This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/pennstate as Three Keys to a Penn State Upset of No. 2 Indiana. Penn State and Indiana have taken dramatic leaps in different directions since the start of 2025. The Nittany Lions went backward, going from national-championship contender to winless in Big Ten play.

The Nittany Lions are a conference-worst 0-5 in Big Ten play and have lost five straight games for the first time since the 2020 season.

Georgia Tech head coach Brent Key shut down rumors about potentially leaving the school amid the Penn State job opening.

Iowa's Kirk Ferentz weighed in with Rich Eisen on college football's growing trend to fire head coaches quickly.

In 2024, all 11 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision that experienced midseason head coaching changes hired a new coach by Dec. 11 of that year.

Now, after a three-year hiatus from the sidelines after his ouster amid hazing allegations from his time at Northwestern, Fitzgerald is back on the market and poised to capitalize on the chaos of the 2025 coaching carousel. Eight Power Four jobs have already opened -- nine if you count Stanford -- and more are coming.