The Penn State Nittany Lions Football team faces Purdue on the road this weekend to begin the final stretch of the 2024 regular season. Before that, head coach James Franklin’s team put the finishing touches on padded practice for the week on Wednesday night.

If you rewind the clock just over a decade, it seemed almost impossible to imagine that Penn State and James Franklin would still be together 10 years later. Franklin, then a young coach rising through the ranks with a fairly robust history of changing ...

Franklin, who is in his 11th season at Penn State, is now 1-10 overall against the Buckeyes, and the loss looked similar to the others — lacking in game-changing plays mixed in with the inability to break through the bully defense of Ohio State.

Purdue is in the midst of an awful season. It doesn't look like it'll get better when Penn State comes to town.

Penn State football coach James Franklin held his weekly news conference Monday ahead of the team's trip to Purdue, where the Nittany Lions seek to win their fourth road game of the season. Franklin covered a variety of topics regarding his team, including the running back situation, depth at linebacker and some promising freshmen.