STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- It happened again. Penn State played an opponent whose tier it is on -- a reliable double-digit winner, a conference front-runner, a playoff favorite, yada yada -- and the Nittany Lions lost.

Saturday night, it was Oregon by a score of 30-24 in double overtime. But it has been Michigan, Ohio State or Notre Dame in the recent past. Swap the helmets and the logos, and as long as the opponent is ranked in the top 6 of the Associated Press Top 25 poll at the time the game is played, the result has been almost always the same under James Franklin.

Here we are again with a Penn State program that is now 2-21 against AP top 6 opponents under James Franklin, the second-worst record by any FBS head coach all time in such games (minimum 20). Penn State has lost 15 straight

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