Franklin, Chryst focused on Big Ten title, not College Football Playoff

“I find out a lot of things through my phone after football”.

Linebacker Jason Cabinda said this week of Barbour’s September 28 comments: “Something people outside the locker room don’t get to see is how you grow with these coaches, get to know their families”. “I didn’t know anything about it until after practice”. “I was able to just kind of look at the game from a different perspective and focus on my job, not focusing on anything outside and being able to prepare for games”. And Penn State and Wisconsin play for the Big Ten title, and especially if Penn State wins, it’ll say it should make the final four since it won the Big Ten and was the only team to beat Ohio State this year. ‘Oh, we’re not going to be the same DBs from previous year.’ We had a lot to prove. This is going to be a much more hard game for the Nittany Lions than the ones that have helped get them here, but there is something to be said about the confidence level and maturity this young and growing team has shown as the season has unfolded. Franklin did joke that he saw it coming all along. “I came back to win a Big Ten championship, to do what our team is doing this year”. That should be expected to be seen this week against the Badgers’ defense, and it could pose a problem for Wisconsin. Both of these teams have been terrible on defense but I am giving an edge to the Sooners who will be playing at home.

Peavy claims to be the fastest player on the team – although Rushing and a couple others may dispute that fact – and combining that with crisp route-running has left him open more often than many of his teammates.

It’s this approach, defensive end Evan Schwan said, that has helped Penn State not get too caught up in the hype of the conference title game, which will be played at 8 p.m. Saturday. The eighth-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2, No. 7 CFP) will be watching for the sweep when they face the Badgers (10-2, No. 6 CFP) on Saturday night in Indianapolis in the Big Ten Championship game. Barkley has carried the ball 228 times for 1219 yards and 15 touchdowns. Believe it or not, he’s only rushed for more than 100 yards just four times this season – of course, three of those times were for 167 yards or better (twice with 200-plus). Wisconsin last had 22 interceptions in 2002 (14 games) and 23 interceptions in 1984 (12 games). “We’ve facing another great opponent with a lot of great weapons offensively”, TJ Watt, Badgers linebacker said.

None of this brings any more clarity than what the predecessors framed as the BCS, the Bowl Alliance, the Bowl Coalition or, before that, a bunch of writers phoning in their rankings to someone on the Associated Press sports desk who added things up between juggling a deadline assignment, declaring a victory, then sliding down the dinosaur tail to the local water buffalo lodge. “We’re ready to go in the fourth quarter”. We’re going to bring pressure from up the middle. But talking to the players – it’s just the next game on the schedule. “And I think you can make the argument that the Big Ten is as strong or stronger than any conference in the country”.

“That has allowed me to let loose and show people what I can do”. Yes, I am predicting overtime.

– Vince Biegel needs.5 tackles for loss to tie or 1 to pass Darryl Sims for 10th place on UW’s all-time list.

“Don’t think I can emphasize enough the small margin of separation that the Selection Committee sees between those two teams”. Whoever wants to make more plays will win the game.

After a 49-10 blowout loss at MI dropped the Nittany Lions to 2-2, fans greeted third-year coach James Franklin with “Fire Franklin” chants the following week against Minnesota, a game that kick-started an eight-game winning streak that featured an offense that averaged 40 points and included Franklin’s signature 24-21 win over the Buckeyes.

“I will say this”. I’ve been trying to get him to State College for a while. My last three games have been my best three games.