‘We all failed Coach Franklin’: Penn State, Terry Smith's challenge is to rally from emotional week for Iowa game

STATE COLLEGE — It’s been a whirlwind week for Penn State football, from firing James Franklin to losing starting quarterback Drew Allar for the season with a broken ankle .

The focus has hardly been on the fact that there’s actually a football game for the Nittany Lions to play on Saturday at Iowa. It’s a difficult one, no less, in a notoriously hostile Kinnick Stadium.

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