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Analysis: Penn State earned great win, without playing great game

Scoreboard. That's all that really matters. Penn State picked up a great win Saturday at No. 12 Wisconsin, but by no means did the Nittany Lions play a great game.

There are two positives that can come out of that.

First, while everybody's feeling good about the win, James Franklin and his coaching staff can watch the film with the players and still be able to point out a whole bunch of areas where things didn't go very well. This type of game provides a lot of wonderful teaching moments, which coaches love to be able to find after victories, obviously, rather than losses.