Penn State made the biggest move thus far on the 2025 college football coaching carousel when it fired James Franklin on Sunday amid a stunning three-game losing streak. The Nittany Lions' change in leadership sent shockwaves through the sport, and a number of former Nittany Lions spoke up with a range of reactions, including Green Bay Packers star Micah Parsons, program legend LaVar Arrington, and former quarterback Trace McSorley.

Franklin's shortcomings against elite competition and Penn State's consecutive losses this season to Big Ten bottom-dwellers created what the university deemed an untenable situation. But Parsons indicated that he did not fully agree with the program's decision.

Parsons was a 2019 consensus All-American under Franklin's tutelage and shined with the Nittany

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