One day after he fired James Franklin as Penn State football coach in October, director of athletics Pat Kraft stood behind a pulpit that was brought into the Beaver Stadium interview room specially for him.

“I’m not shy to admit that I’m here to win national championships,” Kraft said. “We’ll find a coach who can achieve excellence at the highest level.”

Fifty-one days later, he’s still looking.

Penn State was the second school to fire its coach during the regular season and is the last one to replace him.

Fifty-one days.

Michigan State fired Jonathan Smith on Sunday and hired Pat Fitzgerald within hours. Kentucky did the same on Monday, dismissing Mark Stoops and quickly replacing him with Will Stein.

Fifty-one days.

Kraft has made BYU coach Kalani Sitake the latest target in his

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