Todd McShay tears into James Franklin
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By any sane measure, James Franklin was a successful college football coach. He helped rebuild Penn State from the ashes of NCAA sanctions following the Jerry Sandusky scandal, turned Saquon Barkley and Micah Parsons into household names,
According to Franklin's Penn State contract, obtained by Front Office Sports, offset clauses could mitigate the nearly $50 million buyout.
After Penn State made the decision to fire James Franklin, stomaching a reported $49 million buyout to do so, the university's future and its coveted vacancy took center stage once the shock of the decision wore off.