Penn State has even more incentive to beat Washington in Saturday’s Fiesta Bowl. It comes from Fumi Franklin, the head coach’s wife — and diehard Washington State football fan.

Penn State has even more incentive to beat Washington in Saturday’s Fiesta Bowl. It comes from Fumi Franklin, the head coach’s wife — and diehard Washington State football fan.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Fumi Franklin, wife of Penn State coach James Franklin, is a devoted Washington State fan. As a student in Pullman in the late 1990s, she slept outside Martin Stadium on game ...

Fumi is a graduate of UW’s biggest in-state rival, Washington State. Penn State coach James Franklin's wife went to Washington State. When the Fiesta Bowl matchup with Washington was announced ...

On one of her first dates with the man who’d become her husband, Fumi Franklin asked her beau what job he’d do if he could do anything. He was a young, unknown assistant college football coach ...

On one of her first dates with the man who’d become her husband, Fumi Franklin asked her beau what job he’d do if he could do anything. He was a young, unknown assistant college football coach ...