BWI Live: Penn State head coach James Franklin calls for major changes to college football
The Penn State Nittany Lions Football team is dealing with multiple layers of college football simultaneously. Sunday evening, backup quarterback and offensive contributor Beau Pribula announced that he would transfer and leave the program. The next morning, starter Drew Allar announced his decision to return. All of this is playing out in the roster-building portion of the calendar while Penn State is still playing. Head coach James Franklin addressed all of these ideas during his Monday press confernece ahead of the team’s playoff game against SMU.
We’ll discuss what Franklin said yesterday, give a preview of the transfer portal work that Penn State is doing, plus preview the upcoming game against the Mustangs on the BWI Live Show today at 10 a.m. Join the show live or catch the replay embedded below, on the Blue White Illustrated YouTube Channel, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Franklin calls for a massive change to college football.
Yesterday, Franklin discussed the issues that led to Pribula’s decision to transfer from Penn State. The third-year passer wanted to stay with the program but couldn’t manage the responsibilities on his plate. Franklin described it as a “no-win” situation and called for a change to the way the sport is run.
“Beau should not be put in this position. Whether we don’t play as many games during the season, whether we don’t play conference championship games — which could equal things out for teams not playing them anyway, finish this season so it aligns more with the academic calendar for most institutions because that’s part of this pressure as well,” Franklin said.
To have a transfer portal/free agency going on right in the middle of the playoffs, there’s just a lot of things that don’t really make sense.
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I know there’s been a lot of discussions about maybe a commissioner of college football, but I think it’s pretty obvious we need that. We need somebody running college football.”
Penn State Transfer Portal activity
Penn State has hosted several transfer portal targets for the upcoming season. The team gained its first commitment on Monday evening when USC wide receiver Kyron Hudson joined the program for the 2025 season. We’ll discuss Hudson’s impact on the roster and his ability to make a dent in the team’s receiver room next year.
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