What did Illinois coach Bret Bielema say about Penn State to start the week?: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for Sept. 24 include takeaways from Illinois coach Bret Bielema’s first news conference, headlines of the day, and more. It’s time to review Tuesday’s top tweets and stories about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
Penn State meets the Fighting Illini at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. Both head coaches held their first chat with reporters on Monday before the game. You can find out the top takeaways from Franklin’s interview in the headlines section below. As for Bielema, the fourth-year Illinois head coach was very complimentary of the team his group will face on Saturday. The top 25 matchup will be televised by NBC.
“A tremendous opportunity to play a top 10 team on the road, obviously on an environment that is one of the best in college football. An offense that has a good coordinator. I think the offensive line from tackle to tackle is probably the best group that we played. Very, very talented players. The group of wide receivers, tight ends, are above average and among the elite players in the Big Ten.
“On defense, Coach Allen, I’ve loved him since I’ve been around him, and what he brings to the table, they’re very talented at all three levels. We did a lot of good things [against Nebraska] last week, but this will take it to a whole other level.”
Headlines of the day
What James Franklin said Monday about an upcoming top-20 game against Illinois: Ralph, PennLive
Full recap of Penn State head coach James Franklin press conference: Bauer, BWI
How Penn State’s Freshman Class Made an Impact Vs. Kent State: Woloson, SI
Will Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen stay in the coaches box moving forward?: Pickel, BWI
Deion Sanders and Colorado flips Antonio Branch from Penn State: Wiltfong, On3
Harrisburg WR Elias Coke recaps Penn State visit, plans to return in near future: Snyder, BWI
Quote of the day
“I understand you guys going to ask these questions. I typically don’t have these answers for you. I hate to see you waste a question, but I typically don’t have these answers for you guys in this press conference. Because, once again, we need time to evaluate the injuries. And, we need time to have conversations with these kids and their families before I’m going to say something to you guys about it.
“So, I would recommend for you guys to probably save these type of questions till [after practice on Wednesday]. But if you guys want to ask, feel free to ask. But I typically won’t have this information for you guys on a Monday again because we need to totally evaluate the injuries, and sometimes you’re talking about MRIs and X-rays and a ton of things that go into that. And then also me to be able to have the time to have conversations with them and possibly their families.”
–PSU coach James Franklin on Monday when asked for an update on the status of injured Nittany Lions Cam Wallace and Dominic DeLuca.
