UCF and former head coach at Appalachian State, was hospitalized with a serious medical issue on Sept. 10.
ESPN’s popular pregame show, College GameDay, is going to Miami for a UM home game for the first time in five years. The Hurricanes host the Gators next week.
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6 NFL-to-college football coaching disasters, from Bill Belichick to Herm Edwards
6 NFL-to-college football coaching disasters, from Bill Belichick to Herm Edwards originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The NFL is home to the world’s best football players, but coaching at the highest level doesn’t always translate to success elsewhere.
Sometimes, you can’t settle the matter in 60 minutes. For most of college football history, you had to. The sport only introduced its first overtime rule in 1996 and since then there have been a few changes to how extra football is played. Let’s take a ...
CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IN 2028, IT WILL MARK THE SUGAR 95TH ANNIVERSARY IN IN THE CITY. AND WHAT A GREAT EVENT HERE AT THEIR BIG ECONOMIC NEWS FOR LOUISIANA. AS GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY MAKES IT OFFICIAL ANNOUNCING THAT THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS COMING BACK TO NEW ORLEANS.
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