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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. − Penn State football coach James Franklin was asked to offer his opinion on how to fix college football two days before his team plays its biggest game in years.
Franklin took a few minutes away from previewing his 12-2 Nittany Lions against Fiesta Bowl foe Boise State to talk bigger picture. The question came in reference to losing backup quarterback Beau Pribula to the transfer portal − with the hope of more playing time and big NIL money − right as this new College Football Playoff is taking off here in the quarterfinal round on New Year’s Eve in State Farm Stadium.
What can be done, the question went, to “incentivize playing for the team you’re on, as opposed to thinking about what’s going to happen next?”
Franklin said college football needs a commissioner to attack such issues.
And he’s got a name: retired Alabama legend Nick Saban.
Penn State coach James Franklin argues with officials during his team’s game against Penn State at Beaver Stadium on November 02, 2024 in State College, Pennsylvania.
“We need somebody that’s waking up every single morning and going to bed every single night thinking about what’s in the best interest of college football,” Franklin said during a Fiesta Bowl media day news conference.
“Right now, I think that’s being done by the (league) commissioners, but whenever you have people (who) are making decisions and running college football, they’re going to be biased towards what’s best to their conference. That’s not in the best interest of college football and the student-athletes.”
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Franklin said he would propose getting rid of conference championship games − extra games which, he said, are mostly about producing revenue and unlevel the…
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Publish date : 2024-12-30 12:06:00
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