Penn State head coach James Franklin preview the matchup against West Virginia
22100:00 Press conference start
00:10 Opening Statement
00:30 Green light freshmen
05:00 Assessing Dew Allar’s camp
08:43 Mike Yurcich returning to the booth
10:25 Allar starting?
12:30 Penn State academic standings
14:10 Special teams competition update
16:35 Clock stoppage rule change
18:15 What have the young defenders done to earn the green light?
20:05 Reporting participation rules reaction
21:30 History of Penn State and West Virginia rivalry
23:20 Cam Miller assessment
25:35 Stripe Out game creating too much excitement?
27:50 Why don’t you want to disclose who QB is?
29:10 Unique Big 12 coverages vs young QBs
31:15 QB stats that impressed you from camp
33:55 What did you see from your defensive tackles during camp?
36:14 Offensive line
38:50 Roster management with the transfer portal
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Penn State football kicked off the first week of the 2023 season with head coach James Franklin’s weekly press conference. The Nittany Lions leader sat down with the media in the Beaver Stadium press room for roughly 40 minutes on Tuesday afternoon and discussed his team’s matchup with the West Virginia Mountaineers. The Nittany Lions take the field at 7:30 on Sept. 2 in a primetime affair. Franklin’s team is the host and higher-ranked team, coming in at 7th in the country to start the year in the AP Poll.
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As he typically does, Franklin outlines the players on offense and defense for the opponent that he feels will challenge his team. He cites defensive end Sean Martin and safety Aubrey Burks for the defense and the offensive line on the other side of the ball.
“Obviously, this is a regional game, which makes sense. I know college football has gotten away from regional games and regional conferences.”
“They’ve got some offensive linemen that we recruited heavily and didn’t get.”
“I would anticipate in this game that they’ll go for it on fourth down and to be a story in the game.”
Once again, Franklin fielded questions about Penn State’s starting quarterback position. So, did he reveal who won the starting competition between Drew Allar and Beau Pribula? He didn’t, but he did discuss how Allar performed during training camp.
“If there were interception decisions that would have been an interception, but he got lucky, we track those as well. He’s been really good,” Franklin said.
The other cool thing is that, having all this historical data, you can go back and compare historically. You can compare to Trace McSorley and Sean Clifford. There’s a lot of value in that. I thought he had a good camp. All his numbers were really good.”
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Penn State head coach James Franklin preview the matchup against West Virginia
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