Penn State head coach James Franklin wants to see big changes to college football, including one that he thinks provides something of a competitive advantage for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

In the days leading up to the Orange Bowl between Notre Dame and Penn State, head coach James Franklin called out the fact that the Irish didn't play in a conference title game, giving the team ...

Before his Nittany Lions take on the Fighting Irish for a spot in the national title game, Penn State head coach James Franklin was blunt about Notre Dame not playing in a conference. Notre Dame ...

That's what happened before Notre Dame's 27 ... Just a day before, Fighting Irish coach Marcus Freeman and his Nittany Lions counterpart James Franklin attended a joint news conference in ...

− James Franklin turned to his right at the interview podium ... Franklin then began with this advice: The Notre Dame Fighting Irish should be in a conference, once and for all. Franklin was speaking ...

Why is Notre Dame not in a conference for college football? Here's what to know as the Irish are set to compete in the CFP ...

Penn State coach James Franklin appears to have made an unforced error in his press conference prior to Thursday’s Orange Bowl that wound up serving as fuel for the ...

It wasn't that Notre Dame head ... but the Irish leader and his team certainly received it. Wednesday afternoon when Freeman and Penn State head coach James Franklin participated in a joint ...

James Franklin has sent a message to Notre Dame and the college football world ahead of Penn State’s semifinal duel in the Orange Bowl on Thursday night. The 52-year-old, who is in his 11th ...

The assistant head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is ... "I had no problem with it": Stephen A. Smith backs James Franklin's comment for Marcus Freeman to join conference ...