Understanding James Franklin: How a turbulent upbringing shaped the Penn State coach

Understanding James Franklin: How a turbulent upbringing shaped the Penn State coach

James Franklin sat at the table in his second-floor office, taking a moment to think. He had already spent the better part of the last hour talking about his childhood and his parents.

Penn State’s James Franklin Suggests College Football Playoff Tweaks

The current format of the College Football Playoff has been heavily scrutinized from all sides for a plethora of reasons, including having too many teams, too few teams, too many autobids and too few autobids. Each conference, and Notre Dame, seemingly think they’re being screwed in some capacity. James Franklin hasn’t shied away from sharing his thoughts on the matter, and at the Big Ten Media Days last week in Las Vegas, it was no different. F…

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‘Everybody Was Kind of Scared of Him’: Penn State HC James Franklin Opens Up About Abusive Childhood

Penn State coach James Franklin opened up about his childhood in a way he rarely had before. Speaking with Jon Sauber of the Centre Daily Times, Franklin told of a childhood that featured physical abuse at the hands of an alcoholic father. This led to a cycle of Franklin’s parents breaking up and then getting back together, a cycle that ended when Franklin was a junior in high school and old enough and big enough to defend himself, along with hi…