ESPN.com · Sep 19, 2018
No. 10 Penn St. looks to correct miscues before facing Illini
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Now that conference play is here, James Franklin knows his team won't likely get away with the mistakes it's made in three wins up to this point.
The No. 10 Nittany Lions' last outing -- a 63-10 beat down against Kent State -- featured too many errors for Franklin to recognize it as an ideal offensive showcase despite racking up 643 yards with eight players having a hand in at least one touchdown.
"There's a whole bunch of stuff that's on that tape that's ugly and smells bad and winning sometimes is like the deodorant that covers up the funk," Franklin said after the win. "It doesn't mean that you still can't correct the issues and the problems because they're there."