Penn State coach James Franklin said the Beaver Stadium fans were 'impactful' on the Nittany Lions' 21-7 win over Illinois.
Penn State coach James Franklin, who spent the pre-game week asking fans to bring "White Out energy" to Beaver Stadium, saw the results Saturday night. A crowd of 109,911 fans, overwhelmingly wearing white, impacted seven different plays in the Nittany Lions' 21-7 victory over Illinois, Franklin said. From timeouts to a bad snap to four false-start penalties, the crowd made a difference. Even the Illini acknowledged that.
Franklin's postgame press conference centered mostly on the positive, though he did address some nagging issues from the victory. Here's a look at what Franklin and Illinois coach Bret Bielema said after the game.That was a phenomenal environment, that wasn't even a white out, and we had that. The fans were phenomenal. We thought the fans had seven impactful plays on the game.
there, I'm on the sideline. Sometimes with the play cards It’s good to kind of have these things to reinforce what he's already doing. But that was the biggest reason. We’ve got to get better in the red zone. We weren't as good in the red zone tonight. Again, got to give them a little credit, too.We’ve got to be better on opening drives. The looks you’re expecting to get that you can go down the field to be successful. That’s a week’s worth of preparation to open the game.
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