UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. — After Penn State suffered its first loss of the season against Oregon and dropped four spots on the AP poll, coach James Franklin took to the podium during his weekly presser to address the team’s next steps.

From how he handles the narrative around his performances in big games, how Drew Allar struggles have impacted the season, and an overall question on the Nittany Lions’ offensive identity, Franklin laid out what things have been like after the loss to the Ducks with full transparency.

Franklin takes these losses ‘personal’

After dropping to 4-21 against top-10 ranked teams and 1-18 against top-10 Big Ten teams in his career at Penn State, Franklin opened up on how he takes those tough losses to heart.

“We’ve lost to really, really good teams, and I take that

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