A Penn State win over the Ohio State Buckeyes 'would go a long way' for the Nittany Lions and coach James Franklin, college football analyst Mike Golic Jr. says.
. Everyone knows the numbers: Franklin is 1-9 against Ohio State and 3-7 against Michigan in his career at Penn State and 60-16 against everyone else in the Big Ten. That includes 18 consecutive conference wins over conference teams other than Ohio State and Michigan.
So what matters more Saturday: Beating Ohio State for Big Ten and College Football Playoff positioning this season or to rewrite a narrative, at least for one year? We posed that question to college football analyst Mike Golic Jr., co-host of the "I would say probably ending the Ohio State narrative feels as important as anything right now," Golic said in an interview this week. "Just because, if you're Penn State, I think there's always a belief that in the 12-team playoff, you were going to be one of the teams that benefited from that. You've been better than 90 percent of college football for the last number of years under James Franklin.
"Yeah, I know Indiana and Oregon being here complicate things a little bit, so it's not quite a do-or-die game in terms of the playoff, but it's pretty important .
"So it's about getting confidence in yourself as a team and, for guys on this roster who are going to be a part of the team for the rest of this year and going into subsequent seasons, to see the ball go through the basket and to get external validation for the way that you've prepared for these moments behind the scenes. It just reinforces the things that you know you need to do.
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