Franklin is the oldest among the eight remaining playoff coaches. 'The older you get, you try to keep the main thing the main thing,' he said.

Penn State head coach James Franklin spoke to the media Monday afternoon just over a week before his team will take on Boise State in the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff. Here’s what Franklin said about the Broncos, and more ahead of the Fiesta Bowl matchup.

Penn State Nittany Lions coach James Franklin said Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty has compiled a "ridiculous" statistic this season.

Every chance Franklin and Penn State have had to change the narrative, they almost always come up short. Since 2014, Franklin’s Penn State teams are 3-19 against teams ranked in the AP top 10. It’s a dizzying statistic that Penn State fans and alums know too much about.

No. 6 Penn State looked like a national title contender last weekend in a 38-10 dismantling of No. 11 SMU.  The Nittany Lions (12-2) led 28-0 at halftime in the

Jeanty will face a Penn State defense that limited SMU to 58 rushing yards in a 38-10 shellacking last weekend in the first round of the CFP. The Nittany Lions rank seventh in the country against the run, allowing 100.4 yards per game. Jeanty often picks up that many yards in a half.

For the second time this season, Penn State is making a cross-country trip to play a football game. The stakes couldn’t be higher for its College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup with No. 3 seed Boise State on New Year’s Eve (7:30 p.