r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 2d ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Penn State Defeats Marshall 45-0

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team 1 2 3 4 T
Marshall 0 0 0 0 0
Penn State 17 7 14 7 45
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u/BBDBVAPA Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago

I refuse to believe the Penn State teams of the past 3 years were so devoid of talent that they couldn’t have done that to FIU, Nevada, Villanova, Bowling Green, etc.

The lack of discipline, vision, and overall coaching philosophy under Franklin left everybody confused. This team looked like a good football team. His regularly looked talented and clueless.

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u/TheNittanyLionKing Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago

I’ve been saying that it’s possible that Franklin had better players, but that didn’t necessarily make them a great team other than that 2016-2017 group. I think Matt Campbell wants a truly great team where all the coaches and players are on the same page

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u/Star_Z Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago

I felt those 1 point losses to ohio state in 17-18 broke Franklin. He put a lot of pressure on himself and the team. After that the team always felt like it was pressing, not having fun, nothing was easy.