S E P T E M B E R 9 , 2 0 1 7 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . c O M
3
LOOKING AHEAD
Penn State's nonconference finale will
be against a Georgia State team that will
be an overwhelming underdog despite
having more than two weeks to prepare.
By next Saturday, the Panthers will have
had 17 days to get ready for this game, but
their season-opening result – a 17-10
loss to Tennessee State on Aug. 31 – does
not bode well.
The Nittany Lions will be looking for
their first unbeaten nonconference sea-
son since going 4-0 in 2014, the first
year of the Franklin era. And to hear
Franklin tell it, they will be treating
Georgia State like any other opponent.
As he noted emphatically a@er the vic-
tory over Pitt, that's exactly how Penn
State treated their traditional rival this
past week, and everything worked out
nicely.
"We're 1-0 this week," Franklin said.
"We were able to get a win. That's what
this was for us. I know last year, when
[Pitt] won, it was like the Super Bowl, but
for us this was like beating Akron."
Gesicki
got Penn
State's offense
rolling early in the
game. The senior
tight end had two
touchown
catches, includ-
ing an 8-yard
score on the Nit-
tany Lions' first
offensive play of
the afternoon.
Photo by Steve
Manuel
