Penn State launches post-James Franklin era at Iowa

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There is picking up the pieces and then there is what Penn State is trying to do this week.

Three consecutive losses not only dropped the Nittany Lions from No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 to zero votes in the poll, but the results dropped Penn State's confidence in 12th-year coach James Franklin to zero. He was fired on Sunday, a day a