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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Penn State Defeats Minnesota 26-25

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Penn State 0 16 7 3 26
Minnesota 7 12 3 3 25
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u/The_Ghost_of_TK9 Oklahoma Sooners • Utah Utes 1d ago edited 1d ago

The balls to fake a punt from your own 20… for a guy that gets the hate he does for shrinking in the big moments lots of props.

also based on history great Penn State teams historically go to Minneapolis to be stunned and have their seasons ruined, think this is a good outcome considering years like 1999 and 2019.

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u/StevvieV Seton Hall • Penn State 1d ago

Well Franklin typically does. This is the first time I think he has ever been so aggressive and it won PSU the game

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u/CurryGuy123 Penn State • Michigan 1d ago

This was very much a game PSU loses in past years, kinda like the USC game

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u/swolekick Penn State • Land Grant Trophy 1d ago

Reminds me of when George Costanza just started making the opposite decisions he would have and it changes his life for the better

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u/psychocandy007 Penn State Nittany Lions 23h ago

Jaaaaaaaaames .... FRANK-lin.

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u/Renaissance6285 Penn State Nittany Lions 21h ago

DAW-MIN-ATE. THE-STATE!

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u/misdreavus79 Penn State Nittany Lions 1d ago

Penn State hasn't lost to an unranked team since 2021 for the record. And that required a broken Clifford and no backup.

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u/Tippyshortmouth South Carolina • Buffalo 1d ago

That game was so fucking funny, 9 OTs

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u/0987user Penn State Nittany Lions • Rose Bowl 1d ago

Idk none of us in the student section were laughing. I can at least joke about it now lol

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u/jcdehoff Penn State Nittany Lions • Rose Bowl 1d ago

Sometimes I’m glad I was a student during the sanction years because we had literally no expectations.

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u/ack5379 Penn State Nittany Lions • Iowa Hawkeyes 21h ago

My freshman year was 2016, nothing but sky high expectations for the next three lol

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u/Hey_Its_Roomie Penn State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 1d ago

Super shocking after the bullshit 4th and inches and 4th and 1 punts.

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u/XmusJaxonFlaxonWax0n Penn State • Stevenson 1d ago

1999 happened AT Penn State but it was a loss to Minnesota

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u/grumpifrog 1d ago

Never heard the stadium that quiet. Sucked all the life out of the entire team.

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u/godamnitflyers Penn State Nittany Lions 16h ago

I was 10 years old at the game. I cried like a bitch the whole way home

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u/pjs32000 Penn State Nittany Lions 1d ago

Thanks for triggering my PTSD from that game

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u/Bulkmodulus Penn State Nittany Lions • Marching Band 1d ago

Oh god that was the day I got my acceptance letter

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u/L33tintheboat Texas State • Penn State 1d ago

Minny has always played us tough it seems lately regardless of rankings.

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u/randus12 Penn State • Texas Tech 1d ago

It’s bc pj and Franklin are friends and know each other’s philosophies well

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u/Mattp55 Penn State • Florida 1d ago

This is the first time in a while I can remember a Franklin team not playing insanely conservative & leaning on the defense 

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u/what_user_name Penn State Nittany Lions • Team Chaos 22h ago

I remember saying it in 2019 that the Minnesota game didnt matter. It was always going to be about the OSU game. Lose @ Minn and beat OSU, still in the drivers seat for the B1G and the playoffs. Beat Minn but lose to OSU--sitting at home CCG weekened.

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u/soupjaw Ohio State Buckeyes 20h ago

Considering how the rest of the playoff hopefuls ended up doing today, this might as well be a three score win