The college football world was shaken up this weekend after Penn State fired its head coach, James Franklin, after a 3-3 start. The Nittany Lions had a lot of preseason hype, ranked No. 2 in the AP Preseason Poll after a semifinal finish in the College Football Playoffs last year. It was a shocking firing of a coach who won 10 games in his past three seasons. Penn State paid the buyout reportedly around $50 million to remove Franklin of his duties, putting the rest of the FBS on notice.

Multiple head coaches provided their thoughts on the news, and West Virginia’s Rich Rodriguez was one of them, saying there’s a lack of patience in college football now, with administrations not waiting until the end of the season to let go of a coach.

“There’s certainly less patience with that,” Rodrigue

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