Penn State coach James Franklin and SMU coach Rhett Lashlee discuss the Nittany Lions' 38-10 victory over the Mustangs in the College Football Playoff.
Penn State dominated at home in the first round of the College Football Playoff, slamming No. 11 seed SMU 38-10 on Saturday. It was James Franklin’s 100th career win at Penn State, and a resounding one at that. For SMU coach Rhett Lashlee, it was a humbling defeat to cap what was a great first season in the ACC for the Mustangs.
Penn State coach James Franklin discussed his team’s defensive dominance, the crowd and his love for linebacker Dom DeLuca, while SMU coach Rhett Lashlee lamented what he considered a missed opportunity. Here’s what they said after the game.I want to thank the fans. It was phenomenal. The environment was phenomenal. The turnout was unbelievable.
A lot of the other games had some built-in advantages in terms of the distance between the two teams. So the fact that we filled that thing up with 106,000 fans, predominantly all of ours, is significant. I don't want that to come off the wrong way. I've got a ton of respect for SMU. I've got a ton of respect for Coach Lashlee. But it was impactful today, and it's really like that all the time.
far, by any means, and I think today was just another opportunity for us to show that. There's no other way that I wanted to go out of Beaver Stadium than to put on a defensive performance like we did.SMU quarterback Kevin JenningsWe prepared all week at practice, the two weeks we had to practice and prepare for it, so we were really all right with the sound.
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