Today at his weekly press conference they asked Penn State head coach about the 45-37 loss to Oregon last year in the Big Ten Championship and he said "I think we didn't have enough tools in the tool belt."
In the offseason Franklin and his staff plucked linebacker Amare Campbell, Kyron Ware-Hudson, Trebor Pena and Devonte Ross out of the transfer portal to even things up.
Bill Connelly, the stats guru from ESPN, posted Monday that SP+ predicts the Oregon at Penn State game Oregon 27.2, Penn St 26.8, indicating that this round is ridiculously close.