UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State Football head coach James Franklin addressed the media Tuesday afternoon to preview the Nittany Lion Big Ten opener on the road at Michigan.
Penn State (2-1, 0-0) and No. 4/5 Michigan (3-0, 0-0) will both open their respective Big Ten conference slates Saturday at Michigan Stadium. The Nittany Lions and the Wolverines are set to meet for the 20th time in program history, with Penn State opening conference play at Michigan for the first time since 2007.
The Nittany Lions also enter their first season in a nine-game Big Ten schedule format after the conference announced in July 2013 that Penn State would play the six teams East Divisional opponents (Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and Rutgers), in addition to three other West Division teams in 2016.