Penn State Nittany Lions coach James Franklin celebrated his team's resilience in reaching the Big Ten Championship Game.
Penn State coach James Franklin and Mike Locksley shared a moment after their game Saturday at Beaver Stadium, one that might resonate into the future. But there was a game to discuss as well, one that the Nittany Lions dominated after a skittish start.at Beaver Stadium to clinch a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game against Oregon. The Nittany Lions scored 44 unanswered after allowing a touchdown pass on Maryland's first offensive play of the game.
That aside, Franklin had much to describe about the win. Here's what he, and Locksley, said after the game.No, we just had to find a way to beat Maryland and find a way to get better. Besides the opening drives, I thought we did that today. We played a ton of our guys, which I think is very valuable, our threes and fours against their starters that they kept in the entire game. Our threes and fours were able to get in there and did really good work, which is important for their development.
got to line up and block people. We've got to be able to run the ball efficiently to help take some of the pressure off of the protection stuff. But when you get behind the sticks on third and long, we've got to find ways to chip, to hold, to keep the guys off our quarterback and our quarterback has to make quick decisions.It was important to get off to a quick start here, and in the Big Ten in general.
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