During a lengthy appearance on ESPN Game Day on Saturday, former Penn State coach James Franklin discussed what went wrong at PSU, how he found out he was being fired, and what’s next for him in coaching.

Former Alabama coach Nick Saban, part of ESPN’s Game Day crew, had a strong reaction to Penn State’s decision to cut ties with Franklin after the Nittany Lions’ 3-3 start.

Saban told Franklin: “It’s unfair as hell for you to go to the Rose Bowl, (the) Fiesta Bowl, get into the Final Four (2024), come out being ranked number one this year, an expectation that you created by what you accomplished at Penn State, and for those people not to show enough appreciation for that and gratitude for all the hard work that you did, I’m saying it’s unfair.”

Saban also asked Franklin if the pro

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