Who knew James Franklin ’s worst nightmare would be a 0-4 team? A UCLA team that hadn’t won a single game, fired its head coach midseason, and was led by a freshman quarterback still learning how to read Big Ten defenses just handed No. 7 Penn State a 42-37 heartbreak. The same Bruins who were 24.5-point underdogs just pulled off the unthinkable. But like a true leader, the Nittany Lions HC didn’t dodge the heat.

In his postgame presser, James Franklin stood up and took the hit. On October 4, he said via an X post, “ We did not handle last week’s loss well. We also lost some players in that game during the week.” He was talking about the Week 4 Oregon loss where they fell 24-30 in double overtime. That emotional hangover lingered and he knew it.

Still, James Franklin wasn’t done sp

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