INDIANAPOLIS — The way James Franklin sees it, this week of practice for Penn State wasn’t any different than the one that preceded it. Or the one before that, or the one before that.
With the exception of the soundtrack.
“We've been playing Wisconsin's fight song and ‘Jump Around’ at every practice,” Franklin said. “That's really the only change in the things that we've done this week compared to last week.”
Even as buzz and momentum have built around Franklin’s Nittany Lions team over the past six weeks — since their upset win against No. 2 Ohio State — Franklin has kept his players laser-focused on the immediate competition in front of them.