The 2025 Penn State football season was a giant roller coaster on the field and off it. They had national championship expectations, but the season turned to disaster, and they fired James Franklin . After firing Franklin, the Nittany Lions had a long coaching search, but finally landed a home-run hire by managing to pry Matt Campbell away from Iowa State.
The Nittany Lions held Campbell's introductory press conference on Monday, and the biggest question on everyone's mind was what made Campbell decide to leave the Cyclones after 10 seasons in Ames. His response at his press conference was that he wanted to go somewhere where he could stand for something bigger than himself , and Penn State brought that. However, he said it was still tough to leave everyone in Ames after all that t

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