Fresh off the Penn State exit, former Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin popped up at the Old Dominion–Troy matchup . But while he was there supporting his two former colleagues from Happy Valley, reporters forced the former PSU coach to clarify his interest in the Virginia Tech job.

“Prior to kickoff here at ODU, I asked James Franklin about his interest in #Hokies . He was friendly, polite, and declined [to] comment,” college sports reporter David Teel writes on X. “Said he is here to support two coaches — Monarchs’ Ricky Rahne and Troy’s Gerad Parker, who worked for him at Penn State.”

Franklin was heavily pulled for the Hokies job with a standing of 50% to sit at the helm, a role once held by Brent Pry. But now, other programs like Arkansas are pulling harder towards F

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