The winner of Thursday's semifinal will become the first Black head coach to advance its team to a national title game.

With Franklin and Freeman squaring off in the national semifinals and one of them coaching in the title game, the increased ...

Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman and Penn State's James Franklin are aware they are on the brink of making history in the College ...

Tom Allen has been in James Franklin’s shoes as a college football head coach. Allen competed against Franklin when he was at Indiana and now works for him at Penn State. The Nittany Lions defensive ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Penn State football scratched and clawed and ran through one of the best defenses in the nation here in Lucas Oil Stadium. It just couldn't catch up and stay with the undefeated ...

Quite possibly a defining moment, so to speak, that coach James Franklin couldn't help but talk about after this 38-10 CFP-opening demolition of the SMU Mustangs was finished in Beaver Stadium.