Penn State makes top eight for Pa., recruit; James Franklin responds to Neal Brown: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for Sept. 6 include a recruit’s top eight plus a Nittany Lions response to scoring late against West Virginia and more.
It’s time to dive into Wednesday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
We start with James Franklin responding to West Virginia coach Neal Brown’s comments about the Nittany Lions’ score with six seconds left in Saturday’s 38-15 victory.
“I wouldn’t have done it, but it doesn’t bother me,” Brown said, “Stuff like that, what comes around goes around. At some point, it’ll come back around. I don’t know when. It doesn’t bother me. I’m not upset about it.”
Here is Franklin’s full response:
“I guess everybody looks at it differently, right? For me, I believe that my responsibility in those types of situations is to get my two’s in the game. And I think once those two’s get in the game, then they deserve the right and the chance to play and compete. That’s what I believe. I believe that from the opening kick to the last whistle, you compete and you play.
“Now, if you leave your one’s in, that’s a different story. Then you should change how you play and you take knees and you run in situations that you normally wouldn’t run in. That’s different. But when your two’s go in the game, those guys get a limited amount of reps. They should have a chance to compete. I believe that, and not just from a Penn State perspective. If we’re in that situation, I see it the same way. This isn’t me looking at it just from our view. I’ve got a bunch of other things I could say. But I’m just going to leave it at that. That is my philosophy and our philosophy.
Watch Penn State coach James Franklin’s full news conference
“I think when our No. 2 offense was in there against the majority of their one’s, they have the chance to go compete. And I think Beau getting in there and being able to run the offense — they went to Cover Zero, which is hard to run when you go Cover Zero. They should have the ability to check to our Cover Zero plan and a chance to execute a play that has a chance to be successful against Cover Zero. And they should have a chance to score. I’m comfortable with that. I can’t go into it a whole lot more than that. I’ll leave it at that.”
Top 10
- 1Breaking
Dylan Raiola injury
Nebraska QB will play vs. USC
- 2
Elko pokes at Kiffin
A&M coach jokes over kick times
- 3New
SEC changes course
Alcohol sales at SEC Championship Game
- 4
Bryce Underwood
Michigan prepared to offer No. 1 recruit $10.5M over 4 years
- 5Trending
Dan Lanning
Oregon coach getting NFL buzz
In other news, Aliquippa three-star Class of 2025 running back Tiqwai Hayes put Penn State in his top eight. Pitt, Ohio State, Michigan, West Virginia, Maryland, Cincinnati, and Michigan State also made the cut.
Headlines of the day
Penn State QB Drew Allar named Big Ten offensive player of the week: McGonigal, PennLive
Read everything Penn State coach James Franklin said at his Tuesday news conference: Pickel, BWI
Penn State’s James Franklin ‘Comfortable’ With Late TD Vs. West Virginia: Wogenrich, SI
Penn State kicker Sander Sahaydak moving past shaky debut: Fitz, BWI
PSU Stays Put at No. 7 in Latest AP Top 25: Jones, Statecollege.com
Penn State’s five guys: West Virginia edition: Fitz, BWI
Penn State QB Drew Allar craving ‘same feeling every weekend’ after 1st start: Haas, Daily Collegian
Quote of the day
“Sander Sahaydak got up in front of the team on Sunday without me talking to him, without anybody talking to him. I usually end practice and I say something, and he said, “Coach, I’ve got something to say.” [He] got up and just handled himself really well. I was really proud of him as a young man, like if it was my son, very proud of him. As a member of this team, as a teammate, I just thought he conducted himself really well.
“I think he’s earned everybody’s respect. I thought what he did right there and what he said did it even more.”
–PSU coach James Franklin on kicker Sander Sahaydak, who was replaced in the second half of the West Virginia win after missing two first half field goals.
