Going 4-17 against the Ohio State Buckeyes and TTUN will be the stain on James Franklin's Penn State Nittany Lions legacy, according to CBS Sports' Brad Crawford, who correctly labeled preseason No. 2 PSU one of the 2025 season's biggest underachievers after going 6-6 in the regular season.
Crawford reminded the Virginia Tech Hokies head coach that his previous tenure will only be remembered for the bad times in Happy Valley, despite a 100-25 record against every other team besides the good guys and the villains.
15 straight losses (2-21 overall) to top-six opponents, that being second-worst by any FBS head coach all time, and being the first FBS school since the 1978 season to lose consecutive games as 20-point favorites at the spread, make for a compelling case, notes Crawford.