Prior to the 2025 season, very few people would have had on their Bingo card a world where James Franklin got fired before Billy Napier. Even as recently as two weeks ago, it would have seemed crazy for Franklin to go ahead of Napier.
And yet here we are, where Franklin is out at Penn State, and Florida fans are expecting to continue to smile and nod as Napier is going to lead the Gators onto the field this upcoming Saturday against Mississippi State.
Penn State fires James Franklin
The knock on Franklin was that he could never "win the big one," but Penn State was still a perennial top ten program during his time in Happy Valley.