Latest on Penn State’s coaching search

The belief is that Pat Kraft acted with expediency but not haste when he fired James Franklin from atop the Penn State football program a mere nine months after Franklin nearly led the Nittany Lions to a berth in the College Football Playoff Championship and a scant 15 days from Penn State being a single snap away from becoming college football’s top-ranked team.

Nearly three weeks have unfolded since Franklin’s abrupt dump and a search that was blunted seemingly before it began when Indiana University further locked down second-year miracle-worker Curt Cignetti with the framework of a lucrative new long-term extension.

Where, now, does Penn State’s search rest?

FootballScoop spoke with agents throughout college athletics, coaches at the sport’s highest levels and other shareholders to sift through the chatter to learn what is real.