Penn State-Ohio State was most-watched Week 8 game; will Lions' offensive output in Columbus define season?: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for Oct. 25 include a focus on the Lions’ loss at Ohio State, a thought on the offense, 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 the television rating for Penn State’s 20-12 loss at Ohio State. It was the most-watched game of Week 8. According to Sports Media Watch, it was the most-watched game of Week 8. In fact, it had nearly two million more viewers than Tennessee-Alabama did, which checked in at No. 2 with 8.01 million. The Lions-Buckeyes matchup was also the third-most watched college football game of the 2023 season.
“The Ohio State-Penn State game marked the largest viewing audience for any FOX college football game so far this season,” Eric Prisbell writes for On3. “It was the network’s seventh most-watched regular season college football game in history. The audience peaked at 11.5 million viewers from 3-3:15 p.m. ET.
“The calendar has yet to flip to November and already five games have attracted at least nine million viewers. Four games reached that threshold all of last season.”
Top 10
- 1Breaking
Oklahoma nabs OC
Sooners tab Ben Arbuckle as OC
- 2
Sam Pittman
Will return to Arkansas as head coach
- 3New
CBB Top 25
AP Poll shake up after Feast Week
- 4Hot
Harsin wears Bama gear
Former Auburn HC sports LANK shirt
- 5
BCS formula predicts CFP
Predicting the College Football Playoff Top 25
In other news, Penn State veteran offensive lineman Caedan Wallace believes that the poor offensive performance at Ohio State will not ultimately define the Lions’ attack this season.
“I don’t want people to let one game define how they view our offense this year,” Wallace said. “I think we’re a good group of guys, we’re a tough group of people. We’re smart and we’re resilient. So with all these qualities, I feel like that builds a good offense. We’re just trying to stay focused and keep getting better and make our corrections.”
Headlines of the day
‘We Don’t Want to Be a Flash in the Pan,’ Penn State’s Mike Rhoades Says: Ralph, SI
Key 2025 recruit confirms plans to attend Penn State-Michigan game: Snyder, BWI
Penn State’s James Franklin on his 1-9 record vs. Ohio State and the issues the Lions must fix: Flounders, PennLive
Where does the blame lie for Penn State’s letdown at Ohio State? James Franklin: “It’s always on me”: Pickel, BWI
Penn State Wrestling’s Aaron Brooks Wins U23 World Championship: Wagner, Statecollege.com
Penn State coach James Franklin offers update on injured defensive end Chop Robinson: Pickel, BWI
Nittany Lions in the NFL | Several players post season-bests, lead teams to victory: Haas, Daily Collegian
Quote of the day
“Ultimately, it’s always on me when things don’t go well. When things do go well, trust me: I had all the things, when I talk about our process of being prepared for that game, and then literally what I was going to say in the press conference after getting that win, it was going to be, obviously, to praise the players. What was the difference this year being able to get that win? It was going to be about the players, and some other things that I wanted to talk about. But, that didn’t happen.”
–PSU coach James Franklin on taking responsibility for the Lions’ loss at Ohio State.
