Penn State head coach James Franklin press conference: Northwestern

The Penn State Nittany Lions Football team is 3-2 and 0-2 since starting conference play. The team fell to winless UCLA and is now unranked for the first time in several years, heading into a homecoming matchup with the Northwestern Wildcats on Saturday. Penn State head coach James Franklin addressed the media on Monday afternoon to start the next week of play. Hear his complete comments about his team’s 42-37 loss to UCLA, and what is next for the program.

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Penn State head coach James Franklin discusses the state of his program

Many of the questions surrounded Penn State’s loss to UCLA, but the broader struggles on offense and defense through five games. Franklin was asked about his offensive line, the supposed strength of the team, playing inconsistently to start the year.

“We have not dominated the line of scrimmage the way I think we’re capable of dominating the line of scrimmage and not playing as fast and as aggressive as I think, you know, we anticipated so are there specific reasons? Yeah, but not that I could give you broadly,” he siad. T

“here’s specific reasons on each play. When you have five guys out there six, if you include the tight end and one guy doesn’t execute the block the way it needs to be executed, and you know what happens is, on each play, it may be a different guy not executing at the rate that needs to be executed at so or not as physical as it needs to be, or the right footwork or landmark. So it’s combination of its combination of those things. And again, I know you’re asking for a specific question that covers it for the season, but that’s that’s challenging to do when it’s more play-by-play.”

Aanother afternoon kick time against Northwestern

The game this weekend between Penn State and Northwestern kicks off at 3:30 on FS1. Before then, we’ll have a full week of coverage at Blue White Illustrated and on the BWI YouTube Channel. Get our reactions to the game and our previews coming up this week on the site. We’ll also recap the game on Tuesday at 10 a.m. with the BWI Live Show.

Franklin speaks next on Wednesday evening after practice. We’ll have his comments moments after he’s done speaking to bring you the important updates from the program this week. Your home for Penn State football is Blue White Illustrated!