Penn State coach James Franklin.

A Sunday report from CBSSports.com Dennis Dodd featured Penn State head coach James Franklin as one of 12 potential candidates to replace Al Golden at the University of Miami. On Tuesday at his weekly press conference, the Nittany Lions’ second-year head coach offered his thoughts on his name coming up on the coaching carousel and made it fairly clear that the Hurricanes won’t be in his future.

“Let me say this… I don't like it,” Franklin stated firmly. “I think it causes a distraction for our team, a distraction for Penn State. And I have no idea where it's coming from whatsoever.

“My family has sacrificed, I've worked my ass off to get to Penn State. To get here. And this is where I want to be.

“Stuff like that, I guess some people could look at it as a compliment. I don't. My focus is 100 percent on Penn State. [I’m] not going to address it any more or talk about it anymore. That's really kind of end of discussion."

The 6-2 Nittany Lions will host Illinois on Saturday at Beaver Stadium.