“I thought we were more physical, broke some tackles, made some people miss things like that,” Penn State coach James Franklin said.
“That’s not how it works.”Ĭoming off an ugly nine-overtime loss at home to Illinois, Penn State looked more like the team that had climbed into the top five before losing to Iowa in a game where quarterback Sean Clifford was injured. “We weren’t trying to get style points against Penn State,” Ohio State coach Ryan Day said. Three days before the first College Football Playoff rankings, the Buckeyes like where they stand.