Ohio State must now redeem season with win at MI

But Franklin can affect his players’ preparation heading into the regular season finale against No. 6 Michigan State (10-1, 6-1 Big Ten, No. 6 CFP). Considering that both teams have played with fire all season long, the Spartans did not have star senior quarterback Connor Cook playing in the game, and everyone had been waiting for the Buckeyes to break out of their funk and look like the team that rolled the final three games of last season, Michigan State was already dead in the water before kickoff. Since that goal was taken away, the shift now focuses on beating MI. A Penn State victory would send either MI or Ohio State to the title game, which would be a bitter pill for the Spartans.

It’s been a bit of a roller coaster for the Spartans to reach this point. Michigan State on the other hand has everything to play for. In the middle of last week, Cook said his injured shoulder was fine and he was ready to face Ohio State. The latest victory came without Connor Cook, the winningest quarterback in school history. “We could win nine games or 10 games and I’d still hope that we were further ahead”.

“We’re about on schedule, to be honest with you, in a lot of ways”, he said. Where I think it’s probably the biggest challenge is based on what we’re working through and where we’re at.

Losing Cook will force the Spartans to turn to Tyler O’Connor and Damion Terry as their signal callers.

“No, it’s not”, Franklin said. “That’s what you’ve got to learn do now, you’ve got to learn to win championships”. “It really is. Because it hinges on very small things, I think”. Penn State QB Christian Hackenberg has the talent to throw effectively against the Spartans, but he’s also been sacked 36 times this season.

Meanwhile, the fans wonder why the Nittany Lions (7-4, 4-3) haven’t achieved more significant improvement from 2014.

Penn State: DE Carl Nassib.

“We’ve had three different offensive systems for our seniors, four defensive systems for our defensive seniors”, sophomore linebacker Troy Reeder said. “Everything else to me sort of works out. The other thing is making sure that all other 10 guys are running to the ball, so if the guy does make you miss – sometimes missing a tackle isn’t the end of the world”.

” I think it goes back to we need to do a better job coaching, number one”.

The Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team traveled to East Lansing to play against the Spartans of Michigan State University Monday night.

He’ll take the Nittany Lions to another bowl game after this contest, but he knows his players aren’t satisfied.

Franklin said he feels his team is about where he expected it to be. We had our opportunities.

Franklin used a Scranton Prep graduate to illustrate just how much patience is needed as the program gets back.