S TATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Two nights before James Franklin's final game at Penn State, an unranked Clarkson University men's hockey team scored on the fourth-ranked Nittany Lions a minute after puck drop. Behind the net, students erupted into chants of "Fire Franklin" -- and resumed the chant after every goal in a 6-4 Clarkson win.

The Iowa vs. Penn State matchup on Oct. 18 has suddenly gone from a matchup of the two longest-tenured Big Ten Conference coaches to a matchup of uncertainty and emotions.

After firing long-time head coach James Franklin following their 22-21 loss to Northwestern at home, it’s fair to say that athletic director Pat Kraft and the school have a hefty buyout to pay.

According to Kalshi, a New York-based financial exchange and prediction market, Rhule is a 50 percent favorite to replace Franklin.

Rhule’s Huskers debuted in this season’s Associated Press Top 25 as Penn State fired coach James Franklin on Sunday, six games into his 11th season.

“For us as players, it’s an overwhelming sense of guilt,” Dawkins said. “We got our coach fired. We didn’t play well enough. We didn’t do our job well enough. Now he doesn’t have a job.”