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Penn State head football coach James Franklin reflected on his team's win over Boise State on Tuesday night after the Nittany Lions took down the Broncos 31-14 in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Fiesta Bowl.
Speaking to reporters after PSU's big victory, Franklin credited his players with rising to the occasion in one of the Nittany Lions' biggest games over the past several years:
"I'm just proud of our guys. We talked in the beginning of the season about our guys having these types of moments and these types of experiences and these types of opportunities.