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James Franklin Says Nick Saban Should be CFB Commissioner amid NIL, Transfer Changes

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It has been a time of upheaval in college football the past few years, and Penn State head coach James Franklin would like a legend of the sport to help stabilize everything.

Franklin called former Alabama head coach Nick Saban "the obvious choice" to be the commissioner of college football.

"It's one of these things that we can't just keep talking about that this is a challenge and a problem in college football," he said. "We've gotta come up with some solutions. We've been talking about this for a while, and a lot of different people have brought it up.