Following a three-week losing streak that saw Penn State fall from second in the preseason rankings to unranked and potentially miss a bowl game, James Franklin left the program after 12 years. After the latest Florida Gators job rumors, Franklin’s presence at the Falcons game has put him in the spotlight again, with a fresh buzz of potential NFL coaching jobs. But just when everyone thought Franklin was trying to be a pro coach, the real story surfaced.

The only time James Franklin was in the NFL was when he was coaching receivers for the Green Bay Packers. Does Donald Driver ring a bell? Yes, he’s never coached an NFL team, though his 15 years of coaching experience in CFB make him a perfect NFL coach. That’s precisely why fans started speculating that visiting the Atlanta Falcons vs. M

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