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James Franklin had to use the Ohio State Buckeyes as an example for Penn State to cope with their loss to Oregon​

The Buckeyes were certainly a team that faced adversity last season, though this may be different.

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The Ohio State Buckeyes haven’t won the Big Ten since 2020 and that’s something they want to get done this year. Beating Michigan, winning the conference, and competing to win it all are the three things the Buckeyes look to do each and every season. Ohio State is off to a good start this season with a 4-0 record and is ranked the No. 1 team in the country. Ohio State is one of the three teams that are expected to compete for a Big Ten title this season and the other two faced off over the weekend.

James Franklin brought up the Buckeyes after being beaten by Oregon ​

It was a whiteout at Penn State over the weekend between the undefeated Nittany Lions and the undefeated Ducks. Oregon weathered the storm and escaped with a 30-24 win over Penn State in overtime. The loss was another top-10 loss for Franklin at Penn State, which has become a common theme. In his message to the team, the team that Ohio State had last year was used as a point.

“The team in our conference last year that won the national championship had two conference losses during the season,” Franklin stated. “I think college football is different than maybe how it’s been in the past, and you got to do everything you possibly can to put yourself in the best position to get into the playoffs and then make a run.”



Franklin is right on the point that college football is different now. With the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff format, one or even two losses don’t mean that your season is over. Ohio State had an early-season loss to Oregon last year by a point in a game they probably should have won. The Buckeyes bounced back after losing to Michigan later with four straight wins over top-10 opponents in the CFP, including revenge over Oregon. The main difference was that Ohio State was on the road in that game they lost to Oregon last year, though a loss is a loss.
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Sometimes adversity brings out the best and that happened last year with Ohio State. Franklin is hoping that the same can happen for Penn State a season after they won a first-round game in the College Football Playoff. Ohio State doesn’t have Oregon on the regular season schedule but very well could end up seeing them in the conference title game, until then they have to take care of business.
 
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The CFB world's reaction to yet another Penn Stating is weird and I don't like it. I mean....I like it.....the world is shitting all over them finally. But they usually make excuses and pat them on the head and move on about their day, and they're not doing that this time. I'm afraid it's going to force the team to adjust and change.
 
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Zurp said:
You know the area better than I do, but it took a child molester, and then 10 years after that for them to decide on a change, last time.
Have they, themselves, changed in 14 years?
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With the child molester, people were just giving them grief about the raping of children for decades. Now people are giving them grief over something actually important.......losing games.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
With the child molester, people were just giving them grief about the raping of children for decades. Now people are giving them grief over something actually important.......losing games.
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Okay, so I laughed at first because I thought it was a funny joke.
Then I caught myself, because, even if it was meant to be a joke, I think there's way more truth than joke in your statement.
 
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