STATE COLLEGE − James Franklin got the phone call at 5:40 a.m., two days after the national championship game. It was about Jim Knowles, Ohio State's multimillion-dollar defensive coordinator.

Lately, his scheme has been on fire. That’s why Ohio State outbid Oklahoma State for Knowles in 2021. It’s precisely why James Franklin and Penn State swooped in last month, just days after ...

At that point in January, they found out defensive coordinator Tom Allen was leaving for Clemson and that James Franklin would ... game to inform him that Jim Knowles was open to discussing ...

Prior to that Boston arguably had the better of what chances there were at the Jakemans Community Stadium, with Tom Donaghy saving well from Jimmy Knowles in the first half. After the break ...

Penn State's James Franklin explained, for the first time, of hiring away top defensive coordinator Jim Knowles from Ohio ...