The Nittany Lions have just one win in nine tries against Ohio State under James Franklin. They seem as well-positioned as ever to nab another Saturday.
began miserably enough, in 2017, when the Nittany Lions frittered away an 11-point lead in the final five minutes to lose by a point. That was bad, but it quickly got worse.
There was the fourth-quarter fade of ’21. The final three Penn State possessions went interception-punt-missed field goal and the Buckeyes kicked two late FGs to preserve the win. That’s been true of almost everyone Ohio State has faced over the last decade-plus. The Buckeyes are in a golden era even by their historical standards, having won 89.9 percent of their games since Urban Meyer became the coach in 2012. That means Franklin is actually doing better than the rest of Ohio State’s collective opponents by winning 12.5 percent of his matchups against the scarlet and gray.
We are indeed, but the talk has veered in a slightly different direction. It’s less about the Nittany Lions’ past futility against the Buckeyes and more about their present opportunity to do something about it. “Studying the analytics are important … but a lot of times those analytics and those trends are there for a reason. It means you’re good at something. The mistake some people make is that you get to games that are this or that, and you start doing things you haven’t done the first six or seven weeks.”
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