Penn State's James Franklin was a hot name when the head coaching jobs at USC and LSU became available earlier this season but the 49-year old coach will be staying put and signing a new 10-year contract with the university.

Franklin's new deal with reportedly worth $85 million.

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LSU FSU Grad•54 months

I need someone to casually mention to my boss that LSU is looking at me so I too can get a ridiculously large raise.

brett408•54 months

Wow, Penn State is dumb

eugene1928LSU•54 months

And mostly irrelevant.

Random LSU Hero•54 months

You could have crossed him off 2.5 weeks ago

TKLSUMD•54 months

Absolutely ridiculous to pay him that much.

LSU Jax•54 months

“Cross him off the list for LSU and USC”.

Was he ever on the list Larry?

CapitolB•54 months

Man... this LSU HC vacancy is getting people PAID. You're welcome James.

voice of no reason•54 months

didn't want him anyway

eugene1928LSU•54 months

Seriously, wth would we want this guy? If you can't beat ohio you can't beat the gumps. Never wanted

GeauxLSUBengalTigers•54 months

Not saying I want him but he don't get the talent there that can be had here. Good talent yes, but not LSU talent across the board.

RightWingTiger•54 months

I didn’t/don’t want CJF to be the next LSU HC either BUT we could do a LOT worse IMO. I’ll just say that any HC who can win at Vandy must be a pretty damn good football coach!

CajunBullet•54 months

Money...Money...MONEY! He's staying at Penn State would be a real good assumption!

Major Dutch Schaefer•54 months

Good, let him stay at Penn St.

mcpotiger•54 months

Good. But that’s insane $$ for Franklin. Geez.

stho381•54 months

Jimmy Sexton doing work...

AugustaTiger•54 months

Hallelujah!

SophisticatedRedneck•54 months

We don't want him. This is no great loss to Tiger Nation.