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Could an IU alum hire away a Pennsylvania native to lead Penn State football? Peeling back the many complicating layers of a threat to IU's investment in football.
Nebraska coach and former Penn State linebacker Matt Rhule is the betting favorite at 3/1, followed by Boston College’s Bill O’Brien (4/1) and Indiana’s Curt Cignetti (6/1), per Betonline.ag. Other names of note listed are Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin (8/1) and former Florida and Ohio State coach Urban Meyer (12/1).
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'I'm told by people that I trust' - Insider shares whether Penn State has a legitimate chance to swipe Curt Cignetti from Indiana
One of the top names the Penn State Nittany Lions could target to replace James Franklin is Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti. Cignetti, who is from Pittsburgh and played college football at West Virginia,
In a stunning turn of events after Penn State opened the season as a perceived national championship contender, the Nittany Lions fired coach James Franklin on Sunday. Three consecutive losses, including two to Big Ten bottom-dwellers UCLA and Northwestern, prompted Penn State to make the biggest move thus far on the 2025 coaching carousel.