Penn State fires James Franklin: What's next for the Nittany Lions? | Emergency Podcast
Cover 3 College Football
CBS Sports
4.5 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
James Franklin has been FIRED by Penn State. Join the Cover 3 crew as they react to the major move!
0:00 - Intro
0:05 - reaction to James Franklin being fired
12:30 - Who will be the next head coach?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast with your host, Chip Patterson, Tom Fernelli, Danny Cannell, and Bud Elliott. |
| 0:11.7 | It's your call for the best college football coverage, from National Signing Day to the National Championship and everything in between. |
| 0:20.6 | CBS Sports presents the Cover 3 podcast. |
| 0:26.0 | And welcome back to the Cover 3 podcast here on CBS Sports. |
| 0:31.1 | That's Tom Perneli. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Chip Patterson. |
| 0:32.9 | Coming to you live at YouTube.com slash cover 3 and everywhere get your podcast on demand. |
| 0:38.0 | Thanks for hanging out. |
| 0:39.1 | Smash that subscribe. |
| 0:40.2 | Smash that like and come and join us in the chat because you see those |
| 0:43.5 | sirens in your feed. |
| 0:44.9 | You know exactly what that means. |
| 0:47.6 | Oregon State has moved on Trent Bray. |
| 0:49.6 | Yes, yes, yes. |
| 0:50.9 | But also. |
| 0:52.9 | But also. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm sorry. I don't mean to laugh at Trent Bray like also. I'm sorry. |
| 0:55.7 | I don't mean to laugh at Trent Bray like that. |
| 0:57.5 | I just did not expect it. |
| 0:58.8 | Sorry. |
| 0:59.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:00.0 | Listen, because that did happen. |
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