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PSU coach James Franklin greets Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman after his press conference after the Orange Bowl loss.

Following a brutal loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal on Thursday night, Penn State head coach James Franklin seemed to channel his in

Penn State plays Notre Dame Thursday night in the Orange Bowl in one of the two College Football Playoff semifinals.

Penn State is not playing in the national championship game against Ohio State on Jan. 20 in Atlanta. Notre Dame sent the Allar and his Nittany Lions’ teammates home in the semifinal round on Thursday night in the Orange Bowl, beating PSU 27-24 on a last-second field goal.

Penn State is now 4-20 against Top 10 opponents under head coach James Franklin after the Nittany Lions fell 27-24 to Notre Dame in the College

James Franklin is a good college football coach on paper. Just look at his overall stats at Penn State as their head coach for the past 11 years: 101-41 overall. Bowl appearances in all but one of his years (and that year happened to be 2020). His teams have finished top-10 in the AP poll four times.

Notre Dame won the Orange Bowl because this program knows how to catalyze every advantage and how to tackle every challenge.