STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- James Franklin didn't want to hear any negativity surrounding his recruiting class. And he certainly didn't want to talk about it.
Sure, he had a good class. A great class, even. Penn State finished with the nation's No. 18 group and reeled in star prospects like defensive end Shane Simmons, the 14th-best high school player in the country. But there was no denying the Nittany Lions' rocky finish -- even if Franklin would've preferred to ignore it.
"What I'd prefer to do -- which I know you guys don't want to -- but I'd like to focus on the progress," Franklin said, when asked about Penn State's decommitments.