Penn State head coach James Franklin appeared on the Move the Sticks Podcast with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks to discuss refocusing the his team after a loss.
...the way we do it here we have a light practice on Sunday, make corrections, Franklin said when asked how the Nittany Lions will get back on track after the loss at Minnesota. Basically do a walk and talk for our scouting report for our next opponent on the field, and then were off on Mondays and then practice Tuesdays. I thought our locker room, it was the correct response. A lot of raw emotion. Guys were hurting. Our guys are on our own Monday when we come in and game plan...From my conversations with the guys, were in a good place. Well use this -- you have a choice. In my mind, everything is used for fuel. When you win a game, thats used for fuel from a confidence perspective. When you lose a game, you can use that as fuel to make sure to do everything in your power to make sure you never feel that again.
Brooks asked Franklin how he keeps Penn State on a level plane over a 12 or 13 game season.
For us, thats really where we try to do the 1-0 mantra, Franklin said. We dont just talk it, we try to live it in everything we do. Ive worked around a lot of coaches where they say were going to do the 1-0 deal, but then they get up in front of the team and you can tell that this game is more important than another game. That may be going to class, that may be going to the weight room. Its winning the moment, its being present, and those types of things. I think weve done a pretty good job of that. Since I got here, you look at where the program was right before I got the job to where it is now. Obviously, weve made signiificant strides...Hard to have this conversation after having our first loss of the season, but Ive been impressed with it. We try to live it, we try to be consistent with it, we try to be consistent with our behavior, our habits, and our approach. So far, weve done a pretty good job of that.
Penn State hosts Indiana on Saturday, who is ranked for the first time since 1994 at No. 24 in the AP Top 25. The Nittany Lions will hope to put the Minnesota loss behind them and get the job done heading into a showdown with Ohio State next week.
"I think Coach Franklin said it best right after the game we can't let Minnesota beat us twice," sophomore defensive tackle PJ Mustipher said. "So when you're coming off a game like that, you've got to be able to quickly move on."
A Nittany Lions victory would set the stage for Penn State to make its biggest statement yet Nov. 23 in Columbus, where an unbeaten Ohio State squad will await (unless the Buckeyes suffer the upset of all upsets Saturday at 2-7 Rutgers). The winner would be destined for a Big Ten championship game appearance Dec. 7 in Indianapolis, and Minnesota is in the driver's seat to serve as their opponent.
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